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Weird history on May 8
1886 First everPharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
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1877 First everAt Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
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2025 First everCardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV (pictured), making him the first pope born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenship, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second from the Americas after his immediate predecessor, Pope Francis.
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Vintage clipping · 1913
Springfield weekly Republican (Springfield, Mass.), May 8, 1913
Page 6 · mentions "sea serpent" · printed on this very day
“6 OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS MUSIC FESTIVAL THIS WEEK STRONG ARRAY OF SOLOISTS Big Chorus Augumented Orchestra and Interesting Programs The 11th annual music festival under the auspices of the Springfield festival as sociati…”
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