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 this day in history 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  On December - 08 john Lennon assassinated in New York by Mark David Chapman   

1980  On December - 08 john Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40   

1981  On December - 08 shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64   

1982  On this day in history andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered   

1983  Slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery on December - 08.   

1983  On December - 08 slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64   

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

1989  Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

1991  On this day in history russia, Byelorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States   

1991  On this day in history the Soviet Union comes to an end, with the forming of a 'Commonwealth of Independent States'   

1991  On this day in history 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  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 on December - 08.   

1993  Andre Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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

1995  On this day in history carl Marsden, bodyguard, dies at 36   

1996  Howard E Rollins Jr, actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46 on December - 08.   

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  On December - 08 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history uN climate conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol to 2020   

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 December - 08.   

2020  On this day in history [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 this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

1626  On this day in history 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 December - 08.   

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

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.   

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  On December - 08 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 this day in history.   

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on December - 08.   

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.   

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