Tukuk-OS📅 December 8
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 8? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2024 — The Syrian civil war ended when Bashar al-Assad's party, the Syrian Ba'ath Party, surrendered to the Syrian opposition.
Syrian civil warBashar al-AssadBa'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)
- 2013 — After a fatal bus accident in the Little India subzone of Singapore, angry mobs of workers attacked the bus involved and emergency vehicles, the first riot in the country in over 40 years.
- 2013 — Metallica (pictured) played a concert in Antarctica, becoming the first band to perform on all seven continents.
- 2010 — The Japanese experimental spacecraft IKAROS flew by Venus at a distance of 80,800 km (50,200 mi), completing its planned mission to demonstrate solar-sail technology.
- 2009 — Bombings in Baghdad carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq killed at least 127 people and injured at least 448 others.
- 1998 — The Australian Cricket Board's cover-up of Shane Warne and Mark Waugh's involvement with bookmakers was revealed.
- 1991 — Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian leaders signed the Belovezh Accords, agreeing to dissolve the Soviet Union and establish the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Belovezha AccordsDissolution of the Soviet UnionCommonwealth of Independent States
- 1987 — Arab–Israeli conflict: An Israeli army tank transporter killed four Palestinian refugees and injured seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, sparking the First Intifada.
- 1987 — A man shot and killed eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne, before jumping to his death.
- 1980 — English musician John Lennon was murdered at the entrance of the Dakota, where he resided in New York City.
- 1963 — After being struck by lightning while in a holding pattern, Pan Am Flight 214 crashed near Elkton, Maryland, U.S., killing all 81 people on board.
- 1941 — The Holocaust: The Chełmno extermination camp in occupied Poland, the first such Nazi camp to kill Jews, began operations.
The HolocaustChełmno extermination campOccupation of Poland (1939–1945)
- 1880 — At an assembly of 10,000 Boers, Paul Kruger announced the fulfilment of the decision to restore the government and volksraad of the South African Republic.
- 1854 — Pope Pius IX promulgated the apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, proclaiming the dogmatic definition of the Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was conceived free of original sin.
- 1777 — American Revolutionary War: British commander-in-chief Sir William Howe withdrew his troops from the Battle of White Marsh to Philadelphia.
American Revolutionary WarWilliam Howe, 5th Viscount HoweBattle of White Marsh
- 1660 — Margaret Hughes (pictured) appeared professionally on the English stage; she is thought to have been the first woman to do so.
- 1504 — Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah wrote his Oran fatwa, arguing for the relaxation of Islamic law for forcibly converted Muslims in Spain.
Births
- 2004 — Billie Starkz, American professional wrestler
- 2004 — Momoe Mori, Japanese entertainer
- 2002 — Sunghoon, South Korean singer
- 2001 — Josh Christopher, American basketball player
- 2000 — DeMario Douglas, American football player
- 2000 — Bayron Matos, Dominican American football player
- 2000 — Andy Pages, Cuban baseball player
- 1999 — Reece James, English footballer
- 1999 — Tyrus Wheat, American football player
- 1998 — Josh Dunne, American ice hockey player
- 1998 — Owen Teague, American actor
- 1997 — Hakeem Adeniji, American football player
Deaths
- 2024 — Jill Jacobson, American actress (born 1954)
- 2024 — Clarke Reed, American businessman and politician (born 1928)
- 2023 — Ryan O'Neal, American actor (born 1941)
- 2021 — Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer (born 1953)
- 2019 — René Auberjonois, American actor (born 1940)
- 2019 — Juice Wrld, American rapper, singer and songwriter (born 1998)
- 2019 — Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer and actor (born 1933)
- 2018 — David Weatherall, English physician, geneticist, and academic (born 1933)
- 2016 — John Glenn, American astronaut and senator, first American to go into orbit (born 1921)
- 2015 — Mattiwilda Dobbs, American soprano and actress (born 1925)
- 2015 — Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (born 1936)
- 2015 — Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (born 1943)
Observances & holidays
- Battle Day (Falkland Islands)
- Bodhi Day (Japan)
- CARICOM–Cuba Day (Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba)
- Christian feast day: Budoc (Beuzec) of Dol
- Christian feast day: Clement of Ohrid (Julian Calendar), and its related observances: Student's Day (Bulgaria)
- Christian feast day: Eucharius
- Christian feast day: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in several countries, a holy day of obligation in others), and its related observances: Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Anglican Communion), lesser commemoration
- Christian feast day: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in several countries, a holy day of obligation in others), and its related observances: Festa da Conceição da Praia, celebrating Yemanjá, Queen of the Ocean in Umbanda (Salvador, Bahia)
- Christian feast day: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in several countries, a holy day of obligation in others), and its related observances: Festival of Lights (Lyon)
- Christian feast day: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in several countries, a holy day of obligation in others), and its related observances: Mother's Day (Panama)
- Christian feast day: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in several countries, a holy day of obligation in others), and its related observances: Lady of Camarin Day (Guam)
- Christian feast day: Patapios of Thebes
- Christian feast day: Pope Eutychian
- Christian feast day: Richard Baxter (US Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: Romaric
- Christian feast day: Theobald of Marly
- Christian feast day: December 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Romania)
- Constitution Day (Uzbekistan)
- Liberation Day (Syria)
- Day of Finnish Music (Finland)
- Earliest day on which National Tree Planting Day can fall, while December 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Monday in December. (Malawi)
- Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan)
- National Youth Day (Albania)
- Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Day (Ethiopia)
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