Portal:United States/Anniversaries/May/May 8

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 * 1877 – At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
 * 1886 – Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would later be named "Coca-Cola".
 * 1919 – Edward George Honey first proposed the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate The Armistice of World War I, which later resulted in the creation of Remembrance Day.
 * 1970 – The Hard Hat Riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with anti–war demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War.
 * 1973 – A 71–day standoff, between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, ends with the surrender of the militants.
 * 1984 – The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.