May 8 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on May 8, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♉︎ Taurus
Apr 20 – May 20
Birth stone
Emerald
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
How common
#218 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous May 8 birthdays
Henry Dunant · Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross1828
Harry S. Truman · president of the United States1884
Friedrich Hayek · Austrian and British economist1899
Fernandel · French actor and singer1903
Roberto Rossellini · Italian film director1906
Robert Johnson · American blues singer and guitarist1911
Leon Festinger · American psychologist1919
Don Rickles · American stand-up comedian1926
David Attenborough · British broadcaster and naturalist1926
Miyoshi Umeki · Japanese-American actress and singer1929
Thomas Pynchon · American novelist1937
Ricky Nelson · American musician and actor1940
Keith Jarrett · American jazz/classical pianist and composer1945
H. Robert Horvitz · American biologist1947
John Michael Talbot · American Roman Catholic singer-songwriter1954
Meles Zenawi · Ethiopian politician; Prime Minister of Ethiopia1955
Luis Enrique · Spanish footballer and manager1970
Enrique Iglesias · Spanish singer, songwriter and producer1975
Olivia Culpo · American model1992
6ix9ine · American rapper from New York1996
On this day in history
1957South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began a state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor.
1972Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
1976Great American Revolution opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California.
1984The Soviet Union announced the boycott of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, citing security concerns.
1846Mexican–American War: American forces led by Zachary Taylor defeat a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
1877At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
1942World War II: The Axis launched a major counteroffensive, turning the tide of the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula.
1950The Tollund Man, a naturally mummified corpse, was discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg, Denmark.
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