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This Day in History
By The Standard Staff - 05/07/2008
Today Thursday, May 8, is the 129th day of 2008. There are 237 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight On May 8, 1945, President Truman announced in a radio address that World War II had ended in Europe.
On this date: In 1884, the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, was born near Lamar, Mo.
In 1973, militant American Indians who’d held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.
In 1978, David R. Berkowitz pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn courtroom to murder, attempted murder and assault in connection with one of the “Son of Sam” shootings.
Birthdays Comedian Don Rickles is 82. Naturalist Sir David Attenborough is 82. Singer Toni Tennille is 68. Rock musician Alex Van Halen is 55. Actor David Keith is 54. Actress Melissa Gilbert is 44. Singer Enrique Iglesias is 33.
Worth repeating ...
“What you see is news, what you know is background, what you feel is opinion.” — Lester Markel, American editor (1894-1977)
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