This week in Pacific history

May 2nd - May 8th

May 2nd - May 8th

C130 cargo plane sites on the runway at Utapao Air Base in Thailand

Two more C130 flights left Utapao Air Base in Thailand for Myanmar's Yangon city. Tuesday's flights carried about 45,000 pounds of water, mosquito netting, blankets and plastic sheeting for Cyclone Nargis victims, bringing the total to 72,650 pounds of supplies.

Allison Batdorff, Stars and Stripes

May 2nd, 2008 – Cyclone Nargis strikes Myanmar, causing catastrophic damage and killing over 138,000 people.
May 3rd, 1947 – Japan's post-war constitution goes into effect.
May 5th, 1994 – American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore.
May 7th, 1946 – Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita found Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, which was later renamed Sony.