Legs presents ~ On This Day

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On this Day ~ May 8th

0535
John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope

0615
St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1429
French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orléans

0685
St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1541
Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River

1794
US Post Office established

1866
Australian Rules Football is created

1902
Mt. Peleé erupts on the West Indies island of Martinique. A wall of superheated ash and rock cascades down the slopes, slamming directly into the community of Saint Pierre. Only two of the town's 28,000 residents survive.

1971
Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden

1999
Actress Dana Plato, who played Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes, dies in Oklahoma of an overdose of Valium.