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December 8 is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. December 2004: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September December 8, 2003 December 2003 - please do not remove the date header or category redirect December 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - December 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - December 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 23 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room, the second public library of Europe. The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historical Library in Milan, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana art gallery
• 1659 - Mexican border town Ciudad Juárez is founded by Fray García de San Francisco. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Ciudad Juárez, also known as just Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte.
• 1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogma of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Blessed Pope Pius IX (May 13 1792 &ndash February 7 1878 born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was Pope from June 16 1846 until 1878 Dogma (the plural is either dogmata or dogmas, Greek, plural) is the established Belief or For dogmatic context see Roman Catholic Mariology. For artistic depictions see Roman Catholic Marian art. Original sin is according to a doctrine in Catholic theology, humanity's state of Sin resulting from the Fall of Man.
• 1864 - The Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon is officially opened. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a Suspension bridge, spanning the Avon Gorge and linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in
• 1869 - Timothy Eaton founds T. Eaton Co. Limited in Toronto, Canada. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Timothy Eaton (1834 &ndash January 31, 1907) was a Canadian businessman who founded the Eaton's Department store, one of the Eaton's was once Canada 's largest Department store Retailer. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario
• 1886 - The American Federation of Labor is founded in Columbus, Ohio. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The American Federation of Labor (AFL was one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio.
• 1904 - Konservativ Ungdom (Young Conservatives) in Denmark is founded by Carl F. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The Young Conservatives (Konservativ Ungdom abbreviated KU) is the youth wing of the Conservative People's Party in Denmark, and the oldest political The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Herman von Rosen. Still existing today, it is the oldest political youth organization in Denmark and believed to be one of the oldest in the world.
• 1907 - King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
• 1912 - First Balkan War: The Greek army captures Korçë that had been under Ottoman rule. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 pitted the Balkan League ( Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, and Bulgaria Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Korçë (Korçë or Korça is a major city in the Korçë District of south-eastern Albania, located at near the border with The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish
• 1914 - World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands - The Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee is engaged by the Royal Navy. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a British naval victory over the Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 during the First World War The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire. Graf is a historical German noble title equal in rank to a Count (derived from the Latin Comes, with a history of its own or a British Maximilian Graf (Count von Spee ( 22 June 1861 - 8 December 1914) was a German Admiral, born in Copenhagen The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service)
• 1926 - Disappearance of Agatha Christie
• 1935 - The Japanese military police launches a violent suppression of the religious sect Oomoto, beginning with a crackdown on the sect's operational bases of Ayabe and Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture and the arrest of its leader Onisaburo Deguchi. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Oomoto (大本 Ōmoto, literally "foundation" also known as Oomoto-kyo (大本教 Ōmoto-kyō) is a Japanese religion, often categorized is a city located in Kyoto, Japan. As of 2008, the city has an estimated Population of 36814 and the density of 110 is a city located in Kyoto, Japan.As of 2008 the city has an estimated Population of 93323 and the density of 415 persons per km² WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kinki region of the island of Honshū born Ueda Kisaburō (1871-1948 is considered the second spiritual leader of the Oomoto religious movement in Japan.
• 1941 - World War II: The Japanese invade the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories that are under the Sovereignty of the United Kingdom, but which do not form part of the United Kingdom Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders British Malaya loosely described a set of states on the Malay Peninsula that were colonized by the British from the 18th and the 19th until the 20th century See http//enwikipediaorg/wiki/WikipediaFootnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the tags and the template below They also invade the portions of Shanghai administered by European powers and bomb American bases in the Philippines. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million Because of the time difference, these events - which took place west of the International Date Line - happened while it was still December 7 to the east of this line. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways
• 1941 - World War II: Pacific War - After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the U.S. Congress passes a declaration of war against Japan. The Pacific War was the part of World War II —and preceding conflicts—that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands and in East Asia, between The Empire of Japan ( {{unicode|Kyūjitai}}: ja 大日本帝國 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国 pronounced Dai Nippon Teikoku The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, as it was called by the Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise Military strike conducted by The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses A Declaration of war is a formal declaration issued by a national Government indicating that a state of War exists between that nation and another
• 1941 - World War II: Pacific War - the Republic of China officially declares war against Japan. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES
• 1941 - World War II: Pacific War - The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in China issues a proclamation which declared war against Japan and Germany on behalf of Korean people, who were under Japanese occupation since 1910. The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was a Government in exile based in Shanghai, China and later in Chongqing, during the Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting
• 1941 - World War II: First Japanese attack on Wake Island. Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a Coral atoll having a Coastline of 12 miles (19 kilometers in the North Pacific Ocean
• 1941 - Holocaust: Gas vans are first used as a means of execution, at the Chelmno extermination camp near Łódź in Poland. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as The gas van was an extermination method devised by Nazi Germany to kill their victims during the Holocaust. Chełmno extermination camp ( German name Kulmhof) was an Extermination camp of Nazi Germany that was situated 70 kilometres (43  Łódź is Poland 's third largest city with population of 753192 in 2007 (lost its second rank to Krakow in 2007 Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
• 1942 - Holocaust: in Ternopil, Ukraine, the German SS organizes the deportation of the last 1,400 Ternopil Jews to the death camp in Belzec. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ternopil (Тернопіль translit Ternopil’, Tarnopol Тернополь translit Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Ternopil (Тернопіль translit Ternopil’, Tarnopol Тернополь translit PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Belzec (Bełżec approximate Polish pronunciation bew-zhets) was the first of the Nazi German Extermination camps created for implementing The chief of the Gestapo, SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Müller, bore overall responsibility for the mass murder of the Jews of Ternopil and Berezhany county. The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Hermann Müller may refer to Hermann Müller (botanist (1829-1883 German botanist with whom Darwin corresponded Hermann Müller (Thurgau Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Berezhany (Бережани Brzeżany is a City located in the Ternopil Oblast ( province) of western Ukraine.
• 1949 - Chinese Civil War: The capital of the Republic of China is moved from Nanjing to Taipei, Taiwan. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ( Chinese: 南京 Romanizations Nánjīng ( Pinyin) Nan-ching ( Wade-Giles Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of
• 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the Atoms for Peace speech. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general "Atoms for Peace" was the title of a speech delivered by U
• 1966 - The Greek SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The SS Heraklion was a car ferry that Capsized and sank on December 8, 1966 in the Aegean Sea, resulting in the deaths of over 200 Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean.
• 1969 - An Olympic Airways Douglas DC-6 crashes in Keratea during a storm, killing 93 people. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Olympic Airlines (Ολυμπιακές Αερογραμμές Olympiakés Aerogrammés - OA is the Flag carrier Airline of Greece, based WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Keratea (Greek Κερατέα is a municipality of the Greek prefecture of Attica.
• 1972 - United Airlines Flight 553 crashes near Chicago Midway Airport, killing 45 people. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. United Airlines Flight 553, registration, City of Lincoln, was a Boeing 737-222 en route from Washington National Airport to Omaha Chicago Midway International Airport, also known simply as Midway Airport or Midway, is an Airport in Chicago Illinois, United States
• 1974 - A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Greek plebiscite of 1974 resulted in the final abolition of Monarchy in Greece and the establishment of the current Third Hellenic Republic. A monarchy is a Form of government in which supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in an individual who is the Head of state, often for life or
• 1980 - Mark David Chapman shoots and kills John Lennon in front of The Dakota apartment building with five bullets. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955 in Fort Worth Texas) is the man who murdered English musician and activist John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born The Dakota, constructed from October 25, 1880 to October 27, 1884, is an Apartment building located on the northwest corner of
• 1982 - Activist Norman Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument, before being killed by United States Park Police. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Norman David Mayer ( March 31, 1916 – December 9, 1982) was an American anti- Nuclear weapons activist who was shot and killed by The Washington Monument is a large tall sand-colored Obelisk near the west end of the National Mall in Washington D The United States Park Police (USPP is the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agency in the United States.
• 1982 - In Suriname several opponents of the military government are killed. Suriname ( Dutch: Suriname; Sranan Tongo: Sranan) officially the Republic of Suriname (traditionally spelled Surinam by The expression December Murders is generally used for the murder on December 8, 1982, of thirteen civilians and two military officials who opposed the military rule
• 1987 - The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ( INF) was a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• 1987 - The Queen Street Massacre: Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills 8 people at the offices of Australia Post in Melbourne, Australia before being killed himself. The Queen Street massacre was a Murder-suicide that occurred on December 8, 1987 at the Australia Post offices in Melbourne, Frank Vitkovic (c 1965 - December 8, 1987) was an Australian Mass murderer responsible for the Queen Street massacre. | industry = Post | products = Postal service, Office supplies, Greeting cards | revenue = $4 Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3
• 1987 - The Alianza Lima air disaster. The Alianza Lima air disaster was an aircraft accident on December 8, 1987 in which 43 people associated with the Peruvian Alianza Lima
• 1991 - The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1991 - The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum. The 1991 Constitution of Romania is the fundamental law that establishes the structure of the government of Romania, the rights and obligations of the country's citizens and
• 1993 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States
• 1998 - Tadjena massacre: 81 people are killed by armed groups in Algeria. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Beginning about 900 pm on December 8 and continuing until early December 9, 1998, 81 villagers (45 according to the initial reports were killed by armed groups Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's
• 2002 - The Caribbean Community Heads of Government meet with the Government of Cuba and declare the date to be "CARICOM-Cuba Day" - To celebrate diplomatic ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The Caribbean Community ( CARICOM) is an organization of Caribbean nations and dependencies
• 2004 - The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Cusco Declaration, formally titled Preamble to the Foundation Act of the South American Union, is a two-page declaration of intent signed by 12 South American ||} Cusco (also spelled Cuzco, and in the local Quechua language as Qusqu 'qos Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. __FORCETOC__The Union of South American Nations (Unión de Naciones Suramericanas - UNASUR, União de Nações Sul-Americanas - UNASUL, Unie van Zuid-Amerikaanse Naties
• 2004 - The last Ford Taurus wagon rolls off of the assembly line. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Ford Taurus is an Automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United States.
• 2005 - Ante Gotovina, Croatian army general accused of war crimes, is captured in the Playa de las Américas, Tenerife by the Spanish police. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ante Gotovina (born October 12, 1955, Island of Pašman, Croatia) is a former lieutenant general ( general pukovnik) of the Croatian Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Playa de las Américas is a purpose-built Holiday resort between the Municipio of Arona, and Adeje in the south of Tenerife, one of the Tenerife (previously known and spelled as "Teneriffe" in English before mass tourism adopted the Spanish spelling a Spanish Island, is the largest Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.

Births

• 65 BC - Horace, Roman poet (d. Year 65 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome In response to the illegal exercise of Citizen rights Quintus Horatius Flaccus, ( Venosa, December 8, 65 BC - Rome, November 27, 8 BC known in the English-speaking world as Horace 8 BC)
• 1542 - Mary Queen of Scots (d. Year 8 BC was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. 1587)
• 1574 - Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)
• 1626 - Queen Christina of Sweden (d. Christina (Kristina Augusta ( – 19 April 1689 later known as Christina Alexandra and sometimes Countess Dohna, was 1689)
• 1678 - Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. Horatio Walpole 1st Baron Walpole, PC ( 8 December 1678 – 5 February 1757) English diplomatist, was a son 1757)
• 1699 - Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Family She was born an Archduchess of Austria as a daughter of Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor and Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick. 1757)
• 1708 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1708 ( MDCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Early life He was born in Nancy, Lorraine (now in France) the oldest surviving son of Leopold Joseph, duke of Lorraine and his wife 1765)
• 1730 - Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jan Ingenhousz or Ingen-Housz ( December 8, 1730, Breda - September 7, 1799) was Dutch Physiologist 1799)
• 1765 - Eli Whitney, American inventor (d. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1825)
• 1795 - Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Peter Andreas Hansen ( December 8, 1795  – March 28, 1874) was a Danish Astronomer, was born at Tønder 1874)
• 1815 - Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel, ( December 8, 1815 Breslau - February 9, 1905 Berlin) was a German 1905)
• 1816 - August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year August Belmont Sr ( December 8 1813 - November 24 1890) was born in Alzey, Hesse, to a Jewish family 1890)
• 1817 - Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs ( 8 December 1817 &ndash 12 October 1896) was a Danish nobleman and Politician 1896)
• 1832 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson ( 8 December, 1832 – 26 April, 1910) was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1910)
• 1848 - Joel Chandler Harris, American author and folklorist (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Joel Chandler Harris ( December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist born in Eatonton, Georgia who wrote 1908)
• 1861 - William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Crapo "Billy" Durant ( December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States Automobile 1947)
• 1861 - Aristide Maillol, French sculptor (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aristide Maillol ( December 8 1861 &ndash September 27 1944) was a French Catalan sculptor and painter 1944)
• 1861 - Georges Méliès, French filmmaker (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georges Méliès ( December 8, 1861 &ndash January 21, 1938) full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French 1938)
• 1862 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Georges Feydeau, ( 8 December 1862 - 5 June 1921) was a French Playwright of the Era known as La Belle Epoque 1921)
• 1864 - Camille Claudel, French graphic artist and sculptor (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Camille Claudel ( December 8, 1864 &ndash October 19, 1943) was a French sculptor and Graphic artist. 1943)
• 1865 - Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jacques Salomon Hadamard ( December 8, 1865 – October 17, 1963) was a French Mathematician best known for his proof of 1963)
• 1865 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1957)
• 1874 - Ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ernst Moro (8 December 1874 in Laibach (presently Ljubljana Slovenia – 1951 was an Austrian Physician and Pediatrician who discovered 1951)
• 1886 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Diego Rivera (December 8 1886 &ndash November 24 1957 was born Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez 1957)
• 1890 - Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bohuslav Martinů ( (December 8 1890 – August 28 1959 was a prolific Bohemian Czech Composer, who wrote six symphonies, 15 Operas 1959)
• 1894 - E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Elzie Crisler Segar ( December 8, 1894 &ndash October 13, 1938) was an American Cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows 1938)
• 1894 - James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Grover Thurber ( December 8, 1894 &ndash November 2, 1961) was an American Humorist and Cartoonist. 1961)
• 1899 - John Qualen, Canadian actor (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Qualen ( December 8, 1899 - September 12, 1987) was a Canadian film Character actor. 1987)
• 1900 - Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Sun Li-jen ( Traditional Chinese: 孫立人 Hanyu Pinyin: Sūn Lìrén ( December 8, 1900 &ndash November 19, 1990) was 1990)
• 1902 - Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Wifredo Oscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (b December 8, 1902, Sagua La Grande, Cuba; &ndash d 1982)
• 1908 - John A. Volpe, 61^st and 63^rd Governor of Massachusetts, 2^nd United States Secretary of Transportation (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year John Anthony Volpe ( December 8, 1908 - November 11, 1994) was a Governor of Massachusetts and a U The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. 1994)
• 1909 - Gratien Gélinas, French Canadian playwright, actor, director and producer (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Gratien Gélinas CC ( December 8, 1909 &ndash March 16, 1999) was a Canadian author playwright actor director producer 1999)
• 1911 - Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Lee J Cobb ( December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American Actor. 1976)
• 1911 - Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and lyricist (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nikos Gatsos ( Greek: Νίκος Γκάτσος 8 December 1911 – 12 May 1992) was a Greek writer and poet 1992)
• 1913 - Delmore Schwartz, American poet (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Delmore Schwartz ( December 8, 1913 &ndash July 11, 1966) was an American poet and short-story writer from Brooklyn, 1966)
• 1915 - Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ernest Lehman ( December 8, 1915 in New York City – July 2 2005 in Los Angeles California) was an American 2005)
• 1916 - Richard Fleischer, American film director (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Richard O Fleischer ( December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American Film director. 2006)
• 1918 - Gérard Souzay, French baritone (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gérard Souzay ( December 8, 1918 &ndash August 17, 2004) was a French Baritone singer regarded as one of the best interpreters of 2004)
• 1919 - Peter Tali Coleman, American politician (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Peter Tali Coleman ( December 8, 1919 - April 28, 1997) was the first person of Samoan descent to be appointed Governor of 1997)
• 1922 - Lucian Freud, English painter
• 1922 - Jean Ritchie, American folk singer
• 1923 - Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist
• 1925 - Sammy Davis Jr., American actor and singer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH (born 8 December 1922 is a British painter of German Origin Jean Ritchie (born December 8, 1922) is an American folk singer songwriter and Appalachian dulcimer player Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rudolph Pariser (born December 8, 1923) is a physical and Polymer chemist. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Samuel George “Sammy” Davis Jr (8 December 1925 &ndash 16 May 1990 was an American Entertainer. 1990)
• 1925 - Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Carmen Martín Gaite ( December 8, 1925 &ndash July 22, 2000) was an award winning Spanish author 2000)
• 1925 - Jimmy Smith, American jazz organist (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Jimmy Smith ( December 8, 1925 year is disputed and is often given as 1928 – February 8, 2005) was a Jazz musician whose performances 2005)
• 1927 - Ferdie Pacheco, the "Fight Doctor"
• 1927 - Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1930 - Julian Critchley, British politician (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Ferdie Pacheco was the cornerman for multiple Boxing champions most famously Muhammed Ali, for whom he was also a personal Physician. Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Владимир Александрович Шаталов born December 8, 1927 in Petropavlovsk) was a Soviet Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Julian Michael Gordon Critchley ( 8 December 1930 &ndash 9 September 2000) was a British Conservative Politician 2000)
• 1930 - Maximilian Schell, Austrian-born Swiss actor, film director, and author
• 1931 - Bob Arum, American boxing promoter
• 1933 - Flip Wilson, American comedian (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is an Academy Award -winning Austrian Actor. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert "Bob" Arum (born December 8, 1931 in New York City) is professional Boxing promoter Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clerow Wilson Jr, known professionally as Flip Wilson, ( December 8, 1933 &ndash November 25, 1998) was an American 1998)
• 1935 - Dharmendra, Indian actor
• 1935 - Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player
• 1936 - David Carradine, American actor
• 1937 - James MacArthur, American actor
• 1937 - Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber and businessman (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dharamendra Singh Deol (धर्मेन्द्र सिंह देओल (ਧਰਮਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਉਲ born 8 December 1935 in Tatiana Yakovlevna Zatulovskaya (טטיאנה יעקבלבנה זטולובסקיה Russian: Татьяна Яковлевна Затуловская; born 8 Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Carradine (born December 8 1936 is an American actor Biography Early life Carradine was born John Arthur Carradine in Hollywood Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Gordon MacArthur (born December 8, 1937 in Los Angeles California) is an American actor Arne Næss Jr ( December 8, 1937 &ndash January 13, 2004) was a Norwegian Mountaineer and businessman 2004)
• 1939 - Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1939 - Jerry "The Iceman" Butler, American soul singer
• 1939 - Sir James Galway, Northern Irish flautist
• 1939 - Soko Richardson, American rhythm and blues drummer. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gordon "Red" Berenson (born December 8, 1939 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a former Canadian Professional Ice hockey Jerry Butler (born Jerry Butler Jr December 8, 1939, Sunflower, Mississippi) is an American soul Singer Sir James Galway OBE (born December 8, 1939) is a Northern Ireland &ndashborn Virtuoso flautist from Belfast, nicknamed A flautist, flutist, or flute player is a Musician who plays the Flute. Soko Richardson (December 8 1939 – January 29 2004 was an influential Rhythm and blues Drummer. (d. 2004)
• 1940 - Brant Alyea, American baseball player
• 1941 - Ed Brinkman, American baseball player
• 1941 - Bob Brown, American football player
• 1941 - Randall "Duke" Cunningham, US Navy fighter pilot and Congressman
• 1941 - Sir Geoff Hurst, English footballer
• 1943 - Jim Morrison, American poet, singer (The Doors) (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Garrabrant Ryerson Alyea (born December 8, 1940 in Passaic, New Jersey) was a Major League Baseball Outfielder from Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edwin Albert Brinkman ( December 8, 1941 - September 30, 2008) was a Major League Baseball Shortstop. Randall Harold Cunningham (born December 8, 1941) usually known as Randy or Duke, was a Republican member of the United Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a former footballer of Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Douglas Morrison (December 8 1943—July 3 1971 was an American Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Writer, and Film director This article is about the band For their self-titled debut album see The Doors (album; for the Oliver Stone film see The Doors (film; for Doors in computing 1971)
• 1943 - Mary Woronov, American actress
• 1945 - John Banville, Irish novelist and journalist
• 1946 - John Rubinstein, American actor, composer, director
• 1946 - Sharmila Tagore, Indian Actress
• 1947 - Gregg Allman, American musician
• 1947 - Thomas R. Cech, American chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1947 - Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Skolt Sámi writer
• 1949 - Mary Gordon, American writer
• 1949 - Nancy Meyers, American film director, producer and screenwriter
• 1949 - Ray Shulman, English musician
• 1949 - Robert Sternberg, Proposed the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
• 1950 - Rick Baker, American film makeup artist
• 1950 - Tim Foli, American baseball player
• 1950 - Dan Hartman, American musician (Edgar Winter Group) (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Mary Woronov (born December 8, 1943 or 1946) is an American actress well known for her roles in Cult films; she has appeared in over 80 movies Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar John Banville (born 1945 is an Irish Novelist and Journalist. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Arthur Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American film Broadway and television actor a composer of film and theatre music and a director Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See Tagore for disambiguation Sharmila Tagore (শর্মিলা ঠাকুর ''Shormila Ṭhakur'') (also known as Ayesha Sultana Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gregory Lenoir Allman (born December 8, 1947 in Nashville Tennessee) known as Gregg Allman (sometimes spelled Greg Allman) is a Thomas Robert Cech ( December 8, 1947 in Chicago) is a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Kati-Claudia Fofonoff (born December 8, 1947 Ivalo) is a Skolt author who writes in both Skolt Sámi and Finnish. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Catherine Gordon (born December 8 1949) is an American Writer and is the McIntosh Professor of English at Barnard College. Nancy Jane Meyers (Born December 8, 1949 in Pennsylvania, US) is an American Ray Shulman (born Raymond Schulman 8 December, 1949, in Portsmouth, England) is a British musician and the youngest of three brothers that were Robert J Sternberg (born December 8, 1949) is an American psychologist and psychometrician and the Dean of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard A "Rick" Baker (born December 8, 1950) is a Hollywood special makeup effects artist known for his realistic creature effects Timothy John Foli (born December 8 1950 nicknamed Crazy Horse is a former Shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman ( December 8, 1950 — March 22, 1994) was an American Singer, Songwriter and Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946 in Beaumont Texas) is an American musician who had significant success in the 1970s and 1980s 1994)
• 1951 - Bill Bryson, American author
• 1951 - Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1952 - Khaw Boon Wan, Singapore Health Minister
• 1953 - Kim Basinger, American actress
• 1953 - Roy Firestone, American sports announcer
• 1953 - Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBE, (born 8 December 1951 is a best-selling American Author of humorous books on Travel, as well Jan Eggum (born on December 8, 1951 in Bergen Norway) is a Norwegian Singer-songwriter who has been active since 1975 Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Khaw Boon Wan ( born 8 December 1952) is the Minister for Health of Singapore. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger (ˈbeɪsɪŋɚ bay-sing-er often mispronounced /ˈbæsɪndʒɚ/ bass-in-jer) (born December 8, 1953) Roy Firestone (born on December 8, 1953 in Miami Beach Florida) is a Commentator and Sports Journalist. Samuel "Sam" Burl Kinison ( December 8 1953 &ndash April 10 1992) was an American 1992)
• 1954 - Harold Hongju Koh, Korean-American Dean of Yale Law School
• 1956 - Warren Cuccurullo, American musician
• 1957 - Phil Collen, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
• 1958 - Bird McIntyre, Thai pop singer, musician
• 1960 - Lim Guan Eng, Secretary-General of the Malaysian Democratic Action Party (DAP)
• 1961 - Ann Coulter, American author, political commentator, and attorney
• 1962 - Marty Friedman, American guitarist
• 1963 - Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1964 - James Blundell, Australian country singer
• 1964 - Sandy Burnett, English record producer
• 1964 - Teri Hatcher, American actress
• 1965 - Carina Lau, Hong Kong actress
• 1966 - Sinéad O'Connor, Irish musician
• 1966 - Jeff Tremaine, American television and film director
• 1967 - Jeff George, American football player
• 1967 - Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
• 1967 - Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager
• 1968 - Michael Cole, American professional wrestling commentator
• 1968 - Mike Mussina, American baseball player

• 1972 - Marco Abreu, Angolan footballer
• 1972 - Frank Shamrock, American mixed martial artist
• 1973 - Doron Bell Jr., Canadian actor
• 1973 - Corey Taylor, American singer (Slipknot, Stone Sour)
• 1974 - Cristian Castro, Mexican singer
• 1974 - Tony Simmons, American football player
• 1974 - Nick Zinner, American guitarist (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
• 1975 - Kevin Harvick, American NASCAR driver
• 1976 - Naimee Coleman, Irish singer and songwriter
• 1976 - Reed Johnson, American baseball player
• 1976 - Dominic Monaghan, English actor
• 1977 - Elsa Benítez, Mexican supermodel
• 1977 - Sébastien Chabal, French rugby union footballer
• 1977 - Ryan Newman, American NASCAR driver
• 1978 - John Oster, Welsh footballer
• 1978 - Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer
• 1978 - Ian Somerhalder, American actor
• 1978 - Vernon Wells, American baseball player
• 1979 - Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1979 - Johan Forssell, Swedish politician
• 1979 - Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer
• 1981 - Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player
• 1981 - Philip Rivers, American football player
• 1982 - Noelle Pikus-Pace, American skeleton racer
• 1982 - Dee Dee Trotter, American athlete
• 1983 - Neel Jani, Swiss racing driver
• 1983 - Liu Song, Chinese snooker player
• 1984 - Greg Halford, English footballer
• 1984 - Badr Hari, Dutch kickboxer, Niall Brennan, Irish Legend. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Biography A Korean-American native of Boston, he graduated in 1971 from the New Haven prep school Hopkins, graduated Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born December 8, 1956 in Brooklyn) is an American rock and pop Guitarist who has Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Philip Kenneth Collen (born December 8, 1957 in Hackney, East London England) is the lead guitarist for English rock band Def Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thongchai "Bird" McIntyre (born Albert Thongchai McIntyre, December 8 1958) is a Thai pop Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Honourable Lim Guan Eng, MP ( Bagan) MLA ( Air Puteh) ( Chinese: 林冠英 Pinyin: Lín Guānyīng Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8 1961 is an American Political commentator, Syndicated columnist, and best-selling Author. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Professional wrestler who is most known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. James Blundell (born December 8, 1964) is an Australian Country music singer Sandy Burnett (born December 8th 1964 is a veteran British Record producer. Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8 1964) is an American Actress. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Carina Lau Kar-ling (born December 8, 1965 in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China with family roots in Rongxian, Guangxi, Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor (ʃɪˈneɪd oʊˈkɒnɚ (born 8 December 1966 is a Grammy Award winning Irish singer and songwriter Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Jeff Tremaine (born September 8, 1966) is an American Film and Television producer/director and along with Johnny Knoxville Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Jeffrey Scott George (born December 8, 1967 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American football Quarterback in the National (born December 8, 1967) is a prolific Japanese Seiyū ( Voice actress) from Tokyo. A is a Japanese vocal actor Seiyū work in Radio, Television, and movies; they perform voice-overs for non-Japanese movies they provide narration and they Darren Stephen Sheridan (born December 8, 1967 in Stretford, Greater Manchester) is an English footballer He currently Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Sean Coulthard Due to his war zone experience in 1995 he was also selected to cover the aftermath of the bombing of the Alfred P Michael Cole Mussina (born December 8 1968 nicknamed Moose, is a Major League Baseball Starting pitcher currently with the American League's Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marco Paulo Coimbra de Abreu, better known as Marco Abreu (born 8 December 1974 in Lubango, Angola) is an Angolan football Frank Shamrock (born Frank Alisio Juarez III on December 8 1972 in Santa Monica California) is an American Mixed martial arts fighter Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Doron Bell Jr is a Canadian actor born 8 December 1973 in Montreal Quebec. Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) also known by his number #8, is an American Musician known as the vocalist Slipknot is an American band from Des Moines Iowa. Slipknot consists of nine members the current band members are Sid Stone Sour is a three time Grammy -nominated American rock band based in Des Moines IA United States. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Cristian Castro (born Cristian Sáenz Castro on December 8, 1974 in Mexico City) is a Grammy Award -nominated Mexican pop Tony DeAngelo Simmons (born December 8, 1974 in Chicago Illinois) is a former American football and Canadian football player Nicholas Joseph Zinner (born December 8, 1974) is the Guitarist for the New York Rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a New York City -based Alternative rock band Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kevin Michael Harvick (born December 8, 1975 in Bakersfield California) is an American race car driver and car owner competing in the Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Naimee Coleman is a singer/songwriter from Dundrum Dublin, Ireland. Reed Cameron Johnson (born December 8, 1976 in Riverside California) is a Major League Baseball Outfielder for the Chicago Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is an English Actor. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Elsa Benítez (born on December 8, 1977 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico) is a Mexican Supermodel. Sébastien Chabal (born 8 December 1977) is a French Rugby union player who plays at for Sale Sharks and France, and has Ryan Joseph Newman (born December 8, 1977 in South Bend, Indiana) is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) John Morgan Oster (born 8 December 1978 in Boston, Lincolnshire) is an English born Welsh international Anwar Siraj (born 8 December, 1978 in Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian football defender currently playing for Al-Saqr. Ian Joseph Somerhalder (born December 8, 1978) is an American Actor, male fashion model and producer, probably most notable for playing Vernon Wells III (born December 8, 1978, in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a Major League Baseball player for the Toronto Blue Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Fitzhenry (born 8 December, 1979 in Macksville New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for Carl Johan Henrik Forssell (born 8 December 1979) is a Swedish Moderate Party Politician serving as Chief of Staff Christian Ulf Wilhelmsson (Swedish ˈkristɪan ˈɕɪpɛn ˈvɪlhɛlmsɔn (born 8 December 1979 in Malmö) is a professional football player who plays for Al-Hilal Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Jeremy Lee Accardo (born on December 18, 1981 in Phoenix Arizona) is a Pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Philip Rivers (born December 8, 1981 in Athens Alabama) is the starting Quarterback for the San Diego Chargers. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Noelle Pikus-Pace (born December 8, 1982 in Orem Utah) is an American skeleton racer who has competed since 2000 De'Hashia Tonnek ("DeeDee" Trotter (born December 8, 1982 in Twenty Nine Palms, California) is an American athlete Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Neel Jani (born December 8, 1983 in Rorschach, Switzerland) is a Swiss Race car driver of an Indian Liu Song ( born 8 December 1983) is a professional Snooker player from Beijing, China. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Gregory "Greg" Halford (born 8 December 1984, in Chelmsford, England) is a professional footballer currently with Sheffield Badr "The Golden Boy" Hari (born December 8, 1984) is a Moroccan Heavyweight kickboxer.
• 1985 - Dwight Howard, American basketball player
• 1986 - Amir Khan, English boxer
• 1986 - Kate Voegele, American musician
• 1989 - Drew Doughty, Canadian hockey player
• 1993 - AnnaSophia Robb, American actress and singer

Deaths

• 899 - Arnulf of Carinthia (b. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Dwight David Howard (born December 8 1985 in Atlanta Georgia) is an American Basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Amir Khan ( Urdu:) (born 8 December 1986 is a British boxer from Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Kate Elizabeth Voegele (born December 8, 1986) is a singer-songwriter musician and actress from the Cleveland suburb of Bay Village Ohio Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Drew Doughty (born December 8, 1989 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian junior Ice hockey player Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) AnnaSophia Robb (pronounced " ah -na" born December 8, 1993 in Denver Colorado) is an American film and television actress Events By place Europe Edward the Elder becomes King of Wessex. Arnulf of Carinthia (Arnulf von Kärnten Arnulf Koroški 850 &ndash December 8 899) was the Carolingian King of East Francia from 887 850)
• 1626 - John Davies, English poet (b. Events By Place Asia Emperor Montoku succeeds Emperor Nimmyō as Emperor of Japan. Sir John Davies ( April 16, 1569 &ndash December 8, 1626) was an English Poet and Lawyer, who became attorney 1569)
• 1632 - Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. Johan Philip Lansberge ( August 25 1561 &ndash December 8 1632) was a Dutch Astronomer. 1561)
• 1638 - Ivan Gundulic, Croatian poet (b. Ivan (Dživo Franov Gundulić ( Italian: Giovanni Francesco Gondola; January 9, 1589 &ndash December 8, 1638) is the most 1589)
• 1643 - John Pym, English statesman (b. John Pym (1584 &ndash December 8, 1643) was an English parliamentarian, leader of the Long Parliament and a prominent critic of 1583)
• 1649 - Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. St Noël Chabanel ( February 2, 1613 &ndash December 8, 1649) was a Jesuit Missionary at Sainte-Marie 1613)
• 1680 - Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess of Dorchester, PC, FRS (March 1606 &ndash 8 December 1680) was an English peer, the son 1606)
• 1691 - Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. Richard Baxter ( November 12, 1615 - December 8, 1691) was an English Puritan church leader theologian and 1615)
• 1695 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville ( December 14, 1625 &ndash December 8, 1695) French Orientalist, was born at 1625)
• 1709 - Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (b. Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Thomas Corneille ( August 20, 1625 - December 8, 1709) was a French Dramatist. 1625)
• 1722 - Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orléans (b. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Duke of Orléans (Duc d'Orléans is one of the most important titles in the French peerage, dating back at least to the 14th century 1652)
• 1744 - Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchesse de Châteauroux ( October 5, 1717 &ndash December 8, 1744) was a mistress of Louis XV of Louis XV (15 February 1710 &ndash 10 May 1774 ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774 1717)
• 1745 - Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1745 ( MDCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Étienne Fourmont ( June 23 1683 - December 8, 1745) was a French Orientalist. 1683)
• 1746 - Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Charles Radclyffe (3 September 1693 &ndash 8 December 1746 titular 5th Earl of Derwentwater who claimed the title Fifth Earl of Derwentwater, was an early Scottish Rite 1693)
• 1756 - William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat
• 1768 - Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a William Stanhope 1st Earl of Harrington, PC (c 1690 – 8 December 1756) was a British statesman and diplomatist Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jean Denis Attiret ( July 31, 1702 in Dole, France &ndash December 8, 1768 in Beijing, China) was 1702)
• 1779 - Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nathan Alcock (September 1707 &mdash 8 December 1779) was an English Physician. 1707)
• 1811 - Eliza Poe, English-born American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe(b. Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Elizabeth Arnold Poe (1787–1811 was a English -born American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, 1787)
• 1830 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (b. Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display This article concerns the European writer and politician for others see Benjamin Constant (disambiguation. 1767)
• 1859 - Thomas de Quincey, English author (b. Year 1767 ( MDCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thomas de Quincey (15 August 1785 &ndash 8 December 1859 was an English author and intellectual best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater 1785)
• 1864 - George Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year George Boole (buːl ( November 2, 1815 &ndash December 8, 1864) was a British Mathematician and Philosopher. Boolean algebra (or Boolean logic) is a logical calculus of truth values, developed by George Boole in the late 1830s 1815)
• 1885 - William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the railroad magnate For his grandson the governor of Rhode Island see William Henry Vanderbilt III. This article details the family of Cornelius Vanderbilt For other uses see Vanderbilt (disambiguation. 1821)
• 1894 - Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (Пафну́тий Льво́вич Чебышёв ( –) was a Russian Mathematician. 1821)
• 1907 - Oscar II of Sweden (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Early life At his birth in Stockholm Oscar Frederik was created Duke of Östergötland. 1829)
• 1914 - Maximilian von Spee, German naval officer (b. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Maximilian Graf (Count von Spee ( 22 June 1861 - 8 December 1914) was a German Admiral, born in Copenhagen 1861)
• 1917 - Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian writer (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Mendele Mocher Sforim (also Sfarim, מענדעלע מוכר ספֿרים) ( December 21, 1835 ( O 1836)
• 1938 - Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Friedrich Charles Glauser (February 4 1896 in Vienna – December 8 1938 in Genoa) was a German-language Swiss writer 1896)
• 1940 - George Exton Lloyd, Anglican Bishop and theologian (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Exton Lloyd, MA, DD ( January 6, 1861 &ndash December 8, 1940) was an Anglican bishop and theologian 1861)
• 1952 - Charles Lightoller, English second officer on the Titanic (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller DSC & Bar RD RNR ( 30 March 1874 &ndash 8 December 1952) was 1874)
• 1958 - Tris Speaker, American baseball player (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tristram E Speaker ( April 4, 1888 - December 8, 1958) nicknamed “Spoke” (a play on his last name and “Grey Eagle” (for his prematurely 1888)
• 1963 - Field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata ( Thai: สฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์) ( June 16, 1908 - December 8, 1963 The first Prime Minister of Thailand was Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, who took office after the 1932 Siamese coup d'état ended the absolute monarchy 1908)
• 1966 - Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Ward Morehouse ( November 24, 1899 - December 8, 1966) was an American theater critic newspaper Columnist, Playwright, 1899)
• 1967 - John Mills, Sr., American singer (Mills Brothers) (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Mills Brothers were a major African-American Jazz and pop vocal Quartet of the 20th century producing more than 2000 recordings that sold The Mills Brothers were a major African-American Jazz and pop vocal Quartet of the 20th century producing more than 2000 recordings that sold 1889)
• 1975 - Gary Thain, New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gary Thain ( Christchurch, New Zealand, 15 May, 1948 – 8 December, 1975) was a rock Bassist, best known for Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in December 1969 when record producer Gerry Bron invited keyboardist Ken Hensley (previously 1948)
• 1978 - Golda Meir, Russian-born Prime Minister of Israel (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Golda Meir ( גּוֹלְדָּה מֵאִיר جولدا مائير born Golda Mabovitch, 3 May 1898 - 8 December 1978 known as Golda Myerson from 1917-1956 The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead 1898)
• 1980 - John Lennon, English musician and peace activist (The Beatles) (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 1940)
• 1982 - Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Abraham Maurits "Bram" Behr ( January 18, 1951 &ndash December 8, 1982) was a Surinamese Communist. 1951)
• 1982 - Marty Robbins, American singer (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Martin David Robinson ( September 26 1925 – December 8, 1982) was an American singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist 1925)
• 1983 - Slim Pickens, American actor (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Louis Burton Lindley Jr (June 29 1919 &ndash December 8 1983 better known by the Stage name Slim Pickens, was an American Rodeo performer and 1919)
• 1984 - Luther Adler, American actor (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Luther Adler ( May 4, 1903 - December 8, 1984) was an American Actor best known for his work in Theatre, but 1903)
• 1984 - Robert Jay Mathews, White Nationalist (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Robert Jay Mathews ( January 16 1953 – December 8 1984) was the leader of an American Neo-Nazi group The Order. White nationalism is a political Ideology which advocates a racial definition (or redefinition of national identity for White people, in opposition to 1953)
• 1991 - Kimberly Bergalis, claimed to have contracted HIV from her dentist (b. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Kimberly Bergalis (January 9 1968 &ndash December 8 1991 was an American woman who claimed that she had been infected with HIV by David Acer, a 1968)
• 1991 - Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpeter (b. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buck Clayton (born Wilbur Dorsey Clayton in Parsons Kansas on November 12, 1911 -died in New York City on December 8 1911)
• 1992 - William Shawn, American magazine editor (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) William Shawn ( August 31, 1907 – December 8, 1992) was an American magazine editor who edited The New Yorker 1917)
• 1994 - Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian composer and arranger (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim ( January 25, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro &ndash December 8, 1994 in Brazil) also 1927)
• 1996 - Howard Rollins, American actor (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr ( October 17 1950 &ndash December 8, 1996) was an American television film and stage Actor 1950)
• 1997 - Bob Bell, played Bozo the Clown (b. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Robert Lewis Bell better known as Bob Bell ( January 18, 1922 &ndash December 8, 1997) was famous for his alter-ego Bozo the Bozo the Clown is a Clown character whose widespread Franchising in early Television made him the best-known clown character in the United States 1922)
• 1999 - Péter Kuczka, Hungarian writer (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Péter Kuczka ( March 1, 1923 - December 8, 1999) was a Hungarian writer poet and Science Fiction editor 1923)
• 2001 - Don Tennant, American advertising executive (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Donald G Tennant ( November 23, 1922 - December 8, 2001) was an American advertising agency executive 1922)
• 2003 - Rubén González, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Rubén González ( May 26, 1919 in Santa Clara Cuba &ndash December 8, 2003 in Havana Cuba) was a Cuban The Buena Vista Social Club was a members club in Havana, Cuba that held dances and musical activities becoming a popular location for musicians to meet 1919)
• 2004 - Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Abbott), American guitarist (Pantera, Damageplan) (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers Vinnie Paul ( drums) and Damageplan was an American heavy metal band from Dallas, Texas that formed in 2003 1966)
• 2005 - Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and author (b. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georgiy Stepanovich Zhzhonov (Георгий Степанович Жжёнов ( March 22, 1915 - December 8, 2005) was a Russian actor 1915)
• 2006 - Martha Tilton, American singer (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Martha Tilton ( November 14 1915, Corpus Christi Texas - December 8 2006, Brentwood California) was an American popular 1915)
• 2006 - José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year José Altagracia González Uribe ( January 21 1959 &ndash December 8 2006) was a Dominican Shortstop in Major League 1959)
• 2007 - Gerardo García Pimentel, Mexican journalist

Holidays and observances

December 8 marks the conception of the Virgin Mary in many Christian denominations and the enlightenment of Buddha in most Buddhist sects. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Gerardo García Pimentel (1983 &ndash December 8 2007) was a Mexican Journalist and crime reporter Controversy over the beginning of pregnancy usually occurs in the context of the Abortion debate A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Bodhi (बोधि is both the Pāli and Sanskrit word traditionally translated into English as "enlightenment Siddhārtha Gautama ( Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual Teacher from Ancient India and the founder In the Sociology of religion a sect is generally a smaller religious or political group that has broken off from a larger group for example from a

• R.C. Saints - The solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary (Holy Day of Obligation in Ireland, U.S.); Saint Eucharius, first bishop of Trier
• Eastern Christianity - Conception of the Theotokos (Mother of God) by Saint Anne - Major Feast Day
• Buddhism - The Enlightenment of Gautama Buddha (Bodhi Day)
• Islam - May be part of the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca, as it is in 2008. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints For dogmatic context see Roman Catholic Mariology. For artistic depictions see Roman Catholic Marian art. In the Catholic Church, Holy Days of Obligation or Holidays of Obligation, less commonly called Feasts of Precept, are the days on which as canon 1247 Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Saint Eucharius is venerated as the first Bishop of Trier. He lived in the second half of the Third century. Trier (Trèves Luxembourgish: Tréier; Augusta Treverorum is a City in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. Families of churches Eastern Christians have a shared tradition but they became divided ( Schism) during the early centuries of Christianity in disputes about Theotokos (Θεοτόκος translit Theotókos) is a title of Mary the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Saint Anne (also Ann or Anna of David's house and line was the mother of the Virgin Mary, according to Christian tradition Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Bodhi (बोधि is both the Pāli and Sanskrit word traditionally translated into English as "enlightenment Siddhārtha Gautama ( Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual Teacher from Ancient India and the founder Bodhi Day, traditionally December 8th is the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that the historical Buddha Shakyamuni or Siddhartha Gotama, experienced For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Hanover Airport, also called Langenhagen Airport with reference to the nearby town of Langenhagen, is situated 11km north of the centre of Hanover Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
• Romania - Constitution Day
• Spain - Immaculate Conception - Day of the National Army of Spain
• Portugal - Immaculate Conception - Day of the national Patron Saint
• CARICOM-Cuba Day - To celebrate diplomatic ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba. Following is a list of holidays in Romania. Official non-working holidays Other official holidays and observances Traditional festivals Constitution Day is a Holiday to honor the Constitution of a country Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. For dogmatic context see Roman Catholic Mariology. For artistic depictions see Roman Catholic Marian art. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. For dogmatic context see Roman Catholic Mariology. For artistic depictions see Roman Catholic Marian art. The Caribbean Community ( CARICOM) is an organization of Caribbean nations and dependencies The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la
• France - Fête des Lumières (Festival of Lights) held in Lyon to honor the Virgin Mary. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Fête des lumières (festival of lights in Lyon, France expresses gratitude toward Mary mother of Jesus on December 8 of each year ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France.
• Panama - Mother's Day - Originally in honor of the Immaculate Conception. Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Mother's Day is a day honoring Mothers celebrated on various days in many places around the world

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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