Today is Friday, May 8, the 128th day of 2009. 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
1823 _ ``Home Sweet Home" first sung (London)
1847 _ Robert Thompson patents rubber tire
1895 _ China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1900 _ 250 grave robbers shot to death
1945 _ V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WWII ends in Europe
1956 _ John Osborne's ``Look Back in Anger" premieres in London
1967 _ Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army
1970 _ Beatles release ``Let it Be" album