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In the news
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- In snooker, Stuart Bingham (pictured) wins the World Championship.
- In association football, Chelsea win the Premier League.
- Violent protests occur in Burundi after the country's president, Pierre Nkurunziza, announces that he will seek a third term.
- In boxing, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. defeats Manny Pacquiao to unify the WBA, WBC, WBO and The Ring welterweight titles.
- In horse racing, American Pharoah, ridden by Victor Espinoza, wins the Kentucky Derby.
- Following a week of protests in Baltimore, Maryland, six police officers are charged in the death of Freddie Gray.
Ongoing:
Nepal earthquake – Yemeni Civil War
Recent deaths: Ruth Rendell – Maya Plisetskaya
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On this day...
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May 8: Victory in Europe Day; World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day; Miguel Hidalgo's Birthday in Mexico; Parents' Day in South Korea
- 1794 – The Reign of Terror: Branded a traitor, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, a former royal tax collector with the Ferme générale, was tried, convicted, and guillotined on the same day.
- 1886 – In Atlanta, American pharmacist John Pemberton first sold his carbonated beverage Coca-Cola as a patent medicine, claiming that it cured a number of diseases.
- 1927 – French aviators Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli aboard L'Oiseau Blanc biplane, attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, disappeared after takeoff.
- 1945 – In the presence of Allied commanders the representatives of Oberkommando der Wehrmacht signed the German Instrument of Surrender, ending World War II in Europe (Wilhelm Keitel pictured).
- 1963 – In Huế, South Vietnam, soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam opened fire into a crowd of Buddhist protestors against a government ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesākha, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.
More anniversaries: May 7 – May 8 – May 9
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