What Happened on May 8, 2008

Historical Events

Event of Interest

Dmitry Medvedev appoints Vladimir Putin as Russian Prime Minister

Music Concert

Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Brian Wilson, Chris Botti, Feist, Roberto Alagna, and Natalie Clein

Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist James Taylor

Famous Deaths

Eddy Arnold, American country music singer ("Make The World Go Away"; "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"), dies at 89
François Sterchele, Belgian football player (b. 1982)
Larry Levine, American sound engineer (Phil Spector's wall of sound; Herb Alpert; Beach Boys), dies of emphysema on his 80th birthday