May 8th (1981) was a Friday. It's the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 237 days left to the end of the year.
Famous Birthdays on May 8 in 1981
» Namosh, German singer and DJ
» Stephen Amell, Canadian actor
» Ayesha Antoine, English actress
» Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer
» Tatyana Dektyareva, Russian hurdler
» Björn Dixgård, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mando Diao)
» Manny Gamburyan, Armenian-American mixed martial artist
» John Maine, American baseball player
» Yasuko Tajima, Japanese swimmer
» Elizabeth Whitmere, Canadian actress
May 8th Famous Deaths for 1981
» Uri Zvi Grinberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896)
May 8th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Agathius
» Michael (archangel) Apparitions of Saint Michael the Archangel or Apparition of Saint Michael
» Arsenius the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church)
» Desideratus
» Catherine de Saint-Augustin
» Julian of Norwich (Anglican, Lutheran)
» Peter of Tarentaise
» May 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Earliest day on which Public holidays in Belarus known as State Flag and State Emblem Day can fall, while May 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday of May. (Belarus)
» Earliest day on which World Fair Trade Day can fall, while May 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday of May. (International observance e.g International)
» Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War, continues to May 9 (International observance called International)