Historical Events In December - 08

1969  On this day in history vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80  

1970  On this day in history christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

1982  Andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered on December - 08.  

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

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1983  On this day in history 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 December - 08.  

1987  President Reagan & Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles on this day in history.  

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

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

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 December - 08 andre Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93  

1994  Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67 on December - 08.  

1995  Carl Marsden, bodyguard, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history 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 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 December - 08.  

2005  On this day in history 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 December - 08 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  

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

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

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

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

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

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)  

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

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

1596  On December - 08 death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico  

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 this day in history.  

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on December - 08.