Page 6: Historical Events In December - 08

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

1970  Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77 on December - 08.   

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

1980  On December - 08 john Lennon assassinated in New York by Mark David Chapman   

1980  John Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40 on December - 08.   

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

1982  On this day in history andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered   

1983  On December - 08 slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery   

1983  Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 on this day in history.   

1984  Luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1987  On December - 08 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  On December - 08 anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79   

1989  On December - 08 hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies   

1990  On this day in history 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  The Soviet Union comes to an end, with the forming of a 'Commonwealth of Independent States' on December - 08.   

1991  On this day in history buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies   

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

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  On this day in history andre Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93   

1994  Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1995  Carl Marsden, bodyguard, dies at 36 on December - 08.   

1996  Howard E Rollins Jr, actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46 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 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 December - 08.   

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  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 December - 08.   

2012  On this day in history 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   

2020  On December - 08 [COVID-19 pandemic] The United Kingdom becomes the first nation to begin a mass inoculation campaign using a clinically authorised, fully tested vaccine, tozinameran.   

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

1574  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

1626  On this day in history birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic   

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

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

1708  On December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

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

0644  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

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  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.