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The '''8t o December''' is the 342t day o the year (343t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 23 days bidin.

==Events==
[[File:Montezuma Castle.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[1906]]: Montezuma Castle]]
[[File:Commonwealth of Independent States.svg|thumb|180px|right|[[1991]]: [[Commonweel o Independent States]]]]
[[File:Scotland storm 8 December 2011.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[2011]]: [[Hurricane Bawbag]]]]
* [[1792]] - [[Frankfort, Kentucky|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 [[Malaysie|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==
[[File:Mary Stuart Queen.jpg|thumb|160px|right|[[Mary, Queen o Scots]]]]
[[File:Jean Sibelius, 1913.jpg|thumb|160px|right|[[Jean Sibelius]]]]
* [[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 (fitbawer)|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]])

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