05-08-2006, 05:19 AM
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May 8th
1541 ~ Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River, naming it Río de Espíritu Santo.
1794 ~ French chemist Antoine Lavoisier was tried, convicted, and guillotined all on one day in Paris.
1828 ~ Birthday of Jean Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, awarded the 1901 Nobel Peace Prize.
1873 ~ Death of John Stuart Mill, Empiricist Philosopher.
1895 ~ Birthday of Fulton J. Sheen, bishop and television personality.
1902 ~ Mount Pelée erupted in Martinique, destroying the town of St. Pierre and killing over 30,000 people.
1984 ~ The Soviet Union announced that it would boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics.
1985 ~ Death of Theodore Sturgeon, Science Fiction writer.
1988 ~ Death of Robert A. Heinlein, Science Fiction writer.
1999 ~ Nancy Mace became the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college.
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