SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2010

Today is Saturday, May 8, the 128th day of 2010. There are 237 days left in the year.

1521 _ Parliament of Worms installs edict against Marten Luther

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

1895 _ China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki

1956 _ John Osborne's ``Look Back in Anger" premieres in London

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

1963 _ JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression

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

1996 _ South Africa's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution