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Today in History – May 8

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, East 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.

Births On This Day

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)

Deaths On This Day

1990 Luigi Nono (Italian composer)
1988 Robert A. Heinlein (American writer)
1903 Paul Gauguin (French painter)
1891 Helena Blavatsky (Russian scholar, theosophist)
1873 John Stuart Mill (English economist, civil servant, philosopher)