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Saturday
May 8, 2027 — day 128 of 365
- Day of the year
- 128 of 365
- Week of the year
- 18
- Days left in 2027
- 237
The sky on May 8, 2027
Moon phase on May 8, 2027: Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 3.16%
- Moon age
- 1.68 days
- Sunrise
- 6:12 am
- Day length
- 14h 15m
- Sunset
- 8:27 pm
Times for Council Bluffs, US (America/Chicago), approximate
Date formats for May 8, 2027
- United States 5/8/2027 · May 8, 2027
- UK / Europe 8/5/2027 · 8 May 2027
- ISO 8601 2027-05-08
- Abbreviated May 8, 2027 · 8 May 2027
- Full format Saturday, May 8th, 2027
This day in history — May 8
What happened on May 8
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1980
The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
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1945
World War II: The German Instrument of Surrender signed at Berlin-Karlshorst comes into effect. This is commemorated as Victory in Europe Day.
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2025
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV, making him the first pope born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenship, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second from the Americas after his immediate predecessor, Pope Francis.
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2019
British 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.
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1978
The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
Famous births on May 8
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1884
Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States
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1926
David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host
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1975
Enrique Iglesias, Spanish-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
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1828
Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and activist, co-founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate
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1940
Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Famous deaths on May 8
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1794
Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist
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1903
Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor
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2012
Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator
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1880
Gustave Flaubert, French novelist
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2014
Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS