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