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Historical Events - May 8.

1886: John Pemberton first sold a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.

1899: Execution of Indian revolutionary Vasudev Chafekar.

1912: Establishment of Paramount Pictures.

1915: Indian freedom fighters Master Amir Chand and Bhai Balamukund were executed by the British government.

1933: Mohandas Gandhi began a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.

1945: World War II – Europe Victory Day – The surrender of Germany to the Allied forces. 

1962: Establishment of Ravindra Bharati University at Kolkata, West Bengal.

1978: The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. 

1980: The World Health Organization confirmed the eradication of smallpox. 

2004: Muralitharan of Sri Lanka set the record for most Test cricket wickets with 521 wickets.

Famous Birthdays – May 8.

1828: Henry Dunant, co-founder of the Red Cross.

1916: Swami Chinmayananda, a Hindu spiritual leader and a teacher.

1884: Harry Truman, the 33rd President of the United States.

1925: Gururaja Shyamacharya Amur, an Indian literary critic, and author.

1929: Girija Devi, an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas. 

1970: Michael Bevan, a former Australian cricketer. 

Death anniversaries  -  May 8.

1777: Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal.

1794: Antoine Lavoisier, a French nobleman, and chemist 

1915: Indian freedom fighters Master Amir Chand and Bhai Balamukund were executed by the British government.

1929: Girija Devi,an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas.

1952: William Fox, founder of the Fox Theater.

1972: Pandurang Vaman Kane, a notable Indologist, and Sanskrit scholar.

2013: Zia Fariduddin Dagar, an Indian classical vocalist.

2014: Roger Lee Easton, the principal co-inventor and designer of the Global Positioning System.

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