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{{*mp}} [[1854]] – In his [[Apostolic constitution]] '''''[[Ineffabilis Deus]]''''', [[Pope Pius IX]] proclaimed the [[dogmatic definition]] of [[Immaculate Conception]]<!-Not bolded, tagged with {{refimprove}}->, which holds that the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Virgin Mary]] was born free of [[original sin]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1854]] – In his [[Apostolic constitution]] '''''[[Ineffabilis Deus]]''''', [[Pope Pius IX]] proclaimed the [[dogmatic definition]] of [[Immaculate Conception]]<!-Not bolded, tagged with {{refimprove}}->, which holds that the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Virgin Mary]] was born free of [[original sin]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1963]] – After being hit by a lightning strike while in a [[holding pattern]], '''[[Pan Am Flight 214]]''' crashed near [[Elkton, Maryland|Elkton]], [[Maryland]], [[United States|USA]], killing all 81 people on board. |
{{*mp}} [[1963]] – After being hit by a lightning strike while in a [[holding pattern]], '''[[Pan Am Flight 214]]''' crashed near [[Elkton, Maryland|Elkton]], [[Maryland]], [[United States|USA]], killing all 81 people on board. |
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{{*mp}} [[1987]] – [[Arab-Israeli conflict]]: An [[Israel]]i army tank transporter killed four [[Palestinian refugees]] and injured seven others during a traffic accident at the [[Erez Crossing]] on the [[Israel–Gaza Strip barrier|Israel–Gaza Strip border]], sparking the '''[[First Intifada]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1993]] – Leaders of [[Canada]], [[Mexico]], and the [[United States]] signed the final agreements of the '''[[North American Free Trade Agreement]]''', forming a regional [[trade bloc]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1993]] – Leaders of [[Canada]], [[Mexico]], and the [[United States]] signed the final agreements of the '''[[North American Free Trade Agreement]]''', forming a regional [[trade bloc]]. |
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Revision as of 05:37, 7 December 2008
This is a list of selected December 8 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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December 8: First day of Eid al-Adha (Islam, 2008); Constitution Day in Romania; Feast of the Immaculate Conception in Roman Catholicism
- 1609 – Milan's Biblioteca Ambrosiana opened its reading room to the public, becoming the second public library in Europe.
- 1941 – The Holocaust: The SS began killing operations at the Chelmno extermination camp in Poland, the first Nazi extermination camp to kill the Jews of the Ghetto Litzmannstadt and the Warthegau by poison gas.
- 1980 – Former Beatle John Lennon (pictured) was fatally shot in the entrance hallway of the Dakota apartments in New York City.
- 1991 – Leaders of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine signed the Belavezha Accords, agreeing to dissolve the Soviet Union and establish the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- 2004 – Twelve South American countries signed the Cusco Declaration, announcing the foundation of what is now the Union of South American Nations, an intergovernmental union modelled after the European Union.