Monday, 9 May 2016

May 8

May 8
1541 Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River which he calls Rio de Espiritu Santo.






1886 Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton invents Coca Cola.


  • Correspondence

    Coca-Cola's multifaceted threat to global public health

    • a Infectious Disease Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Makerere University, PO box 22418, Kampala, Uganda
    • b Parliament of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
    Available online 1 January 2016
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01290-8
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1984 The Soviet Union announces it will not participate in Summer Olympics planned for Los Angeles.
1995 Jacques Chirac is elected president of France.

Born on May 8



1753 Miguel Hidalgo, Mexican nationalist.
1828 Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss philanthropist, founder of the Red Cross and YMCA, first recipient (jointly) of the Nobel Peace Prize.



1906 Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director.
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http://cleojournal.com/2015/11/24/neorealisms-closed-gates-the-women-of-rome-open-city/



1920 Sloan Wilson, American author (The man in the Gray Flannel Suit, A Summer Place).

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1940 Peter Benchley, novelist (Jaws, The Deep).



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