What are the important events that happened on December 8? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 8: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 8 is the 342nd day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 25, 2022 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,840,960 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatetracontadigon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 45 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,639 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 8 Historical Events
- 1660 –A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare’s play Othello.
- 1912 –Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
- 1914 –A squadron of Britain’s Royal Navy defeats an inferior squadron of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
- 1927 –The Brookings Institution, one of the United States’ oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
- 1941 –Japanese forces simultaneously invade Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines. These happen concurrently with the Attack on Pearl Harbor, which was on December 7 in the United States.
- 1966 –The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
- 1987 –Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne, before jumping to his death.
- 1987 –The Alianza Lima air disaster occurs.
- 1991 –The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- 1993 –The North American Free Trade Agreement is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
Who were born on December 8?
- 1574 –Maria Anna of Bavaria, consort of Ferdinand II (d. 1616)
- 1862 –Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921)
- 1900 –Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990)
- 1937 –Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (d. 2004)
- 1937 –James MacArthur, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1943 –Ken Johnson, American professional wrestling manager
- 1949 –Ray Shulman, English musician
- 1952 –Khaw Boon Wan, Singapore Health Minister
- 1967 –Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
- 1983 –Neel Jani, Swiss racing driver
Who died on December 8?
- 899 –Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 850)
- 1722 –Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orléans (b. 1652)
- 1756 –William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat (b. 1690)
- 1830 –Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (b. 1767)
- 1859 –Thomas De Quincey, English author (b. 1785)
- 1940 –George Lloyd (bishop of Saskatchewan), Anglican Bishop and theologian (b. 1861)
- 1966 –Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (b. 1899)
- 1984 –Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1984 –Razzle, English musician and drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b. 1960)
- 2006 –José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)
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