Mount Etna erupts: Astonishing footage captured the aftermath, revealing a thick layer of lapilli, or hardened lava, coating cars parked near the volcano
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on May 8:1902 - Mount Pelee on Martinique erupted and destroyed the town of St Pierre; more than 30,000 people were killed.1903 - The French post-impressionist painter Paul Gauguin died in Tahiti.1978 - Italian climber Reinhold Messner and Aust
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1794: Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, is executed on the guillotine during France's Reig.