The 8t o December is the 342t day o the year (343t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 23 days bidin.

• 1792 - Frankfort becomes caipital o Kentucky.
• 1864 - The Clifton Suspension Brig near Bristol, Ingland, is opened.
• 1906 - Montezuma Castle (Arizona) an Inscription Rock (New Mexico) becomes Naitional Monuments o the Unitit States.
• 1907 - Gustaf V o Swaden becomes Keeng.
• 1922 - Northren Ireland ceases tae be pairt o the Erse Free State.
• 1941 - Warld War II: Japan invades Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong an the Philippines, a day efter the Pearl Harbor attack.
• 1956 - End o the 1956 Simmer Olympics in Melbourne, Australie.
• 1966 - Car ferry "Iraklion" sinks on a route frae Crete tae Piraeus in Greece, killin 241 fowk.
• 1974 - A majority o voters Greece oppose the restoration o the monarchy in a referendum.
• 1980 - The Beatles muisicker John Lennon is fatally shot outside his hame in New York Ceety by Mark David Chapman.
• 1991 - Roushie, Belarus an Ukraine sign an agreement endin the Soviet Union an formin the Commonweel o Independent States.
• 1991 - Romanie's constitution is adoptit in a referendum.
• 1993 - Bill Clinton signs the North Americae Free Trade Agreement intae law.
• 1994 - Ethiopie adopts a new constitution.
• 2009 - A bombin in Baghdad kills 127 fowk.
• 2011 - A storm kent bi name o Hurricane Bawbag hits Scotland.
• 2012 - The Kyoto Protocol is extendit tae 2020.
• 2019 - A fire in a clothin factory in Delhi, Indie, kills ower 40 fowk.
• 2019 - Celtic F.C. wins its 10t consecutive domestic trophy, defeatin Rangers F.C. 2-1 n the League Cup feenal.
• 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic: The Unitit Kinrick's first vaccine agin COVID-19 is gien.
• 2020 - The Fowkrepublic o Cheenae an Nepal agree on the heicht o Munt Everest as 8848.86 metre abuin sea level.

• 65 BC - Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC)
• 1542 - Mary, Queen o Scots (d. 1587)
• 1708 - Francis I, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1765)
• 1832 - Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norse writer (d. 1910)
• 1865 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish componer (d. 1957)
• 1873 - William Watson, Baron Thankerton, Scots juidge an politeecian (d. 1948)
• 1886 - Diego Rivera, Mexican penter (d. 1957)
• 1922 - Lucian Freud, German-Inglis penter (d. 2011)
• 1925 - Sammy Davis Jr., American actor an sangster (d. 1990)
• 1925 - Arnaldo Forlani, Italian politeecian
• 1929 - Johnny Anderson, Scots fitbawer (d. 2001)
• 1930 - Maximilian Schell, Austrick-Swiss actor (d. 2014)
• 1936 - Ralph Brand, Scots fitbawer
• 1936 - David Carradine, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1941 - Geoff Hurst, Inglis fitbawer
• 1943 - Jim Morrison, American muisicker (d. 1971)
• 1951 - Bill Bryson, American writer
• 1952 - Bobby McKean, Scots fitbawer (d. 1978)
• 1953 - Norman Finkelstein, American poleetical scientist, activist an writer
• 1953 - Kim Basinger, American actress
• 1963 - Brian McClair, Scots fitbawer
• 1964 - Teri Hatcher, American actress
• 1976 - Dominic Monaghan, Inglis actor
• 1982 - Nicki Minaj, Trinidad-born sangster
• 1993 - AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
• 1994 - Raheem Sterling, Inglis fitbawer
• 1996 - Scott McTominay, Inglis-Scots fitbawer
• 1997 - Callum Hendry, Inglis-Scots fitbawer

• 592 - Emperor Sushun o Japan
• 1907 - Oscar II o Swaden (b. 1829)
• 1978 - Golda Meir, Prime meenister o Israel (b. 1898)
• 1980 - John Lennon, Inglis sangster an muisicker (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
• 2011 - Gilbert Adair, Scots novelist, poet, film creetic an jurnalist (b. 1944)
• 2013 - John Cornforth, Australian chemist (b. 1917)
• 2016 - John Glenn, American astronaut an politeecian (b. 1921)
• 2020 - Alejandro Sabella, Argentine fitbaw manager (b. 1954)

• Feast Day o the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic kirk)
• Constitution Day (Romanie, Uzbekistan)
• Naitional Youth Day (Albanie)

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