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| December 8th, 2065 (December 08 2065) | Birth | Horace, Roman poet (died in 8 BC) | Horace Quotes |
| December 8th, 2007 (December 08 2007) | Death | Gerardo Garcia Pimentel, Mexican journalist | |
| December 8th, 2006 (December 08 2006) | Death | Martha Tilton, American singer (born in 1915) | |
| December 8th, 2006 (December 08 2006) | Death | Jose Uribe, Dominican baseball player (born in 1959) | |
| December 8th, 2005 (December 08 2005) | Event | Ante Gotovina, Croatian army general accused of war crimes, is captured in the Playa de las Americas, Tenerife by the Spanish police. | |
| December 8th, 2005 (December 08 2005) | Death | Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and author (born in 1915) | |
| December 8th, 2004 (December 08 2004) | Event | The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations. | |
| December 8th, 2004 (December 08 2004) | Death | Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Abbott), American guitarist (Pantera, Damageplan) (born in 1966) | |
| December 8th, 2003 (December 08 2003) | Death | Ruben Gonzalez, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (born in 1919) | |
| December 8th, 2002 (December 08 2002) | Event | 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. | |
| December 8th, 2001 (December 08 2001) | Death | Don Tennant, American advertising executive (born in 1922) | |
| December 8th, 1999 (December 08 1999) | Death | Peter Kuczka, Hungarian writer (born in 1923) | |
| December 8th, 1998 (December 08 1998) | Event | Tadjena massacre: 81 people are killed by armed groups in Algeria. | |
| December 8th, 1997 (December 08 1997) | Death | Bob Bell, played Bozo the Clown (born in 1922) | |
| December 8th, 1996 (December 08 1996) | Death | Howard Rollins, American actor (born in 1950) | |
| December 8th, 1994 (December 08 1994) | Death | Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian composer and arranger (born in 1927) | |
| December 8th, 1993 (December 08 1993) | Event | The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| December 8th, 1993 (December 08 1993) | Birth | AnnaSophia Robb, American actress and singer | |
| December 8th, 1992 (December 08 1992) | Death | William Shawn, American magazine editor (born in 1917) | |
| December 8th, 1991 (December 08 1991) | Event | The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States. | |
| December 8th, 1991 (December 08 1991) | Event | The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum. | |
| December 8th, 1991 (December 08 1991) | Death | Kimberly Bergalis, claimed to have contracted HIV from her dentist (born in 1968) | |
| December 8th, 1991 (December 08 1991) | Death | Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpeter (born in 1911) | |
| December 8th, 1989 (December 08 1989) | Birth | Drew Doughty, Canadian hockey player | |
| December 8th, 1987 (December 08 1987) | Event | The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed. | |
| December 8th, 1987 (December 08 1987) | Event | The Queen Street Massacre: Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills 8 people at the offices of Australia Post in Melbourne, Australia before being killed himself. | |
| December 8th, 1987 (December 08 1987) | Event | The Alianza Lima air disaster. | |
| December 8th, 1986 (December 08 1986) | Birth | Amir Khan, English boxer | |
| December 8th, 1986 (December 08 1986) | Birth | Kate Voegele, American musician | |
| December 8th, 1985 (December 08 1985) | Birth | Dwight Howard, American basketball player | |
| December 8th, 1984 (December 08 1984) | Birth | Greg Halford, English footballer | |
| December 8th, 1984 (December 08 1984) | Birth | Badr Hari, Dutch kickboxer, Niall Brennan, Irish Legend. | |
| December 8th, 1984 (December 08 1984) | Death | Luther Adler, American actor (born in 1903) | |
| December 8th, 1984 (December 08 1984) | Death | Robert Jay Mathews, White Nationalist (born in 1953) | |
| December 8th, 1983 (December 08 1983) | Birth | Neel Jani, Swiss racing driver | |
| December 8th, 1983 (December 08 1983) | Birth | Liu Song, Chinese snooker player | |
| December 8th, 1983 (December 08 1983) | Death | Slim Pickens, American actor (born in 1919) | |
| December 8th, 1982 (December 08 1982) | Event | Activist Norman Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument, before being killed by United States Park Police. | |
| December 8th, 1982 (December 08 1982) | Event | In Suriname several opponents of the military government are killed. | |
| December 8th, 1982 (December 08 1982) | Birth | Noelle Pikus-Pace, American skeleton racer | |
| December 8th, 1982 (December 08 1982) | Birth | Dee Dee Trotter, American athlete | |
| December 8th, 1982 (December 08 1982) | Death | Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (born in 1951) | |
| December 8th, 1982 (December 08 1982) | Death | Marty Robbins, American singer (born in 1925) | |
| December 8th, 1981 (December 08 1981) | Birth | Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player | |
| December 8th, 1981 (December 08 1981) | Birth | Philip Rivers, American football player | |
| December 8th, 1980 (December 08 1980) | Event | Mark David Chapman shoots and kills John Lennon in front of The Dakota apartment building with five bullets. | John Lennon Quotes |
| December 8th, 1980 (December 08 1980) | Death | John Lennon, English musician and peace activist (The Beatles) (born in 1940) | John Lennon Quotes |
| December 8th, 1979 (December 08 1979) | Birth | Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby league footballer | |
| December 8th, 1979 (December 08 1979) | Birth | Johan Forssell, Swedish politician | |
| December 8th, 1979 (December 08 1979) | Birth | Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer | |
| December 8th, 1978 (December 08 1978) | Birth | John Oster, Welsh footballer | |
| December 8th, 1978 (December 08 1978) | Birth | Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer | |
| December 8th, 1978 (December 08 1978) | Birth | Ian Somerhalder, American actor | |
| December 8th, 1978 (December 08 1978) | Birth | Vernon Wells, American baseball player | |
| December 8th, 1978 (December 08 1978) | Death | Golda Meir, Russian-born Prime Minister of Israel (born in 1898) | Golda Meir Quotes |
| December 8th, 1977 (December 08 1977) | Birth | Elsa Benitez, Mexican supermodel | |
| December 8th, 1977 (December 08 1977) | Birth | Sebastien Chabal, French rugby union footballer | |
| December 8th, 1977 (December 08 1977) | Birth | Ryan Newman, American NASCAR driver | |
| December 8th, 1976 (December 08 1976) | Birth | Naimee Coleman, Irish singer and songwriter | |
| December 8th, 1976 (December 08 1976) | Birth | Reed Johnson, American baseball player | |
| December 8th, 1976 (December 08 1976) | Birth | Dominic Monaghan, English actor | |
| December 8th, 1975 (December 08 1975) | Birth | Kevin Harvick, American NASCAR driver | |
| December 8th, 1975 (December 08 1975) | Death | Gary Thain, New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (born in 1948) | |
| December 8th, 1974 (December 08 1974) | Event | A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece. | |
| December 8th, 1974 (December 08 1974) | Birth | Cristian Castro, Mexican singer | |
| December 8th, 1974 (December 08 1974) | Birth | Tony Simmons, American football player | |
| December 8th, 1974 (December 08 1974) | Birth | Nick Zinner, American guitarist (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) | |
| December 8th, 1973 (December 08 1973) | Birth | Doron Bell Jr., Canadian actor | |
| December 8th, 1973 (December 08 1973) | Birth | Corey Taylor, American singer (Slipknot, Stone Sour) | |
| December 8th, 1972 (December 08 1972) | Event | United Airlines Flight 553 crashes near Chicago Midway Airport, killing 45 people. | |
| December 8th, 1972 (December 08 1972) | Birth | Marco Abreu, Angolan footballer | |
| December 8th, 1972 (December 08 1972) | Birth | Frank Shamrock, American mixed martial artist | Martial Quotes |
| December 8th, 1969 (December 08 1969) | Event | An Olympic Airways Douglas DC-6 crashes in Keratea during a storm, killing 93 people. | |
| December 8th, 1968 (December 08 1968) | Birth | Michael Cole, American professional wrestling commentator | |
| December 8th, 1968 (December 08 1968) | Birth | Mike Mussina, American baseball player | |
| December 8th, 1967 (December 08 1967) | Birth | Jeff George, American football player | |
| December 8th, 1967 (December 08 1967) | Birth | Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese seiyu (voice actress) | |
| December 8th, 1967 (December 08 1967) | Birth | Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager | |
| December 8th, 1967 (December 08 1967) | Death | John Mills, Sr., American singer (Mills Brothers) (born in 1889) | |
| December 8th, 1966 (December 08 1966) | Event | The Greek SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200. | |
| December 8th, 1966 (December 08 1966) | Birth | Sinead O Connor, Irish musician | |
| December 8th, 1966 (December 08 1966) | Birth | Jeff Tremaine, American television and film director | |
| December 8th, 1966 (December 08 1966) | Death | Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (born in 1899) | |
| December 8th, 1965 (December 08 1965) | Birth | Carina Lau, Hong Kong actress | |
| December 8th, 1964 (December 08 1964) | Birth | James Blundell, Australian country singer | |
| December 8th, 1964 (December 08 1964) | Birth | Sandy Burnett, English record producer | |
| December 8th, 1964 (December 08 1964) | Birth | Teri Hatcher, American actress | |
| December 8th, 1963 (December 08 1963) | Birth | Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese professional wrestler | |
| December 8th, 1963 (December 08 1963) | Death | Field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata, Prime Minister of Thailand (born in 1908) | |
| December 8th, 1962 (December 08 1962) | Birth | Marty Friedman, American guitarist | |
| December 8th, 1961 (December 08 1961) | Birth | Ann Coulter, American author, political commentator, and attorney | Ann Coulter Quotes |
| December 8th, 1960 (December 08 1960) | Birth | Lim Guan Eng, Secretary-General of the Malaysian Democratic Action Party (DAP) | |
| December 8th, 1958 (December 08 1958) | Birth | Bird McIntyre, Thai pop singer, musician | |
| December 8th, 1958 (December 08 1958) | Death | Tris Speaker, American baseball player (born in 1888) | |
| December 8th, 1957 (December 08 1957) | Birth | Phil Collen, English guitarist (Def Leppard) | |
| December 8th, 1956 (December 08 1956) | Birth | Warren Cuccurullo, American musician | |
| December 8th, 1954 (December 08 1954) | Birth | Harold Hongju Koh, Korean-American Dean of Yale Law School | |
| December 8th, 1953 (December 08 1953) | Event | Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the Atoms for Peace speech. | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
| December 8th, 1953 (December 08 1953) | Birth | Kim Basinger, American actress | |
| December 8th, 1953 (December 08 1953) | Birth | Roy Firestone, American sports announcer | |
| December 8th, 1953 (December 08 1953) | Birth | Norman Finkelstein, American professor, activist | |
| December 8th, 1953 (December 08 1953) | Birth | Sam Kinison, American comedian (died in 1992) | |
| December 8th, 1952 (December 08 1952) | Birth | Khaw Boon Wan, Singapore Health Minister | |
| December 8th, 1952 (December 08 1952) | Death | Charles Lightoller, English second officer on the Titanic (born in 1874) | |
| December 8th, 1951 (December 08 1951) | Birth | Bill Bryson, American author | Bill Bryson Quotes |
| December 8th, 1951 (December 08 1951) | Birth | Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter | |
| December 8th, 1950 (December 08 1950) | Birth | Rick Baker, American film makeup artist | |
| December 8th, 1950 (December 08 1950) | Birth | Tim Foli, American baseball player | |
| December 8th, 1950 (December 08 1950) | Birth | Dan Hartman, American musician (Edgar Winter Group) (died in 1994) | |
| December 8th, 1949 (December 08 1949) | Event | Chinese Civil War: The capital of the Republic of China is moved from Nanjing to Taipei, Taiwan. | |
| December 8th, 1949 (December 08 1949) | Birth | Mary Gordon, American writer | |
| December 8th, 1949 (December 08 1949) | Birth | Nancy Meyers, American film director, producer and screenwriter | |
| December 8th, 1949 (December 08 1949) | Birth | Ray Shulman, English musician | |
| December 8th, 1949 (December 08 1949) | Birth | Robert Sternberg, Proposed the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence | |
| December 8th, 1947 (December 08 1947) | Birth | Gregg Allman, American musician | |
| December 8th, 1947 (December 08 1947) | Birth | Thomas R. Cech, American chemist, Nobel laureate | |
| December 8th, 1947 (December 08 1947) | Birth | Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Skolt Sami writer | |
| December 8th, 1946 (December 08 1946) | Birth | John Rubinstein, American actor, composer, director | |
| December 8th, 1946 (December 08 1946) | Birth | Sharmila Tagore, Indian Actress | |
| December 8th, 1945 (December 08 1945) | Birth | John Banville, Irish novelist and journalist | |
| December 8th, 1943 (December 08 1943) | Birth | Jim Morrison, American poet, singer (The Doors) (died in 1971) | Jim Morrison Quotes |
| December 8th, 1943 (December 08 1943) | Birth | Mary Woronov, American actress | |
| December 8th, 1942 (December 08 1942) | Event | Holocaust: in Ternopil, Ukraine, the German SS organizes the deportation of the last 1,400 Ternopil Jews to the death camp in Belzec. The chief of the Gestapo, SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Hermann Muller, bore overall responsibility for the mass murder of the Jews of Ternopil and Berezhany county. | |
| December 8th, 1941 (December 08 1941) | Event | World War II: The Japanese invade the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. They also invade the portions of Shanghai administered by European powers and bomb American bases in the Philippines. Because of the time difference, these eventswhich took place west of the International Date Linehappened while it was still December 7 to the east of this line. | |
| December 8th, 1941 (December 08 1941) | Event | World War II: Pacific WarAfter the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the U.S. Congress passes a declaration of war against Japan. | |
| December 8th, 1941 (December 08 1941) | Event | World War II: Pacific Warthe Republic of China officially declares war against Japan. | |
| December 8th, 1941 (December 08 1941) | Event | World War II: Pacific WarThe Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in China issues a proclamation which declared war against Japan and Germany on behalf of Korean people, who were under Japanese occupation since 1910. | |
| December 8th, 1941 (December 08 1941) | Event | World War II: First Japanese attack on Wake Island. | |
| December 8th, 1941 (December 08 1941) | Event | Holocaust: Gas vans are first used as a means of execution, at the Chelmno extermination camp near Lodz in Poland. | |
| December 8th, 1941 (December 08 1941) | Birth | Ed Brinkman, American baseball player | |
| December 8th, 1941 (December 08 1941) | Birth | Bob Brown, American football player | |
| December 8th, 1941 (December 08 1941) | Birth | Randall "Duke" Cunningham, US Navy fighter pilot and Congressman | |
| December 8th, 1941 (December 08 1941) | Birth | Sir Geoff Hurst, English footballer | |
| December 8th, 1940 (December 08 1940) | Birth | Brant Alyea, American baseball player | |
| December 8th, 1940 (December 08 1940) | Death | George Exton Lloyd, Anglican Bishop and theologian (born in 1861) | |
| December 8th, 1939 (December 08 1939) | Birth | Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| December 8th, 1939 (December 08 1939) | Birth | Jerry "The Iceman" Butler, American soul singer | |
| December 8th, 1939 (December 08 1939) | Birth | Sir James Galway, Northern Irish flautist | |
| December 8th, 1939 (December 08 1939) | Birth | Soko Richardson, American rhythm and blues drummer. (died in 2004) | |
| December 8th, 1938 (December 08 1938) | Death | Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (born in 1896) | |
| December 8th, 1937 (December 08 1937) | Birth | James MacArthur, American actor | |
| December 8th, 1937 (December 08 1937) | Birth | Arne N?ss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber and businessman (died in 2004) | |
| December 8th, 1936 (December 08 1936) | Birth | David Carradine, American actor | |
| December 8th, 1935 (December 08 1935) | Event | The Japanese military police launches a violent suppression of the religious sect Oomoto, beginning with a crackdown on the sect s operational bases of Ayabe and Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture and the arrest of its leader Onisaburo Deguchi. | |
| December 8th, 1935 (December 08 1935) | Birth | Dharmendra, Indian actor | |
| December 8th, 1935 (December 08 1935) | Birth | Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player | |
| December 8th, 1933 (December 08 1933) | Birth | Flip Wilson, American comedian (died in 1998) | Flip Wilson Quotes |
| December 8th, 1931 (December 08 1931) | Birth | Bob Arum, American boxing promoter | |
| December 8th, 1930 (December 08 1930) | Birth | Julian Critchley, British politician (died in 2000) | Julian Quotes |
| December 8th, 1930 (December 08 1930) | Birth | Maximilian Schell, Austrian-born Swiss actor, film director, and author | |
| December 8th, 1927 (December 08 1927) | Birth | Ferdie Pacheco, the "Fight Doctor" | |
| December 8th, 1927 (December 08 1927) | Birth | Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet cosmonaut | |
| December 8th, 1926 (December 08 1926) | Event | Disappearance of Agatha Christie | Agatha Christie Quotes |
| December 8th, 1925 (December 08 1925) | Birth | Sammy Davis Jr., American actor and singer (died in 1990) | |
| December 8th, 1925 (December 08 1925) | Birth | Carmen Martin Gaite, Spanish author (died in 2000) | |
| December 8th, 1925 (December 08 1925) | Birth | Jimmy Smith, American jazz organist (died in 2005) | |
| December 8th, 1923 (December 08 1923) | Birth | Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist | |
| December 8th, 1922 (December 08 1922) | Birth | Lucian Freud, English painter | Lucian Freud Quotes |
| December 8th, 1922 (December 08 1922) | Birth | Jean Ritchie, American folk singer | |
| December 8th, 1919 (December 08 1919) | Birth | Peter Tali Coleman, American politician (died in 1997) | |
| December 8th, 1918 (December 08 1918) | Birth | Gerard Souzay, French baritone (died in 2004) | |
| December 8th, 1917 (December 08 1917) | Death | Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian writer (born in 1836) | |
| December 8th, 1916 (December 08 1916) | Birth | Richard Fleischer, American film director (died in 2006) | |
| December 8th, 1915 (December 08 1915) | Birth | Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (died in 2005) | |
| December 8th, 1914 (December 08 1914) | Event | World War I: Battle of the Falkland IslandsThe Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee is engaged by the Royal Navy. | |
| December 8th, 1914 (December 08 1914) | Death | Maximilian von Spee, German naval officer (born in 1861) | |
| December 8th, 1913 (December 08 1913) | Birth | Delmore Schwartz, American poet (died in 1966) | Delmore Schwartz Quotes |
| December 8th, 1912 (December 08 1912) | Event | First Balkan War: The Greek army captures Korce that had been under Ottoman rule. | |
| December 8th, 1911 (December 08 1911) | Birth | Lee J. Cobb, American actor (died in 1976) | |
| December 8th, 1911 (December 08 1911) | Birth | Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and lyricist (died in 1992) | |
| December 8th, 1909 (December 08 1909) | Birth | Gratien Gelinas, French Canadian playwright, actor, director and producer (died in 1999) | |
| December 8th, 1908 (December 08 1908) | Birth | John A. Volpe, 61st and 63rd Governor of Massachusetts, 2nd United States Secretary of Transportation (died in 1994) | |
| December 8th, 1907 (December 08 1907) | Event | King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne. | |
| December 8th, 1907 (December 08 1907) | Death | Oscar II of Sweden (born in 1829) | |
| December 8th, 1904 (December 08 1904) | Event | Konservativ Ungdom (Young Conservatives) in Denmark is founded by Carl F. Herman von Rosen. Still existing today, it is the oldest political youth organization in Denmark and believed to be one of the oldest in the world. | |
| December 8th, 1902 (December 08 1902) | Birth | Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (died in 1982) | |
| December 8th, 1900 (December 08 1900) | Birth | Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (died in 1990) | |
| December 8th, 1899 (December 08 1899) | Birth | John Qualen, Canadian actor (died in 1987) | |
| December 8th, 1894 (December 08 1894) | Birth | E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (died in 1938) | |
| December 8th, 1894 (December 08 1894) | Birth | James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (died in 1961) | James Thurber Quotes |
| December 8th, 1894 (December 08 1894) | Death | Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (born in 1821) | |
| December 8th, 1890 (December 08 1890) | Birth | Bohuslav Martinu, Czech composer (died in 1959) | |
| December 8th, 1886 (December 08 1886) | Event | The American Federation of Labor is founded in Columbus, Ohio. | |
| December 8th, 1886 (December 08 1886) | Birth | Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (died in 1957) | |
| December 8th, 1885 (December 08 1885) | Death | William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (born in 1821) | |
| December 8th, 1874 (December 08 1874) | Birth | Ernst Moro, Austrian physician (died in 1951) | |
| December 8th, 1869 (December 08 1869) | Event | Timothy Eaton founds T. Eaton Co. Limited in Toronto, Canada. | |
| December 8th, 1865 (December 08 1865) | Birth | Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (died in 1963) | |
| December 8th, 1865 (December 08 1865) | Birth | Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (died in 1957) | Jean Sibelius Quotes |
| December 8th, 1864 (December 08 1864) | Event | The Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon is officially opened. | |
| December 8th, 1864 (December 08 1864) | Birth | Camille Claudel, French graphic artist and sculptor (died in 1943) | |
| December 8th, 1864 (December 08 1864) | Death | George Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (born in 1815) | |
| December 8th, 1862 (December 08 1862) | Birth | Georges Feydeau, French playwright (died in 1921) | |
| December 8th, 1861 (December 08 1861) | Birth | William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (died in 1947) | |
| December 8th, 1861 (December 08 1861) | Birth | Aristide Maillol, French sculptor (died in 1944) | |
| December 8th, 1861 (December 08 1861) | Birth | Georges Melies, French filmmaker (died in 1938) | |
| December 8th, 1859 (December 08 1859) | Death | Thomas de Quincey, English author (born in 1785) | Thomas De Quincey Quotes |
| December 8th, 1854 (December 08 1854) | Event | Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogma of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin. | |
| December 8th, 1848 (December 08 1848) | Birth | Joel Chandler Harris, American author and folklorist (died in 1908) | Joel Chandler Harris Quotes |
| December 8th, 1832 (December 08 1832) | Birth | Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (died in 1910) | |
| December 8th, 1830 (December 08 1830) | Death | Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (born in 1767) | |
| December 8th, 1817 (December 08 1817) | Birth | Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (died in 1896) | |
| December 8th, 1816 (December 08 1816) | Birth | August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (died in 1890) | |
| December 8th, 1815 (December 08 1815) | Birth | Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (died in 1905) | |
| December 8th, 1811 (December 08 1811) | Death | Eliza Poe, English-born American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe(born in 1787) | Edgar Allan Poe Quotes |
| December 8th, 1795 (December 08 1795) | Birth | Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (died in 1874) | |
| December 8th, 1779 (December 08 1779) | Death | Nathan Alcock, English physician (born in 1707) | |
| December 8th, 1768 (December 08 1768) | Death | Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (born in 1702) | |
| December 8th, 1765 (December 08 1765) | Birth | Eli Whitney, American inventor (died in 1825) | |
| December 8th, 1756 (December 08 1756) | Death | William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat | |
| December 8th, 1746 (December 08 1746) | Death | Charles Radclyffe, British politician (born in 1693) | |
| December 8th, 1745 (December 08 1745) | Death | Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (born in 1683) | |
| December 8th, 1744 (December 08 1744) | Death | Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Chateauroux, mistress of King Louis XV of France (born in 1717) | |
| December 8th, 1730 (December 08 1730) | Birth | Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (died in 1799) | |
| December 8th, 1722 (December 08 1722) | Death | Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orleans (born in 1652) | |
| December 8th, 1709 (December 08 1709) | Death | Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (born in 1625) | |
| December 8th, 1708 (December 08 1708) | Birth | Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1765) | |
| December 8th, 1699 (December 08 1699) | Birth | Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (died in 1757) | |
| December 8th, 1695 (December 08 1695) | Death | Barthelemy d Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (born in 1625) | |
| December 8th, 1691 (December 08 1691) | Death | Richard Baxter, English clergyman (born in 1615) | |
| December 8th, 1680 (December 08 1680) | Death | Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (born in 1606) | |
| December 8th, 1678 (December 08 1678) | Birth | Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (died in 1757) | |
| December 8th, 1659 (December 08 1659) | Event | Mexican border town Ciudad Juarez is founded by Fray Garcia de San Francisco. | |
| December 8th, 1649 (December 08 1649) | Death | Noel Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (born in 1613) | |
| December 8th, 1643 (December 08 1643) | Death | John Pym, English statesman (born in 1583) | |
| December 8th, 1638 (December 08 1638) | Death | Ivan Gundulic, Croatian poet (born in 1589) | |
| December 8th, 1632 (December 08 1632) | Death | Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (born in 1561) | |
| December 8th, 1626 (December 08 1626) | Birth | Queen Christina of Sweden (died in 1689) | |
| December 8th, 1626 (December 08 1626) | Death | John Davies, English poet (born in 1569) | John Davies Quotes |
| December 8th, 1609 (December 08 1609) | Event | Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room, the second public library of Europe. | |
| December 8th, 1574 (December 08 1574) | Birth | Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (died in 1616) | |
| December 8th, 1542 (December 08 1542) | Birth | Mary Queen of Scots (died in 1587) | |
| December 8th, 0899 (December 08 0899) | Death | Arnulf of Carinthia (born in 850) | |
