Page 6: 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 this day in history 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  Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

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

1987  On this day in history occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel   

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

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  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 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 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  Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 overshoots the runway at Chicago Midway Airport, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring 11 other people on this day in history.   

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  On December - 08 uN climate conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol to 2020   

2012  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.   

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

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

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  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

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

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