Events on December 8, 2011
America Enters World War II (70th Anniversary)American Federation of Labor (AFL) Founded (125th Anniversary)
Bergalis, Kimberly (20th Death Anniversary)
Chinese Nationalists Move to Formosa
Davis, Sammy, Jr (Birth Date)
Durant, William Crapo (150th Birth Anniversary)
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
First Step Toward a Nuclear-Free World
Guam: Lady of Camarin Day
Hoban, James (Death Date)
John Lennon Shot
Morrison, Jim (Birth Date)
Nafta Signed
Rivera, Diego (125th Birth Anniversary)
Segar, Elzie Crisler (Birth Date)
Soviet Union Dissolved (20th Anniversary)
Thomasville's Victorian Christmas
Thurber, James (Birth Date)
Uzbekistan: Constitution Day
Whitney, Eli (Birth Date)
Birthdays on December 8, 2011
Gregg Allman, 64, singer (The Allman Brothers band), actor (Rush), born Nashville, TN, Dec 8, 1947.Kim Basinger, 58, actress (Oscar for L.A. Confidential; Batman, The Natural), born Athens, GA, Dec 8, 1953.
Gordon Arthur “Red” Berenson, 70, former hockey player and coach, born Regina, SK, Canada, Dec 8, 1941.
Ann Coulter, 50, political commentator, author (Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right), born New Canaan, CT, Dec 8, 1961.
James Galway, 72, flutist, born Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dec 8, 1939.
Jeff George, 44, former football player, born Indianapolis, IN, Dec 8, 1967.
Teri Hatcher, 47, actress (“Desperate Housewives,” “Lois & Clark”), born Sunnyvale, CA, Dec 8, 1964.
Dwight Howard, 26, basketball player, born Atlanta, GA, Dec 8, 1985.
James MacArthur, 74, actor (“Hawaii Five-O”), born Los Angeles, CA, Dec 8, 1937.
Dominic Monaghan, 35, actor (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, “Lost”), born Berlin, Germany, Dec 8, 1976.
Mike Mussina, 43, baseball player, born Williamsport, PA, Dec 8, 1968.
Sinead O’Connor, 45, singer, songwriter, born Dublin, Ireland, Dec 8, 1966.
Maximilian Schell, 81, actor (Deep Impact, Topkapi, Judgment at Nuremberg), producer, born Vienna, Austria, Dec 8, 1930.
Ian Somerhalder, 33, actor (“Lost,” “Smallville”), born Covington, LA, Dec 8, 1978.
Mary Woronov, 65, actress (Rock ’n’ Roll High School, Eating Raoul), born Brooklyn, NY, Dec 8, 1946.
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