National days on May 8, 2027

On this day

• 1541: Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi, and sees the Mississippi River (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo, the name given to it by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519). Hernando de Soto
• 1846: Mexican–American War: American forces led by Zachary Taylor defeat a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war. Mexican–American War
• 1886: Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine. John Stith Pemberton
• 1927: Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane. Transatlantic flight
• 1984: The Soviet Union announces a boycott upon the Summer Olympics at Los Angeles, later joined by 14 other countries. Soviet Union