“My dear friends, this is your hour. This is not victory of a party or of any class. It’s a victory of the great British nation as a whole. We were the first, in this ancient island, to draw the sword against tyranny.”
– Winston Churchill, 8 May 1945, VE Day speech

 

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VE Day

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8 May

• 2020: 75th Anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe) Day. End of WWII in Europe.

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Happy Birthday:-

• Kim Seon-Ho (1986) (40)
• Lee Sang-Yeob (1983).(43)
• Li Xiao Ran (1976). (50)
• Jiang Xin (1983)(43)
• Jiang Kai (1971)(55)

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World News

• 8 May 2025: The 80th anniversary marking the end  of World War 2.
• 8 May 2025: A new Pope has been elected.  Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost who will be Pope Leo XIV.