Historical Events for 8th May 2023

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1877 - 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1907 - Boston Doves pitcher "Big Jeff" Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0 at South End Grounds, Boston
1929 - Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
1956 - John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" premieres in London
1994 - Jim Cartwright's play "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon Theater, NYC after 9 performances
2018 - Largest-ever wave at 23.8m recorded in the South Hemisphere at Campbell Island by New Zealand scientists
2018 - Ebola outbreak declared in north-west Democratic Republic of Congo with 2 confirmed cases and 17 deaths
2019 - Singapore passes sweeping "anti-fake news" laws bill
2021 - Bombings outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, kill at least 50 people, mostly teenage girls, amid growing fears about US military withdrawal
2021 - Indian Medical Association calls for a national lockdown, criticizing President Modi's government's response as recorded COVID-19 deaths pass 4,000 a day

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