Today in History - 8th of May - Historical Update

What Happened On This Day – 8 May

1984 Moscow announces that the USSR will not take part in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles

Several other countries, such as Cuba, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Eastern Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Vietnam joined the boycott. 4 years earlier, the United States had not sent any athletes to the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
1978 Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler climb Mount Everest without oxygen supply

Prior to the Italian and Austrian mountaineers' ascent, it was thought to be impossible to conquer the world's highest mountain without supplemental oxygen.
1970 The Beatles release the album Let It Be

The recording was the last studio album ever released by the legendary English rock band.
1927 The White Bird and its crew mysteriously disappear

French aviators, Charles Nungesser and François Coli, had taken off from Paris in their Levasseur PL.8 biplane in an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight. Their disappearance remains a mystery. Charles Lindbergh succeeded two weeks later.
1886 Coca-Cola is invented

According to legend, Dr. John Styth Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist, produced the syrup in a brass pot in his backyard. It was first intended as a patent medicine. Today, Coca-Cola is one of the world's most popular soft drinks and one of the most recognized trademarks

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Births On This Day – 8 May

1970 Naomi Klein

Canadian author, activist
1945 Keith Jarrett

American pianist, composer
1926 David Attenborough

English television host
1911 Robert Johnson

American singer-songwriter, guitarist
1884 Harry S. Truman

American colonel, politician, 33rd President of the United States