December, 8th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Wednesday 08, 2004:
2004 - Population of Victoria (Australia) reaches 5 million for the first time.

Tuesday 08, 1998:
81 people killed by armed groups in the Tadjena massacre in Algeria.

Thursday 08, 1994:
US President Bill Clinton signs a bill enacting United States participation in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

Wednesday 08, 1993:
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.

Sunday 08, 1991:
First post-Communist Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.

Tuesday 08, 1987:
1987 - Gunman Frank Vitovic shoots nine people dead and wounds five others at the Australia Post Building, Queen Street, Melbourne. Vitovic then kills himself by plunging five stories to his death.

Monday 08, 1980:
Mark David Chapman murders former Beatle John Lennon.

Wednesday 08, 1976:
The Eagles release one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, Hotel California.

Monday 08, 1969:
An Olympic Airways DC-6B crashes near Athens during a storm killing 93 people.

Sunday 08, 1968:
NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco.

Thursday 08, 1949:
Chinese Civil War: The capital of the Republic of China is moved from Nanjing to Taipei, Taiwan.

Monday 08, 1941:
Holocaust: First Nazi use of gas vans on Jews, at the Chelmno camp near Lodz.

Tuesday 08, 1914:
Battle of the Falkland Islands fought.

Sunday 08, 1907:
King Gustav V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

Saturday 08, 1888:
Bulgaria's National Assembly adopts an Act on establishing a higher school in Sofia.

Wednesday 08, 1886:
American Federation of Labor founded.

Wednesday 08, 1869:
Timothy Eaton founds the T. Eaton Co., in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which would later become the Eaton's department store chain.

Friday 08, 1854:
Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogma of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/08-december/on-this-day.html


People born on December 08

1986:
Amir Khan, British boxer (b: December 8, 1986) (Biography of Amir Khan (boxer))

1978:
Ian Somerhalder, American actor (b: December 8, 1978) (Biography of Ian Somerhalder)
Vernon Wells, baseball player (b: December 8, 1978) (Biography of Vernon Wells)

1976:
Dominic Monaghan, German-born actor (b: December 8, 1976) (Biography of Dominic Monaghan)
Naimee Coleman, Irish singer and songwriter (b: December 8, 1976) (Biography of Naimee Coleman)

1973:
Corey Taylor, American musician (Slipknot) (b: December 8, 1973) (Biography of Corey Taylor)

1968:
Mike Mussina, baseball player (b: December 8, 1968) (Biography of Mike Mussina)

1966:
Sinéad O'Connor, Irish musician (b: December 8, 1966) (Biography of Sinéad O'Connor)

1964:
Teri Hatcher, American actress (b: December 8, 1964) (Biography of Teri Hatcher)

1962:
Marty Friedman, American guitarist (b: December 8, 1962) (Biography of Marty Friedman (guitarist))

1961:
Ann Coulter, American author, political commentator, and attorney (b: December 8, 1961) (Biography of Ann Coulter)

1957:
Phil Collen, British guitarist (Def Leppard) (b: December 8, 1957) (Biography of Phil Collen)

1956:
Warren Cuccurullo, American musician (b: December 8, 1956) (Biography of Warren Cuccurullo)

1953:
Kim Basinger, American actress (b: December 8, 1953) (Biography of Kim Basinger)

1950:
Rick Baker, American film makeup artist (b: December 8, 1950) (Biography of Rick Baker)

1947:
Gregg Allman, American musician (b: December 8, 1947) (Biography of Gregg Allman)

1943:
Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (b: December 8, 1943 ; d: July 3, 1971) (Biography of Jim Morrison)
Mary Woronov, American actress (b: December 8, 1943) (Biography of Mary Woronov)

1939:
James Galway, Irish flutist (b: December 8, 1939) (Biography of James Galway)

1937:
Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber and businessman (b: December 8, 1937 ; d: January 13, 2004) (Biography of Arne Næss jr.)
James MacArthur, American actor (b: December 8, 1937) (Biography of James MacArthur)

1936:
David Carradine, American actor (b: December 8, 1936) (Biography of David Carradine)

1933:
Flip Wilson, American comedian (b: December 8, 1933 ; d: November 25, 1998) (Biography of Flip Wilson)

1930:
Maximilian Schell, Austrian-born actor, film director, and author (b: December 8, 1930) (Biography of Maximilian Schell)

1927:
Vladimir Shatalov, cosmonaut (b: December 8, 1927) (Biography of Vladimir Shatalov)

1925:
Sammy Davis Jr., American actor and singer (b: December 8, 1925) (Biography of Sammy Davis Jr.)

1923:
Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born chemist (b: December 8, 1923) (Biography of Rudolph Pariser)

1919:
Peter Tali Coleman, American politician (b: December 8, 1919) (Biography of Peter Tali Coleman)

1918:
Gérard Souzay, French baritone (b: December 8, 1918 ; d: August 17, 2004) (Biography of Gérard Souzay)

1915:
Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (b: December 8, 1915 ; d: July 2, 2005) (Biography of Ernest Lehman)

1911:
Lee J. Cobb, American actor (b: December 8, 1911) (Biography of Lee J. Cobb)

1894:
James Thurber, American writer (b: December 8, 1894 ; d: November 2, 1961) (Biography of James Thurber)

1890:
Bohuslav Martin?, Romanian composer (b: December 8, 1890 ; d: August 28, 1959) (Biography of Bohuslav Martin?)

1886:
Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b: December 8, 1886 ; d: November 24, 1957) (Biography of Diego Rivera)

1865:
Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b: December 8, 1865 ; d: September 20, 1957) (Biography of Jean Sibelius)

1864:
Camille Claudel, French graphic artist (b: December 8, 1864 ; d: October 19, 1943) (Biography of Camille Claudel)

1862:
Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b: December 8, 1862 ; d: June 5, 1921) (Biography of Georges Feydeau)

1861:
William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (b: December 8, 1861 ; d: March 18, 1947) (Biography of William C. Durant)
Aristide Maillol, French sculptor (b: December 8, 1861) (Biography of Aristide Maillol)

1848:
Joel Chandler Harris, American author and folklorist (b: December 8, 1848) (Biography of Joel Chandler Harris)

1832:
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 8, 1832 ; d: April 26, 1910) (Biography of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson)

1816:
August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b: December 8, 1816 ; d: November 24, 1890) (Biography of August Belmont, Sr.)

1815:
Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (b: December 8, 1815) (Biography of Adolph Menzel)

1765:
Eli Whitney, American inventor (b: December 8, 1765 ; d: January 8, 1825) (Biography of Eli Whitney)

1730:
Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born physiologist and botanist (b: December 8, 1730) (Biography of Jan Ingenhousz)

1708:
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b: December 8, 1708 ; d: August 18, 1765) (Biography of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor)

1678:
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (b: December 8, 1678) (Biography of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton)

1542:
Mary Queen of Scots (b: December 8, 1542 ; d: February 8, 1587) (Biography of Mary I of Scotland)

-65:
Horace, Roman poet (b: December 8, -65 ; d: November 27, - (Biography of Horace)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/08-december/births.html

[Spiritus Temporis]

They left us on December 08

2004:
Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist (Pantera and Damageplan) (b: August 20, 1966 ; d: December 8, 2004) (Biography of Dimebag Darrell)

2003:
Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (b: January 19, 1909 ; d: December 8, 2003) (Biography of Hans Hotter)
Rubén González (d: December 8, 2003) (Biography of Rubén González)

2001:
Don Tennant (d: December 8, 2001) (Biography of Don Tennant)

1999:
Kuczka Péter, Hungarian writer, poet, and editor (b: March 1, 1923 ; d: December 8, 1999) (Biography of Kuczka Péter)

1994:
Tom Jobim (d: December 8, 1994) (Biography of Tom Jobim)

1992:
William Shawn, American editor (b: August 31, 1907 ; d: December 8, 1992) (Biography of William Shawn)

1984:
Luther Adler, American stage actor (b: May 4, 1903 ; d: December 8, 1984) (Biography of Luther Adler)

1983:
Slim Pickens, American actor (b: June 29, 1919 ; d: December 8, 1983) (Biography of Slim Pickens)

1982:
Marty Robbins, American singer (b: September 26, 1925 ; d: December 8, 1982) (Biography of Marty Robbins)

1980:
John Lennon, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (b: October 9, 1940 ; d: December 8, 1980) (Biography of John Lennon)

1978:
Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (b: May 3, 1898 ; d: December 8, 1978) (Biography of Golda Meir)

1958:
Tris Speaker, baseball player (b: April 4, 1888 ; d: December 8, 1958) (Biography of Tris Speaker)

1952:
Charles Lightoller (d: December 8, 1952) (Biography of Charles Lightoller)

1917:
Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian writer (b: January 2, 1836 ; d: December 8, 1917) (Biography of Mendele Moykher Sforim)

1907:
King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (b: January 21, 1829 ; d: December 8, 1907) (Biography of Oscar II of Sweden)

1864:
George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b: November 2, 1815 ; d: December 8, 1864) (Biography of George Boole)

1859:
Thomas De Quincey, English author (b: August 15, 1785 ; d: December 8, 1859) (Biography of Thomas De Quincey)

1830:
Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (b: October 25, 1767 ; d: December 8, 1830) (Biography of Benjamin Constant)

1768:
Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (b: July 31, 1702 ; d: December 8, 1768) (Biography of Jean Denis Attiret)

1756:
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington (d: December 8, 1756) (Biography of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington)

1746:
Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b: September 3, 1693 ; d: December 8, 1746) (Biography of Charles Radclyffe)

1745:
Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b: June 23, 1683 ; d: December 8, 1745) (Biography of Etienne Fourmont)

1722:
Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orléans (b: May 27, 1652 ; d: December 8, 1722) (Biography of Liselotte von der Pfalz)

1709:
Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (b: August 20, 1625 ; d: December 8, 1709) (Biography of Thomas Corneille)

1695:
Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b: December 14, 1625 ; d: December 8, 1695) (Biography of Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville)

1691:
Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b: November 12, 1615 ; d: December 8, 1691) (Biography of Richard Baxter)

1680:
Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester (d: December 8, 1680) (Biography of Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester)

1649:
Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b: February 2, 1613 ; d: December 8, 1649) (Biography of Noël Chabanel)

1643:
John Pym (d: December 8, 1643) (Biography of John Pym)

1638:
Ivan Gundulic, Croatian poet (b: January 9, 1589 ; d: December 8, 1638) (Biography of Ivan Gundulic)

1632:
Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (b: August 25, 1561 ; d: December 8, 1632) (Biography of Philippe van Lansberge)

1626:
John Davies (poet) (d: December 8, 1626) (Biography of John Davies (poet))

899:
Arnulf of Carinthia (d: December 8, 899) (Biography of Arnulf of Carinthia)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/08-december/deaths.html