May 8 in Firearms History

5 dates for gun owners on May 8

  • Anniversary 1
  • Military 3
  • Birthday 1
  1. Anniversary1794 · 232 years ago

    U.S. Post Office established permanently

    U.S. postal system established in 1775
    Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general

    June 1788 Postal Clause   

    Post Office

    Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, empowers Congress "To establish Post Offices and Post Roads". - Ma roads

    September 26, 1789 - Washington appointed Samuel Osgood as the first Postmaster General under the Constitution

    May 8, 1794 (1 Stat. 354), continued the Post Office indefinitely.

    1800 Post Office moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C

    July 1, 1971 United States Postal Service Founded
    an "establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States
  2. Military1945 · 81 years ago

    V-E Day

    Victory in Europe Day
    V-E Day May 8, 1945
    celebrated on May 8th

    Today marks the formal acceptance of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender
    This marked the end of World War II in Europe.

    #ThankAVet
    #NeverForget #TeachHistoryToKids#ThoseWhoForgetItWillReliveIt
    #RecordYourGrandparentsStorysToday

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  3. Military1945 · 81 years ago

    VE (Victory in Europe) Day

    anniversary of the Allies' victory in Europe during World War II on May 8, 1945
  4. Birthday1958 · 68 years ago

    John Lott – Born

    John Lott - Born

    May 8, 1958

    2A Activist - Researcher

    founded the Crime Prevention Research Center

  5. Military1976 · 50 years ago

    Pima Air Space Museum opens to public

    Opened to the public in May 8, 1976

    • September 11, 1968 -320 acres of BLM Land given to Pima County for the museum for $800
    • March 22, 1969 – Republic of India retired the last operational Consolidated B-24 Liberator and gave it to the museum
    • April 27, 1969, thirty-one days and 11,000 miles after leaving India
    • approximately 30 acres of the new park for the initial museum site
    •  August 1973 – acquired the last of the World War II barracks buildings at Davis-Monthan
    • Opened to the public in May 8, 1976
    • Opened with 48 aircraft on display
    • World’s largest non-government funded aerospace museum
    • 127 acres
    • 1982 first hangar built
    • November 11, 1982 – Titan silo was deactivated
    • 1984 – 390th Memorial Museum opened
    • May 8, 1986 – Titan Missile Museum opened to the public
    • 1987 second hangar built for  administrative offices, library, archives, collections storage and a small exhibit gallery for the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame
    • 1990 – restoration hangar built
    • 1992 – name of the museum was changed to “Pima Air & Space Museum”
    • 1992 third hangar built – World War II aircraft & B-24J Liberator
    • 1994 fourth hangar built
    • 1995 – name of the foundation was changed to “The Arizona Aerospace Foundation.”
    • 1999 – Space Gallery opened
    • 2006 – Hangar 1 Expanded
    • 2010 – Hangar 1 expanded again (20,000sq feet)
    • 2015 given the second Boeing 787 aircraft to be built
    • 2016 given the first McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital
    • 2020 – 350+ aircraft
      100,000 square feet of indoor display space

    Tucson, AZ