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Today In History — 8th May

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भारतीय एवं विश्व इतिहास में 08 मई की घटनाएं —

1360 – अंग्रेजों और फ्रांसीसियों ने ब्रिटिग्नी समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर किये।

1541 – हरनांदो डे सोटो ने मिसीसिपी नदी की खोज की।

1842 – वार्सा से पेरिस जा रही ट्रेन में आग लगने से 50 व्यक्तियों की मौत।

1871 – ब्रिटेन और अमेरिका के बीच समझौते के बाद अलबामा विवाद समाप्त।

1898 – इटालियन फुटबाल लीग का पहला मैच खेला गया।

1901 – आस्ट्रेलियाई लेबर पार्टी की स्थापना की गयी।

1933 – महात्मा गांधी ने ब्रितानी शासन के खिलाफ 21 दिन का व्रत रखा।

1954 – केंद्र सरकार ने चंद्रनगर को पश्चिम बंगाल राज्य में शामिल किया।

1963 – भारतीय रेडक्राॅस सोसायटी का शताब्दी समारोह मनाया गया।

1980 – विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन ने चेचक (स्मॉलपॉक्स) के उन्मूलन की घोषणा की।

1984 – सोवियत संघ ने लॉस एंजिलिस में आयोजित ओलंपिक खेलों के बहिष्कार की घोषणा की।

1921 – स्वीडन ने फांसी की सजा को खत्म कर दिया।

1997 – चीन की सदर्न एयरलाइंस का विमान दुर्घटनाग्रस्त होने से 35 लोगों की मौत।

2000 – भारतीय मूल के 69 वर्षीय लॉर्ड स्वराज पाॅल ब्रिटेन के चौथे सबसे बड़े विश्वविद्यालय ब्रिटिश यूनिवर्सिटी के कुलपति नियुक्त।

2004 – श्रीलंका के क्रिकेट खिलाड़ी मुथैया मुरलीधरन ने 521 विकेट लेकर सर्वाधिक टेस्ट विकेट लेने का रिकॉर्ड बनाया।

2006 – पाकिस्तान को आधुनिकतम पारम्परिक शस्त्र प्रणाली देने पर अमेरिका सहमत हुआ।

2013 – भारत के मशहूर ध्रुपद गायक ज़िया फ़रीदुद्दीन डागर का निधन।

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1902 – Mount Pelee on Martinique erupted and destroyed the town of St Pierre; more than 30,000 people were killed.

1903 – The French post-impressionist painter Paul Gauguin died in Tahiti.

1978 – Italian climber Reinhold Messner and Austrian Peter Habeler became the first men to climb Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen.

1989 – Janos Kadar, Hungary’s communist leader for more than three decades, was dropped from his ceremonial post of Communist Party president.

1999 – The British film actor Dirk Bogarde died aged 78. He is best remembered for his roles in “Death in Venice”, “The Victim” and “The Servant”.

2002 – A suicide bomber killed himself, 11 French navy experts and two Pakistanis outside the Sheraton hotel in the Pakistani city of Karachi.

2003 – King Mohammed of Morocco celebrated the birth of a son and heir by ordering the release of more than 9,000 prisoners, one of the biggest pardons in the country’s history.

2005 – Lloyd Cutler, who served as White House counsel to U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, died aged 87.

2007 – Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Roman Catholic leaders, arch-foes during decades of bloodshed, launched a power-sharing government in the British-ruled province.

2009 – Romanian chefs mix 30,000 eggs to make the world’s largest peasant omelette.

2014 – Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad supervise evacuation of rebels from Homs who held the city for nearly two years.

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