May 8 in history: China cedes Taiwan, smallpox eradicated and more
| Updated: May 08, 2020, 08:10 AM IST
From the China's ceding of Taiwan to the eradication of smallpox, we've got it all covered.
Let's dive in today's history:
China
China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki.
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1978
Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler climb Everest without supplemental oxygen.
(Photograph:WION)
1980
World Health Organization declares that smallpox is eradicated.
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1984
USSR announces boycott of 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
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1996
South Africa adopts constitution with equal rights for blacks and whites.