Template:On this day/May 8

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

May 8:

• 1781 – Siege of Pensacola: The powder magazine at the Queen's Redoubt was detonated by Spanish troops, forcing British General John Campbell to surrender Fort George and Pensacola to Bernardo de Gálvez.
• 1911 – "The Birth of Naval Aviation": Captain W. I. Chambers requisitioned one Wright and two Curtiss airplanes for the U. S. Navy.
• 1978 – On descent into Pensacola Regional Airport, National Airlines Flight 193 landed in Escambia Bay, resulting in the drowning deaths of three passengers.
• 2008 – The Pensacola City Council abruptly selected William D. "Rusty" Wells to replace John Fleming as City Attorney, foregoing a ranking system that had been established for the hiring process.