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December 8 Events in History - December 8 Birthdays - December 8 Deaths
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December 8, 1997 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes and Spice Girls win December 8, 1996 "God Said, Ha!" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 22 performances December 8, 1996 Donna Andrews and Mike Hulbert win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic December 8, 1994 "What's Wrong With this Picture?" opens at Circle in Sq New York City for 12 per December 8, 1994 Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges December 8, 1994 Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed December 8, 1993 30 killed at religious rebellion in Algeria December 8, 1993 4th Billboard Music Awards December 8, 1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53 December 8, 1993 Storm hits West Europe, 11 killed in England December 8, 1992 Galileo's nearest approach to Jupiter (303 km) December 8, 1992 NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May, 1993 December 8, 1991 "Homecoming" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 49 performances December 8, 1991 "Nick and Nora" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 9 performances December 8, 1991 Kris Tschetter/Billy Andrade wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic December 8, 1991 Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States December 8, 1990 Galileo Earth-1 Flyby December 8, 1990 Indians agree to a lease new ballpark in Gateway (Jacobs Field) December 8, 1989 Great Britain performs nuclear test December 8, 1988 Knick's set NBA record of 11 3-pointers and sink Bucks, 113-109 December 8, 1987 Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games December 8, 1987 Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel December 8, 1987 President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles December 8, 1986 House Dems select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker December 8, 1985 60th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (62 46 62) December 8, 1985 Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (New York Jet record) to Wesley Walker December 8, 1985 Laurie Rinker/Larry Rinker wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic December 8, 1984 73rd Australian Men Tennis: Mats Wilander beats K Curren (67 64 76 62) December 8, 1984 Europe and 64 developing countries sign Lome III treaty December 8, 1984 Ringo appears on Saturday Night Live December 8, 1983 9th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 6 - lands at Edwards AFB December 8, 1983 Richard Baker, Zen teacher, steps down from abbotship of San Francisco Zen Center December 8, 1982 "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" opens at Ambassador New York City for 6 performances December 8, 1982 Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot December 8, 1982 Suriname army leader Bouterse murders 15 opponents December 8, 1982 Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hrs, police kill him he had no explosives December 8, 1981 France performs nuclear test December 8, 1980 Bravo network premieres on cable TV December 8, 1978 Commencement of the 1st day/night WSC cricket supertest at VFL Park December 8, 1977 43rd Heisman Trophy Award: Earl Campbell, Texas (RB) December 8, 1977 Portugal's premier Soares resigns December 8, 1976 U.N. General Assembly re-elects Kurt Waldheim secretary-General December 8, 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site December 8, 1975 "Raisin" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 847 performances December 8, 1974 Greek monarchy rejected by referendum December 8, 1974 Irish Republican Socialist Party forms December 8, 1974 Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open December 8, 1974 Soyuz 16 returns to Earth December 8, 1973 "Seesaw" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 296 performances December 8, 1973 39th Heisman Trophy Award: John Cappelletti, Penn State (RB) December 8, 1972 United Airlines crashes at Chicago's Midway Airport killing 45 December 8, 1969 Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, 93 killed December 8, 1969 Police surprise attack on Black-Panthers in LA December 8, 1967 Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" album is released in UK December 8, 1967 NHL California Seals change name to Oakland Seals December 8, 1966 A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith December 8, 1966 US and U.S.S.R. sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space December 8, 1965 Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in New York City December 8, 1965 Nikolai Podgorny succeeds Mikojan as president of U.S.S.R. December 8, 1965 Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council December 8, 1963 "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 112 performances December 8, 1963 Mickey Wright/Dave Ragan, Jr. wins LPGA Haig and Haig Scotch Mixed Golf December 8, 1963 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die December 8, 1962 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert New York City after 300 performances December 8, 1962 114-day newspaper strike begins in New York City December 8, 1962 Failed coup in Brunei December 8, 1962 Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft) December 8, 1961 Antwerp Belgium diocese forms December 8, 1961 Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec) December 8, 1961 South Africa vs. NZ, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow and Peter Pollock December 8, 1961 Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78 December 8, 1960 Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium December 8, 1959 Dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta December 8, 1959 President Eisenhower watches Pakistan vs. Aust Test Cricket at Karachi December 8, 1956 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia December 8, 1956 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite program, TV-0 December 8, 1956 Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues," single goes #1 for 10 weeks December 8, 1955 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB) December 8, 1955 Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award December 8, 1955 Turkish government of Menderes forms December 8, 1954 Maxwell Anderson's "Bad Seed," premieres in New York City December 8, 1954 WPTZ TV channel 5 in Plattsburgh, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting December 8, 1953 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB) December 8, 1952 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy) December 8, 1952 French troops shoot on demonstrators at Casablanca, 50 die December 8, 1952 Isaak Ben-Zwi elected President of Israel December 8, 1951 "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 267 performances December 8, 1951 AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule and lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games December 8, 1949 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 740 performances December 8, 1949 Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa December 8, 1949 Jule Styne's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," premieres in New York City December 8, 1948 "Marinka" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 168 performances December 8, 1948 14th Heisman Trophy Award: Doak Walker, SMU (HB) December 8, 1948 Jordan annexs Arabic Palestine December 8, 1947 "Caribbean Carnival" opens at International Theater New York City for 11 performances December 8, 1946 Army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight December 8, 1943 John Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in New York City December 8, 1942 8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB) December 8, 1941 Destruction Camp Chelmo opens December 8, 1941 London: Dutch government declares Japan the war December 8, 1941 Russian 16th army recaptures Krijukovo December 8, 1941 SF 1st blackout, at 6:15 PM December 8, 1941 US and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II December 8, 1940 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0 December 8, 1938 Highest temperature for December in U.S. recorded in La Mesa California December 8, 1938 LP Beria follows Nikolai Jezjov as head of Russian secret police December 8, 1936 Anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua December 8, 1936 NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black and white teachers December 8, 1934 Friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich December 8, 1931 Coaxial cable patented December 8, 1930 Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway New York City December 8, 1930 Cole Porter's musical "NYCers," premieres in New York City December 8, 1923 German-US friendship treaty signed December 8, 1923 Labour/Liberals win British parliament December 8, 1923 Salary and price freeze in Germany December 8, 1921 Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty December 8, 1915 Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres December 8, 1914 British and German fleets battle at Falkland Island December 8, 1914 Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox December 8, 1914 Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step," premieres in New York City December 8, 1913 Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF December 8, 1909 Bird banding society found December 8, 1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court December 8, 1899 Natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith December 8, 1896 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" December 8, 1895 Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out December 8, 1886 American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president December 8, 1881 Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 December 8, 1880 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa December 8, 1876 Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years December 8, 1875 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St. Petersburg December 8, 1874 Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas December 8, 1869 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome December 8, 1864 Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum") December 8, 1863 2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile December 8, 1863 Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South December 8, 1863 Jesuit church in Chile catches fire, 2,500 die in panic December 8, 1863 President Lincoln offers amnesty for confederate deserters December 8, 1857 1st production of Dion Boucicaults "Poor of NY" December 8, 1854 Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin December 8, 1852 Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau December 8, 1849 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples December 8, 1846 Hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres December 8, 1813 Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres December 8, 1794 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published December 8, 1792 1st cremation in U.S., Henry Laurens December 8, 1777 Capt Cook leaves Society Islands December 8, 1776 George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from NJ December 8, 1710 Battle at Brihuega: English Gen Stanhope captured December 8, 1326 Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi |