About December 8
December 8, 2024 is the 343rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Sagittarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 52 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On December 8
- 1660 –A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare’s play Othello.
- 1907 –King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
- 1927 –The Brookings Institution, one of the United States’ oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
- 1949 –United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is established to provide aid to Palestinian refugees who left their homes during the 1948 Palestinian exodus.
- 1953 –United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his “Atoms for Peace” speech, and the U.S. launches its “Atoms for Peace” program that supplied equipment and information to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
- 1962 –Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
- 1972 –United Airlines Flight 553 crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45.
- 1974 –A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
- 1980 –John Lennon, an English musician (former member of The Beatles), and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.
- 1982 –In Suriname, several opponents of the military government are killed.
- 1987 –Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne, before jumping to his death.
- 1987 –The Alianza Lima air disaster occurs.
- 1987 –The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed.
- 1991 –The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.
- 1993 –The North American Free Trade Agreement is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
- 1998 –Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
- 2002 –The Caribbean Community Heads of Government meet with the Government of Cuba and declare the date to be “CARICOM-Cuba Day”—to celebrate diplomatic ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba.
- 2004 –The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
- 2007 –Benazir Bhutto, first and only female former Prime Minister of Pakistan, had her PPP Office stormed by unidentified gunmen. Three supporters are killed.
- 2009 –Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq kill 127 and injure 448.
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