What Day Of The Week Was May 8?

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Friday May 8, 2026
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

May 8: Day of the Week

May 8, 2026 is the 128th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 237 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

May 8 by the Numbers

  • 80 days since May 8
  • 0 year, 2 months, and 19 days ago
  • 2 months since then
  • May 8 is in the 19th week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
  • 11 weeks ago
  • The year 2026 is not a leap year

May 8 Historical Event(s)

1541Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River and names it Río de Espíritu Santo. 1846Mexican-American War: The Battle of Palo Alto – Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war. 1886Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine. 1898The first games of the Italian football league system are played. 1912Paramount Pictures is founded. 1924the Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania. 1945End of the Prague uprising, today celebrated as a national holiday in the Czech Republic. 1963South Vietnamese soldiers of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine. 1970The Hard Hat riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War. 1997A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.

Who were born on May 8?

1668Alain-René Lesage, French writer (d. 1747) 1899Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (d. 1959) 1951Deborah Harmon, American actress 1963Michel Gondry, French director and screenwriter 1964Bobby Labonte, American race car driver 1970Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist 1974Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001) 1978Josie Maran, American model 1981Yasuko Tajima, Japanese swimmer 1983Roberto Vitiello, Italian footballer

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