On This Day (May 8)

**MSFixR** · 05-07-2008, 08:48 PM

1541 – The expedition led by Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River.
1794 – French chemist and economist Antoine Lavoisier, a former royal tax collector with the Ferme Générale, was tried, convicted, and guillotined on the same day during the Reign of Terror.
1886 – In Atlanta, Georgia, American druggist John Pemberton first sold his carbonated beverage Coca-Cola as a patent medicine, claiming that it cured a number of diseases.
1919 - Edward George Honey first proposed the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate The Armistice of World War I, which later resulted in the creation of Remembrance Day.
1945 – Most armed forces under German control ceased active operations by 23:01 hours CET at the end of World War II in Europe, in accordance with the capitulation documents signed by General Alfred Jodl on behalf of Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz the day before.
1988 - Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer died. (b. 1907) (Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Methusalah’s Children)

I gave you samples of some of the greatest music ever composed yesterday and not one comment is posted.

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MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 8,478 My Profile	On This Day (May 8) 1541 – The expedition led by Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. 1794 – French chemist and economist Antoine Lavoisier, a former royal tax collector with the Ferme Générale, was tried, convicted, and guillotined on the same day during the Reign of Terror. 1886 – In Atlanta, Georgia, American druggist John Pemberton first sold his carbonated beverage Coca-Cola as a patent medicine, claiming that it cured a number of diseases. 1919 - Edward George Honey first proposed the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate The Armistice of World War I, which later resulted in the creation of Remembrance Day. 1945 – Most armed forces under German control ceased active operations by 23:01 hours CET at the end of World War II in Europe, in accordance with the capitulation documents signed by General Alfred Jodl on behalf of Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz the day before. 1988 - Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer died. (b. 1907) (Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Methusalah’s Children) I gave you samples of some of the greatest music ever composed yesterday and not one comment is posted.

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