| General Information for May 8th 2016 |
| There are 5 public holidays today. |
| Day 129 of 2016 |
| 237 days left in 2016 |
| Week 18 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1972 - Darren Hayes, founding member of the band Savage Garden is born on this day. |
| 1926 - British Naturalist and TV presenter Sir David Attenborough is born in London. |
| 1919 - A letter by Edward George Honey is published in the London Evening News proposing a period of silence in remembrance of those who died. The result is Remembrance Sunday, every 11 November from then on. |
| 1886 - Dr John Pemberton's secret elixir - aka Coca Cola - goes on sale. A century later, this simple drink is the cause of one of the hardest-fought battles in commercial history - the cola wars. |