[[05-09]] ## Events - [[1.1429-05-08 - Jeanne d'Arc lifts Siege of Orleans]] - [[1.1846-05-08 - Zachary Taylor leads U.S> forces to victory in first major battle of Mexican-American war]] - [[1.1884-05-08 - Harry S. Truman born]] - [[1.1912-05-08 - Paramound Pictures founded]] - [[1.1933-05-08 - Mohandas Gandhi begins 21-day fast of self-purification]] - [[1.1961-05-08 - Bill de Blasio born]] - [[1.1970-05-08 - The Beatles release their final album, Let it Be]] - [[1.1971-05-08 - Candice Night born]] - [[1.1975-05-08 - Enrique Iglesias born]] - [[1.1976-05-08 - The New Revolution, first steal coaster with vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain]] - [[1.1978-05-08 - Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler complete first ascent of Mt. Everest without supplemental oxygen]] - [[1.1980-05-08 - World Health Organization confirms eradication of smallpox]] - [[1.1981-05-08 - Stephen Amell born]] - [[1.1996-05-08 - 6ix9ine born]]