Historical Events In December - 08

1969  On December - 08 vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80   

1970  Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1972  On December - 08 george Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash   

1978  On this day in history golda Meir served as Israel's PM (1969-74, dies in Jerusalem at 80   

1978  On this day in history golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80   

1980  John Lennon assassinated in New York by Mark David Chapman on December - 08.   

1980  John Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40 on this day in history.   

1981  Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1982  On December - 08 andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered   

1983  Slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery on this day in history.   

1983  Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 on this day in history.   

1984  Luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1987  Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel on this day in history.   

1987  On December - 08 president Reagan & Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles   

1988  Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1989  Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies on December - 08.   

1990  On December - 08 martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70   

1991  Russia, Byelorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 08 the Soviet Union comes to an end, with the forming of a 'Commonwealth of Independent States'   

1991  On December - 08 buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies   

1992  On this day in history william Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85   

1993  On this day in history the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into US law. NAFTA is a trade pact between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, eliminates virtually all tariffs and trade restrictions between the three nations.   

1993  On this day in history andre Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93   

1994  On December - 08 antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67   

1995  On December - 08 carl Marsden, bodyguard, dies at 36   

1996  On this day in history howard E Rollins Jr, actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46   

1997  On this day in history the Carlton Trail Railway (Omnitrax) takes over the operation of the following CN lines in north western Saskatchewan Warman Junction to just north of Prince Albert. Speers Junction to Meadow Lake.   

1997  On this day in history the Carlton Trail Railway (Omnitrax) takes over the operation of the following CN lines in north western Saskatchewan: Warman Junction to just north of Prince Albert. Speers Junction to Meadow Lake.   

2005  On December - 08 southwest Airlines Flight 1248 overshoots the runway at Chicago Midway Airport, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring 11 other people.   

2007  On December - 08 2007 Africa-EU Summit takes place as European Union and African Union leaders gather in Lisbon, Portugal, for their first joint summit in seven years. The British and Czech prime ministers boycott the event due to the presence of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.   

2012  UN climate conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol to 2020 on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history in Qatar, the UN Climate Change Conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol until 2020.   

2018  US President Trump announces John Kelly will be stepping down as White House Chief of Staff at the end of the year on this day in history.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The United Kingdom becomes the first nation to begin a mass inoculation campaign using a clinically authorised, fully tested vaccine, tozinameran on this day in history.   

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.   

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on December - 08.   

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1704  On December - 08 birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

1708  On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.   

0644  On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on December - 08.   

1596  On this day in history death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico   

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on December - 08.   

1632  On December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

1643  On December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59