May 8 Brazil 673: Truman (issued 7-1-1974) Harry S. Truman, born May 8, 1884 Edward Gibbon, Historian, 5-8-1737 Fulton J. Sheen, Archbishop, 5-8-1895 Swami Chinmayananda, Guru, 5-8-1916 Don Rickles, Comedian, 5-8-1926 Gary Snyder, Poet, 5-8-1930

	Birth Flower: Lily of the Valley Purity, chastity, sweetness, humiliy, return to happiness
	Birthstone: Emerald Rebirth, foresight, growth, good fortune, beauty of nature
	Zodiac Sign: Taurus, the Bull Patience, persistence, reliable, hard work, strength, tenacity