Welcome to Your Daily History for May 8th

in #history5 years ago

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Good Morning Everyone and Welcome to Your Daily History for May 8th


1835 - Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark

1911 - American bluesmen Robert Johnson is born, years later he will make a deal with the devil to become famous for his Blues

1958 - The first Hammer Horror film is released. Dracula starring Christopher Lee

1980 - The WHO or World Health Organization announces that smallpox has been eradicated

1984 - The Soviet Union announces its boycott of the Summer Olympic games as backlash to the 1980 American led boycott of the Moscow Olympics


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