May 8, 2024

May 8, 2024, is a Wednesday. It will be the 129th day of 2024.

Facts

Basic facts about this date:

13 days will pass between now and May 8, 2024.
Week Number: This date will occur during Week 19 of 2024.
Leap Year: 2024 is a leap year, which means that it will have 366 days instead of 365 (with an extra day in February).
Generation: People born in 2024 belong to the Gen Alpha generation.

Personality traits

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What will happen around this time?

News stories and other events that will happen around May 8, 2024.

April 8, 2024:
• A solar eclipse is visible across North America.
• Soccer: Everton are handed a two-point deduction for breaching the Premier League's profitability and sustainability rules.
• Country music singer Morgan Wallen is arrested for throwing a chair off the rooftop of a bar in Nashville.
• Actor Jonathan Majors is sentenced to probation for assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
April 9, 2024:
• Simon Harris becomes Ireland's new Taoiseach.
• The parents of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley are sentenced to 10–15 years in prison for manslaughter.
April 10, 2024:
• OJ Simpson dies from cancer at the age of 76.
• The TV series "Fallout" premieres on Amazon Prime Video.
April 11, 2024: The miniseries "Baby Reindeer" is released on Netflix.
April 13, 2024:
• Six people are killed during a stabbing attack at a shopping center in Sydney, Australia.
• Iran launches approximately 300 drones and missiles at Israel.
• UFC 300: Alex Pereira defeats Jamahal Hill, Weili Zhang defeats Yan Xiaonan, and Max Holloway defeats Justin Gaethje.
April 14, 2024:
• Soccer: Bayer Leverkusen win the Bundesliga for the first time in their history.
• Several countries in the Persian Gulf are severely impacted by heavy rain and flooding.
April 15, 2024:
• Rust movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed is sentenced to 18 months in prison for the 2021 involuntary manslaughter of Halyna Hutchins.
• The criminal trial of former US President Donald Trump for allegedly falsifying business records begins in New York.
April 19, 2024:
• The 2024 Bitcoin halving occurs.
• A man sets himself on fire outside the courthouse where Donald Trump's trial is taking place.
• Israel launches a series of retaliatory strikes against Iranian military sites.
April 20, 2024: Boxing: Ryan Garcia defeats Devin Haney.
April 23, 2024:
• The US Senate passes a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
• The FTC bans non-compete agreements.
• The US Senate passes a bill that could ban TikTok.
April 26, 2024: The romantic sports film "Challengers" is released in movie theaters.
This date: May 8, 2024
May 10, 2024: The movie "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" is released.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on May 8, 2024, will have the star sign Taurus.
Zodiac Element: Earth.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2024 is the year of the Dragon (Yang Earth).
The Life Path Number for this date is 3.
Native American Zodiac: May 8, 2024 falls under the Beaver.
Birthstone: A person during the month of May will have the birthstone Emerald.
Birth flower (May): The Lily of the Valley and the Hawthorn.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on May 8.

Harry S. Truman

US President Deceased
Born on May 8, 1884

David Attenborough

British broadcaster
Born on May 8, 1926
He will turn 98 on this day in 2024.

Sonny Liston

Boxer Deceased
Born on May 8, 1932

Enrique Iglesias

Singer
Born on May 8, 1975
He will turn 49 on this day in 2024.

Matt Willis

Busted
Born on May 8, 1983
He will turn 41 on this day in 2024.

6ix9ine

Rapper
Born on May 8, 1996
He will turn 28 on this day in 2024.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on May 8:

Victory in Europe Day (France)

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

Note: These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

If your baby is due on May 8, 2024, then the date of conception was probably around August 16, 2023.
A baby that is conceived on May 8, 2024, will be due around January 29, 2025.

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Statistics

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13 days will pass between now and then.
1 weeks will pass between now and then.
1,123,200 seconds will pass between now and May 8, 2024.
Between now and then, your heart will beat 1,310,400 times.
Between now and May 8, 2024, the Earth will travel approximately 579,571,200 miles through space.
Between now and then, your eyes will blink 187,200 times.
Between now and then, you will take 96,595 steps. That's about 43 miles!
13,478 meteors will enter the Earth's atmosphere between now and then!
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