Page 6: Historical Events In December - 08

1969  Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1970  On December - 08 christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77   

1972  George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash on December - 08.   

1978  Golda Meir served as Israel's PM (1969-74, dies in Jerusalem at 80 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80   

1980  On this day in history 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  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  Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1988  On this day in history anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79   

1989  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

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 December - 08.   

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

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

1994  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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.   

1997  On this day in history 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 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  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 on this day in history.   

2012  UN climate conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol to 2020 on this day in history.   

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   

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 this day in history.   

1574  On December - 08 birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

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 December - 08 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 this day in history.   

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)   

0644  On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

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