8th May anniversaries

• Birth
• event
  • 1360
  • "Treaty of Brétigny marked the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) – ratified on Oct 24 at Calais – by this treaty Edward III and John II (still in captivity, though with many privileges) make peace, but it only lasted for 9 years "
  • 1933
  • India
  • Mahatma Gandhi began a 21-day fast for self-purification .
  • 1958
  • United States
  • US Secretary of State John F. Dulles announced in the Berlin House of Representatives that an attack on Berlin would be regarded as an attack.
  • 1968
  • Great Britain
  • "British gangsters the Kray twins, Reginald and Ronnie, and their brother Charlie were arrested by police in dawn raids in London."
  • 1984
  • Great Britain
  • Thames Barrier Opens
  • 1984
  • United States
  • Los Angeles Olympics
  • 2007
  • Ireland
  • A Northern Ireland Executive formed under the leadership of Ian Paisley (DUP) and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Fein)
• Death
  • 1984
  • United States
  • "Death of Lila Bell Wallace, American magazine publisher, co-founded Readers Digest with her husband"
  • 1988
  • United States
  • "Death of Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer ."
  • 1999
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Dirk Bogarde, British film actor (Doctor in the House, and many other roles)"