WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013

Today is Wednesday, May 8, the 128th day of 2013. There are 237 days left in the year.

1429 ― French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orleans

1521 ― Parliament of Worms installs edict against Marten Luther

1660 ― English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns

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

1970 ― Beatles release “Let it Be” album

1971 ― Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden

1984 ― USSR announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics