December 8
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December 8 is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 65 BC – Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC)
- 1542 – Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1587)
- 1626 – Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689) (N.S December 18 on Gregorian calendar)
- 1642 – Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703)
- 1685 – Johann Maria Farina, Italian perfume designer (d. 1766)
- 1699 – Maria Josepha of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1757)
- 1756 – Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria (d. 1801)
- 1765 – Eli Whitney, American inventor (d. 1825)
- 1818 – Charles III, Prince of Monaco (d. 1889)
- 1832 – Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (d. 1910)
- 1861 – Aristide Maillol, French sculptor and painter (d. 1944)
- 1864 – Camille Claudel, French graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1943)
- 1865 – Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (d. 1963)
- 1865 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (d. 1957)
- 1886 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (d. 1957)
- 1890 – Bohuslav Martinu, Czech composer (d. 1959)
- 1892 – E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (d. 1938)
- 1913 – Delmore Schwartz, American poet (d. 1966)
- 1919 – Peter Tali Coleman, American politician, former Governor of American Samoa (d. 1997)
- 1922 – Lucian Freud, German-born British painter (d. 2011)
- 1925 – Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor and singer (d. 1990)
- 1925 – Arnaldo Forlani, Italian politician
- 1926 – Joachim Fest, German historian (d. 2006)
- 1930 – Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor and director
- 1936 – David Carradine, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1938 – John Kufuor, former President of Ghana
- 1939 – James Galway, Northern Irish flautist
- 1941 – Geoff Hurst, English footballer
- 1943 – Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (d. 1971)
- 1947 – Thomas R. Cech, American chemist
- 1947 – Gregg Allman, American musician
- 1951 – Bill Bryson, American author
- 1953 – Kim Basinger, American actress
- 1957 – Phil Collen, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
- 1961 – Ann Coulter, American political commentator
- 1962 – Marty Friedman, American guitarist
- 1964 – Teri Hatcher, American actress
- 1966 – Les Ferdinand, English footballer
- 1966 – Sinead O'Connor, Irish singer
- 1966 – Hope Powell, English footballer and coach
- 1972 – Marco Abreu, Angolan footballer
- 1973 – Corey Taylor, American singer
- 1976 – Dominic Monaghan, English actor
- 1977 – Sebastien Chabal, French rugby player
- 1978 – Frederic Piquionne, French footballer
- 1979 – Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer
- 1982 – Halil Altintop, Turkish footballer
- 1982 – Hamit Altintop, Turkish footballer
- 1982 – Nicki Minaj, American singer
- 1986 – Amir Khan, English boxer
- 1986 – Kate Voegele, American musician
- 1993 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
Deaths [change]
- 1691 – Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)
- 1709 – Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (b. 1625)
- 1722 – Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (b. 1652)
- 1793 – Madame du Barry, French mistress (b. 1743)
- 1830 – Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French writer (b. 1767)
- 1903 – Herbert Spencer, English philosopher and sociologist (b. 1820)
- 1907 – King Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
- 1914 – Maximilian von Spee, German naval officer (b. 1861)
- 1933 – Yamamoto Gonnohyoe, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1852)
- 1967 – John Mills, Sr., American singer (b. 1889)
- 1978 – Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)
- 1980 – John Lennon, English singer, songwriter and musician (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
- 1981 – Ferruccio Parri, Italian politician (b. 1890)
- 1982 – Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (b. 1951)
- 1983 – Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1990 – Tadeusz Kantor, Polish theatre director (b. 1915)
- 1992 – William Shawn, American magazine editor (b. 1917)
- 1996 – Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950)
- 2003 – Ruben Gonzalez, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1919)
- 2004 – Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist (b. 1966)
- 2008 – Oliver Postgate, British animator, puppetteer and writer (b. 1925)
- 2011 – Zelman Cowen, 19th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1919)
Events [change]
- 1660 – A woman appears on an English public stage for the first time, as Desdemona, in a production of William Shakespeare's Othello.
- 1792 – Frankfort becomes the capital city of Kentucky.
- 1864 – The Clifton Suspension Bridge in England, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is opened.
- 1907 – Gustav V becomes King of Sweden.
- 1941 – World War II: Japan invades Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines, just after the Pearl Harbor attack. On the same day, the United States and the Republic of China declare war on Japan.
- 1953 – Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the start of the American 'Atoms for Peace' program.
- 1963 – PanAm Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning in Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.
- 1966 – The ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200 people.
- 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on the Pakistani city of Karachi.
- 1974 – Greek voters reject a proposal to restore the Greek monarchy
- 1980 – John Lennon is shot dead by Mark David Chapman outside the Dakota Apartment building in New York City.
- 1982 – December murders: In Suriname, 13 civilians and 2 military officers, opposed to the military regime of Desi Bouterse, are killed.
- 1991 – Romania's Constitution is adopted in a referendum.
- 1991 – Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and forming the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- 1993 – The NAFTA treaty is signed into law by Bill Clinton.
- 1994 – Ethiopia adopts a new Constitution.
- 2003 – Zimbabwe leaves the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 2004 – Dimebag Darrell is shot dead in Columbus, Ohio by paranoid schizophrenic Nathan Gale.
- 2007 – The office of Benazir Bhutto is stormed by gunmen. Three people are killed.
- 2009 – A bombing in Baghdad kills 127 people.
Observances [change]
- CARICOM-Cuba Day
- Constitution Day (Romania and Uzbekistan)
- Roman Catholic Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception
