THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008

Today is Thursday, May 8, the 129th day of 2008. There are 237 days left in the year.

1521 _ Parliament of Worms installs edict against Martin Luther

1660 _ English parliament asks King Charles II to resign

1823 _ ``Home Sweet Home" first sung (London)

1895 _ China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki

1944 _ First eye bank opens (NYC)

1945 _ V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WWII ends in Europe

1958 _ Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru

1967 _ Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army

1970 _ Beatles release ``Let it Be" album

1980 _ World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated