May 8 is the 129th day of the year. There are 236 days left.
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Today's number is 8
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8 is 2 cubed Base 8 math is Octal, which is a computer thing, at least on older machines There are 8 bits in a byte, at least on older machines 8 is a fibonacci number (3 + 5) An 8 sided polygon is an octagon A polyhedron with 8 faces is an octahedron A cube has 8 corners 8 is Oxygen spiders and other arachnids have 8 legs An octopus has 8 tentacles An 8 can be a motor vehicle, further specified as a V-8 or a straight 8 An 8 or racing 8 is a sweep propelled crew shell with 8 rowers and a coxswain A figure 8 is an ice skating figure A figure 8 knot is a type of stopper knot A Lazy 8 is slang for the infinity symbol 8 the hard way, in craps, is 2 fours 8 ball is a type of pocket billiards There are 8 furlongs in a mile There are 8 tablespoons in a gill. There are 8 fluid ounces in a cup There are 8 pints in a gallon
8 bells is 4 hours and 8 bits is a buck The 8 queens problem is a puzzle involving chess pieces on a chess board
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Note that the placement involves Knight moves, heh
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Title 8 of the US Code is ALIENS AND NATIONALITY.
8 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Censorinus and Gallus Empress Wang was born The Roman poet Horace died Empress Xu died
8 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Paullus The Roman poet Ovid was banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea
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On this day in:
0589 -- Reccared I summoned the Third Council of Toledo to do nefarious stuff. 1429 -- Joan of Arc lifted the Siege of Orleans, 1541 -- De Soto reached the Mississippi and headed for Arkansas looking for gold and silver. 1788 -- The French Parlement was suspended 1794 -- Antoine Lavoisier was tried, convicted and guillotines 1902 -- Mount Pelee erupted, wiping out Saint-Pierre 1927 -- Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli disappeared aboard The White Bird 1933 -- Gandhi began a 21 day fast 1942 -- The Battle of the Coral Sea ended 1945 -- French Army soldiers commit the Setif massacre. 1945 -- V-E Day 1963 -- Ngo Dinh Diem's troops attacked and murdered some Buddhists 1972 -- Tricky Dick announced his order to mine North Vietnamese ports 1973 -- The standoff between the feds and the American Indian Movement ended 1980 -- The World Health Organization confirmed the eradication of smallpox
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1824 -- William Walker, physician, lawyer, journalist and wannabe colonist 1828 -- Henry Dunant, co-founder of the Red Cross 1884 -- Harry S. Truman, politician 1885 -- Thomas B. Costain, writer 1895 -- Fulton J. Sheen, early televangelist 1899 -- Friedrich Hayek, ideological father of the DLC via Friedman, Reagan & Thatcher 1905 -- Red Nichols, composer, cornettist and bandleader 1910 -- Mary Lou Williams, pianist and composer 1911 -- Robert Johnson, guitarist, singer and songwriter 1926 -- David Attenborough, environmentalist and TV personality 1940 -- Ricky Nelson, singer, actor, songwriter and guitarist 1940 -- Toni Tennille, keyboardist, singer and songwriter 1941 -- John Fred, singer and songwriter 1943 -- Paul Samwell-Smith, bass player 1945 -- Keith Jarrett, pianist and composer 1951 -- Philip Bailey, drummer, singer, songwriter and actor 1951 -- Chris Frantz, drummer 1953 -- Billy Burnette, guitarist, singer, songwriter and actor 1953 -- Alex Van Halen, drummer 1970 -- Naomi Klein, author and activist 1976 -- Martha Wainwright, guitarist, singer and songwriter 1977 -- Joe Bonamassa, guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Died this day in:
1794 -- Antoine Lavoisier, chemist and biologist 1819 -- Kamehameha I 1873 -- John Stuart Mill, economist 1880 -- Gustave Flaubert, author 1891 -- Helena Blavatsky, mystic, spiritualist, occultist & theosophist whose spirit ran the Reagan Whitehouse 1903 -- Paul Gauguin, painter 1960 -- J. H. C. Whitehead, mathematician 1985 -- Theodore Sturgeon, author 1988 -- Robert A. Heinlein, author 1998 -- Bebe Rebozo, Nixon's Bud 2008 -- Eddy Arnold, guitarist, singer, actor and songwriter
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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: V-E Day White Lotus Day (Theosophy)
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So, for music Red Nichols Mary Lou Williams Robert Johnson Ricky Nelson Toni Tennille John Fred Paul Samwell-Smith Keith Jarrett Philip Bailey Chris Frantz Billy Burnette Alex Van Halen Martha Wainwright Joe Bonamassa Eddy Arnold-
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Red Nichols
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Mary Lou Williams
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Robert Johnson
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Ricky Nelson
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Toni Tennille
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John Fred
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Paul Samwell-Smith
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Keith Jarrett
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Philip Bailey
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Chris Frantz
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Billy Burnette
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Alex Van Halen
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Martha Wainwright
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Joe Bonamassa
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Eddy Arnold
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