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 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 25, 2021 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,315,360 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 55 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 3,274 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 8 Historical Events
- 1907 –King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
- 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 –United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be “a date which will live in infamy”, after which the U.S. and the Republic of China declare war against Japan.
- 1972 –United Airlines Flight 553 crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45.
- 1980 –John Lennon, an English musician (former member of The Beatles), and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.
- 1987 –Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne, before jumping to his death.
- 1987 –The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed.
- 1991 –The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.
- 1998 –Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
- 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.
Who were born on December 8?
- 1861 –Aristide Maillol, French sculptor (d. 1944)
- 1861 –Georges Méliès, French filmmaker (d. 1938)
- 1886 –Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (d. 1957)
- 1947 –Chava Alberstein, Israeli singer, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger
- 1950 –Dan Hartman, American musician (Edgar Winter Group) (d. 1994)
- 1953 –Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. 1992)
- 1956 –Andrew Edge English musician
- 1978 –Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer
- 1979 –José Peña, Venezuelan track and field athlete
- 1982 –Nicki Minaj, rapper and singer-songwriter
Who died on December 8?
- 899 –Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 850)
- 1643 –John Pym, English statesman (b. 1583)
- 1649 –Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613)
- 1744 –Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
- 1917 –Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian writer (b. 1836)
- 1991 –Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1911)
- 2003 –Rubén González, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1919)
- 2006 –José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)
- 2006 –Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915)
- 2009 –Kenneth Biros, American murderer (b. 1958)
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