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| Birthday December 08, 0065 Horace, BC in Rome, poet |
| Birthday December 08, 1542 Mary Queen of Scots born |
| Birthday December 08, 1626 Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic |
| Birthday December 08, 1765 Eli Whitney, inventor |
| Birthday December 08, 1832 Bjírnstjerne Bjírnson, Norwegian writer (Nobel 1903) |
| Birthday December 08, 1861 William Crapo Durant, founded GM |
| Birthday December 08, 1861 Aristide Maillol, French painter, sculptor |
| Birthday December 08, 1865 Jean Sibelius, major Scandinavian composer |
| Birthday December 08, 1886 Diego Rivera, Mexican muralist |
| Birthday December 08, 1894 James Thurber is born |
| Birthday December 08, 1894 James, (Grover) Thurber, in Columbus, Oh (Men, Women and Dogs) |
| Birthday December 08, 1903 Adele Simpson, fashion designer |
| Birthday December 08, 1906 Richard Llewellyn, Welsh novelist (How Green Was My Valley) |
| Birthday December 08, 1908 John Volpe, former governor of Massachusetts, cabinet officer |
| Birthday December 08, 1922 John B. (Jack) McKay, X-15 pilot |
| Birthday December 08, 1925 Sammy Davis Jr, singer, Actor (Ocean's 11) |
| Birthday December 08, 1927 Vladimir A. Shatalov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10) |
| Birthday December 08, 1930 Maximilian Schell, Actor (Odessa File, Julia) |
| Birthday December 08, 1933 Flip Wilson, comedian, Actor (The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh) |
| Birthday December 08, 1936 David Carradine, Actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets) |
| Birthday December 08, 1937 James MacArthur, Actor -- "Book 'Em Danno!" |
| Birthday December 08, 1953 Kim Basinger, in Athens Ga (9 1/2 Weeks, Man Who Loved Women) |
| History December 08, 1775 Americans begin siege of Quebec |
| History December 08, 1831 James Hoban White House designer dies |
| History December 08, 1845 German amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers 5th asteroid Astra |
| History December 08, 1863 Fire in Santiago Chile kills 2 000 |
| History December 08, 1863 Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction |
| History December 08, 1869 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council Vatican I opens in Rome |
| History December 08, 1881 Theater fire kills hundreds in Vienna |
| History December 08, 1886 American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions |
| History December 08, 1893 Enlightment of Buddha |
| History December 08, 1913 Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF |
| History December 08, 1914 The Battle of the Falkland Islands |
| History December 08, 1931 Coaxial cable patented |
| History December 08, 1940 Bears beat Redskins 73-0 in NFL Championship game |
| History December 08, 1940 1st NFL championship on natl radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0 |
| History December 08, 1941 Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan |
| History December 08, 1941 Jeanette Rankin casts sole vote against WWII |
| History December 08, 1941 The United States declares war on Japan |
| History December 08, 1941 SF 1st blackout at 6:15PM. Also US declares war on Japan |
| History December 08, 1942 Auto-factory architect Albert Kahn dies |
| History December 08, 1949 Chinese Nationalists move capital to Taiwan |
| History December 08, 1952 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy) |
| History December 08, 1965 Operation Tiger Hound launched |
| History December 08, 1966 North Vietnam rejects Johnson's prisoner exchange proposal |
| History December 08, 1966 A terrible Yankee trade Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith |
| History December 08, 1969 Nixon declares Vietnam War is ending |
| History December 08, 1974 Soyuz 16 returns to Earth |
| History December 08, 1980 John Lennon is assassinated in New York City |
| History December 08, 1980 John Lennon assassinated in NY by David Mark Chapman |
| History December 08, 1980 John Lennon is murdered |
| History December 08, 1982 Meryl Streep stars in Sophie's Choice |
| History December 08, 1982 Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot |
| History December 08, 1983 9th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 6 returns to Earth |
| History December 08, 1987 Superpowers agree to reduce nuclear arsenals |
| History December 08, 1993 NAFTA signed into law |