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Today in history

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 8 December.

  1. James Hoban White House designer dies
  2. German amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers 5th asteroid Astra
  3. Fire in Santiago Chile kills 2 000
  4. 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council Vatican I opens in Rome
  5. American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions
  6. Enlightment of Buddha
  7. Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF
  8. Coaxial cable patented
  9. 1st NFL championship on natl radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
  10. SF 1st blackout at 6:15PM. Also US declares war on Japan
  11. 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
  12. A terrible Yankee trade Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith
  13. Soyuz 16 returns to Earth
  14. John Lennon assassinated in NY by David Mark Chapman
  15. Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot
  16. 9th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 6 returns to Earth

Birthdays

These famous people were born on 8 December.

  1. 0065 - Horace, BC in Rome, poet
  2. 1626 - Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic
  3. 1765 - Eli Whitney, inventor
  4. 1832 - Bjírnstjerne Bjírnson, Norwegian writer (Nobel 1903)
  5. 1861 - Aristide Maillol, French painter, sculptor
  6. 1861 - William Crapo Durant, founded GM
  7. 1865 - Jean Sibelius, major Scandinavian composer
  8. 1886 - Diego Rivera, Mexican muralist
  9. 1894 - James, (Grover) Thurber, in Columbus, Oh (Men, Women and Dogs)
  10. 1903 - Adele Simpson, fashion designer
  11. 1906 - Richard Llewellyn, Welsh novelist (How Green Was My Valley)
  12. 1908 - John Volpe, former governor of Massachusetts, cabinet officer
  13. 1922 - John B. (Jack) McKay, X-15 pilot
  14. 1925 - Sammy Davis Jr, singer, Actor (Ocean's 11)
  15. 1927 - Vladimir A. Shatalov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10)
  16. 1930 - Maximilian Schell, Actor (Odessa File, Julia)
  17. 1933 - Flip Wilson, comedian, Actor (The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh)
  18. 1936 - David Carradine, Actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets)
  19. 1937 - James MacArthur, Actor -- "Book 'Em Danno!"
  20. 1953 - Kim Basinger, in Athens Ga (9 1/2 Weeks, Man Who Loved Women)