The total eclipse of 1910 May 8http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1908MNRAS..68..664D/0000664.000.html
On May 8, 1902, Ascension Day, a volcanic eruption destroyed the town of Saint-Pierrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pel%C3%A9e
German submarine U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy on 9 May 1941http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-110_(1940)The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc or The White Dove) was a French biplane which disappeared in 1927http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t42726236/the-white-bird-biplane/
Unsuccessful Maiden flight of the Centaur rocket on the 8th May, 1962.http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/history/centaur.htmlMars Global Surveyor imaged the Earth and Moon on May 8, 2003 13:00 UTChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_and_Moon_from_Mars_PIA04531.jpg
James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger (May 8, 1895 - July 27, 1962) was an American pioneer of aviationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._KindelbergerSir David Frederick Attenborough (born 8 May 1926) is a British broadcaster and naturalist.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49054663/sir-david-attenborough/
Mary-Ann Ochota (born 8 May 1981) is a British broadcaster and anthropologist.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary-Ann_OchotaAndrew Sherratt (8 May 1946 - 24 February 2006) was an English archaeologisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_SherrattRobin F. Heath (born 8 May 1948) is a British historian, astro-archaeologist and author. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_HeathRon Miller (born May 8, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an artist and author http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Miller_(artist_and_author)
On this day in 1794, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier is tried, convicted, and guillotined all on the same day in Parishttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t42726205/antoine-laurent-de-lavoisier-1743-1794/Eugene Karl Rabe (May 8, 1911 - 1974) was a German-American astronomerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Rabe
Otto von Guericke's Magdeburg hemispheres demonstration was performed on 8 May 1654 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg_hemispheres#Demonstrations
NGC 2298 was discovered by James Dunlop on the 8th May 1826.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57698261/ngc-2298/
NGC 3114 was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on the 8th May 1826.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53226622/ngc-3114/NGC 3840 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 8th May 1864.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57507302/ngc-3840/NGC 3844 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 8th May 1864.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57507295/ngc-3844/NGC 3855 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 8th May 1864.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57507290/ngc-3855/NGC 3873 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 8th May 1864.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57507282/ngc-3873/NGC 3986 was rediscovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 8th May 1864http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57507275/ngc-3986/
NGC 5291 was discovered by John Herschel on the 8th May 1834.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63460716/ngc-5291/
NGC 6067 was discovered by James Dunlop on the 8th May 1826.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63424304/ngc-6067/NGC 6766 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering on the 8th May 1883.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57507268/ngc-6766/NGC 6833 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering on the 8th May 1883.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57507244/ngc-6833/NGC 6879 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering on the 8th May 1883.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57507226/ngc-6879/
GRB 970508 was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected on May 8, 1997http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_970508A near discovery of Neptune on 8 May 1795http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Lalande#Near_discovery_of_Neptune
An extremely brilliant and noisy fireball appeared over western Oregon May 8, 1936http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1936PA.....44..505P/0000505.000.html
MeteoritesThe Forsyth (L6) meteorite fell in Georgia, USA, on the 8th May, 1829.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49054613/forsyth-meteorite/The Monte Milone (L5) meteorite fell in Marche, Italy, on the 8th May, 1846.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49054618/monte-milone-meteorite/The Dyalpur (Ureilite) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 8th May, 1872.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49054631/dyalpur-meteorite/The Mardan (H5) meteorite fell in North-west Frontier, Pakistan, on the 8th May, 1948.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49054636/mardan-meteorite/