Page 6: Historical Events In December - 08

1969  Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80 on December - 08.   

1970  Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77 on December - 08.   

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

1978  On December - 08 golda Meir served as Israel's PM (1969-74, dies in Jerusalem at 80   

1978  Golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80 on December - 08.   

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 December - 08.   

1982  Andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery   

1983  Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 on December - 08.   

1984  Luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81 on December - 08.   

1987  Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel on December - 08.   

1987  President Reagan & Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles on December - 08.   

1988  On this day in history anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79   

1989  On this day in history hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies   

1990  Martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70 on December - 08.   

1991  On December - 08 russia, Byelorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States   

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

1991  Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies on this day in history.   

1992  William Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85 on December - 08.   

1993  On December - 08 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  Carl Marsden, bodyguard, dies at 36 on December - 08.   

1996  On December - 08 howard E Rollins Jr, actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46   

1997  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 on this day in history.   

1997  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 on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 08 [COVID-19 pandemic] The United Kingdom becomes the first nation to begin a mass inoculation campaign using a clinically authorised, fully tested vaccine, tozinameran.   

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1508  On this day in history birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer   

1574  On December - 08 birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

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

1678  On this day in history birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on this day in history.   

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.   

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

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.   

0899  On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1587  On December - 08 death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on this day in history.   

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

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

1643  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59