May 8
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
May 8 is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by May 7, and succeeded by May 9. Following May 8, there are 237 days in the year (238 in leap years).
Blavatsky's Gem of the Day
"Purity and impurity belong to oneself; no one can purify another."
Events
- 1986 – Society for Psychical Research issued a press release refuting the Hodgson Report written in 1884 by Richard Hodgson.
Births
- None listed for this date.
Deaths
- 1891 – Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Co-founder of Theosophical Society, at 19 Avenue Road, London (b. August 12, 1831).
Holidays and observances
- White Lotus Day, celebrated by Theosophists in honor of the death of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
External links
Calendar
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||