May 8

It's May 8th

In 1965 -


In 1970 - The Beatles releases "Let it Be"


In 1976 - John Sebastian's "Welcome Back," the theme song to the TV series "Welcome Back, Kotter", hits #1 in the U.S.


– The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.


In 1979 - The Cure releases "Three Imaginary Boys"


In 1980 – The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.

In 1990 - Adrian Belew releases "Young Lions"


Birthdays:

Alex Van Halen


Jean Giraud


Ricky Nelson


Saul Bass
Selected film title sequences
"Schindler's List" poster designed by Bass, his last commissioned film poster (not distributed)


Don Rickles
as Crane in "X- The Man with the X-ray Eyes"


Robert Johnson


Giovanni Battista Gaulli
"Bacchus and Ariadne"

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