Good Morning Everyone and Welcome to Your Daily History for May 8th
1835 - Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark
1911 - American bluesmen Robert Johnson is born, years later he will make a deal with the devil to become famous for his Blues
1958 - The first Hammer Horror film is released. Dracula starring Christopher Lee
1980 - The WHO or World Health Organization announces that smallpox has been eradicated
1984 - The Soviet Union announces its boycott of the Summer Olympic games as backlash to the 1980 American led boycott of the Moscow Olympics
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