Page 6: Historical Events In December - 08

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

1970  On December - 08 christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77   

1972  George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash on December - 08.   

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

1978  On December - 08 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  On December - 08 john Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40   

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 this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81   

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

1987  On this day in history president Reagan & Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles   

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 this day in history.   

1991  Russia, Byelorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States on December - 08.   

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 December - 08 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  Andre Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67   

1995  On this day in history 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  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 December - 08.   

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  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 on December - 08.   

2012  On this day in history uN climate conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol to 2020   

2012  On December - 08 in Qatar, the UN Climate Change Conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol until 2020.   

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

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 December - 08.   

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

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

1626  On December - 08 birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic   

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 this day in history birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

1708  On December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

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  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on December - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

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