8 December

The **8t o December** is the 342t day o the year (343t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 23 days bidin.

## Events

* 1792 - Frankfort becomes caipital o Kentucky.
* 1864 - The Clifton Suspension Brig near Bristol, Ingland, is opened.
* 1906 - Montezuma Castle (Arizona) an Inscription Rock (New Mexico) becomes Naitional Monuments o the Unitit States.
* 1907 - Gustaf V o Swaden becomes Keeng.
* 1922 - Northren Ireland ceases tae be pairt o the Erse Free State.
* 1941 - Warld War II: Japan invades Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong an the Philippines, a day efter the Pearl Harbor attack.
* 1956 - End o the 1956 Simmer Olympics in Melbourne, Australie.
* 1966 - Car ferry "Iraklion" sinks on a route frae Crete tae Piraeus in Greece, killin 241 fowk.
* 1974 - A majority o voters Greece oppose the restoration o the monarchy in a referendum.
* 1980 - The Beatles muisicker John Lennon is fatally shot outside his hame in New York Ceety by Mark David Chapman.
* 1991 - Roushie, Belarus an Ukraine sign an agreement endin the Soviet Union an formin the Commonweel o Independent States.
* 1991 - Romanie's constitution is adoptit in a referendum.
* 1993 - Bill Clinton signs the North Americae Free Trade Agreement intae law.
* 1994 - Ethiopie adopts a new constitution.
* 2009 - A bombin in Baghdad kills 127 fowk.
* 2011 - A storm kent bi name o Hurricane Bawbag hits Scotland.
* 2012 - The Kyoto Protocol is extendit tae 2020.
* 2019 - A fire in a clothin factory in Delhi, Indie, kills ower 40 fowk.
* 2019 - Celtic F.C. wins its 10t consecutive domestic trophy, defeatin Rangers F.C. 2-1 n the League Cup feenal.
* 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic: The Unitit Kinrick's first vaccine agin COVID-19 is gien.
* 2020 - The Fowkrepublic o Cheenae an Nepal agree on the heicht o Munt Everest as 8848.86 metre abuin sea level.

## Births

* 65 BC - Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC)
* 1542 - Mary, Queen o Scots (d. 1587)
* 1708 - Francis I, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1765)
* 1832 - Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norse writer (d. 1910)
* 1865 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish componer (d. 1957)
* 1873 - William Watson, Baron Thankerton, Scots juidge an politeecian (d. 1948)
* 1886 - Diego Rivera, Mexican penter (d. 1957)
* 1922 - Lucian Freud, German-Inglis penter (d. 2011)
* 1925 - Sammy Davis Jr., American actor an sangster (d. 1990)
* 1925 - Arnaldo Forlani, Italian politeecian
* 1929 - Johnny Anderson, Scots fitbawer (d. 2001)
* 1930 - Maximilian Schell, Austrick-Swiss actor (d. 2014)
* 1936 - Ralph Brand, Scots fitbawer
* 1936 - David Carradine, American actor (d. 2009)
* 1941 - Geoff Hurst, Inglis fitbawer
* 1943 - Jim Morrison, American muisicker (d. 1971)
* 1951 - Bill Bryson, American writer
* 1952 - Bobby McKean, Scots fitbawer (d. 1978)
* 1953 - Norman Finkelstein, American poleetical scientist, activist an writer
* 1953 - Kim Basinger, American actress
* 1963 - Brian McClair, Scots fitbawer
* 1964 - Teri Hatcher, American actress
* 1976 - Dominic Monaghan, Inglis actor
* 1982 - Nicki Minaj, Trinidad-born sangster
* 1993 - AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
* 1994 - Raheem Sterling, Inglis fitbawer
* 1996 - Scott McTominay, Inglis-Scots fitbawer
* 1997 - Callum Hendry, Inglis-Scots fitbawer

## Daiths
* 592 - Emperor Sushun o Japan
* 1907 - Oscar II o Swaden (b. 1829)
* 1978 - Golda Meir, Prime meenister o Israel (b. 1898)
* 1980 - John Lennon, Inglis sangster an muisicker (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
* 2011 - Gilbert Adair, Scots novelist, poet, film creetic an jurnalist (b. 1944)
* 2013 - John Cornforth, Australian chemist (b. 1917)
* 2016 - John Glenn, American astronaut an politeecian (b. 1921)
* 2020 - Alejandro Sabella, Argentine fitbaw manager (b. 1954)

## Halidays
* Feast Day o the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic kirk) 
* Constitution Day (Romanie, Uzbekistan)
* Naitional Youth Day (Albanie)