On this day: December 8
Events
United Provinces of Central ItalyDecember 8, 1859 – March 22, 1860 · World History
Malayan campaignDecember 8, 1941 – January 31, 1942 · Wars & Conflicts
Dutch East Indies campaignDecember 8, 1941 – March 9, 1942 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of Their Satanic Majesties RequestDecember 8, 1967 · Music
- Release of A Nice PairDecember 8, 1973 · Music
- Release of Hotel CaliforniaDecember 8, 1976 · Music
- Release of On ParoleDecember 8, 1979 · Music
Release of Flash Gordon – Original Soundtrack Music by QueenDecember 8, 1980 · Music- Release of The Eternal IdolDecember 8, 1987 · Music
- Release of Six Degrees of SeparationDecember 8, 1993 · Film
- Discovery of roentgeniumDecember 8, 1994 · Science
Release of The Operative: No One Lives ForeverDecember 8, 2000 · Gaming- Release of YakuzaDecember 8, 2005 · Gaming
Launch of VevoDecember 8, 2009 · Internet- Release of Garena Free FireDecember 8, 2017 · Gaming
- Release of Hello NeighborDecember 8, 2017 · Gaming
Release of Halo InfiniteDecember 8, 2021 · Gaming- Release of Leave the World BehindDecember 8, 2023 · Film
Born on this day
HoraceDecember 8, 65 BC – November 27, 8 BC · Culture
Wang AnshiDecember 8, 1021 – May 21, 1086 · Art
Gemma FrisiusDecember 8, 1508 – May 25, 1555 · Science
Johann Maria FarinaDecember 8, 1685 – November 25, 1766 · Technology
Baron d'HolbachDecember 8, 1723 – January 21, 1789 · Culture
Jan IngenhouszDecember 8, 1730 – September 7, 1799 · Science
Francesco Mario PaganoDecember 8, 1748 – October 29, 1799 · Culture
Heinrich FügerDecember 8, 1751 – November 5, 1818 · Art
Eli WhitneyDecember 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825 · Technology
Peter Andreas HansenDecember 8, 1795 – March 28, 1874 · Science
Adolph von MenzelDecember 8, 1815 – February 9, 1905 · Art
Josip RunjaninDecember 8, 1821 – February 2, 1878 · Music
Silvestro LegaDecember 8, 1826 – September 21, 1895 · Art
Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonDecember 8, 1832 – April 26, 1910 · Culture- Alphonse BorrellyDecember 8, 1842 – February 28, 1926 · Science
Émile ReynaudDecember 8, 1844 – January 9, 1918 · Technology
Anna Bilińska-BohdanowiczDecember 8, 1854 – April 8, 1893 · Art
Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-SchwerinDecember 8, 1857 – February 16, 1920 · Exploration
Georges MélièsDecember 8, 1861 – January 21, 1938 · Film
Aristide MaillolDecember 8, 1861 – September 27, 1944 · Art
Edith DurhamDecember 8, 1863 – November 15, 1944 · Exploration
Camille ClaudelDecember 8, 1864 – October 19, 1943 · Art
Jean SibeliusDecember 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957 · Music
Jacques HadamardDecember 8, 1865 – October 17, 1963 · Science
Nikolay Bogdanov-BelskyDecember 8, 1868 – February 19, 1945 · Art
Albert GleizesDecember 8, 1881 – June 23, 1953 · Culture
Marcello PiacentiniDecember 8, 1881 – May 19, 1960 · Culture
Manuel PonceDecember 8, 1882 – April 24, 1948 · Music
Diego RiveraDecember 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957 · Art
Bohuslav MartinůDecember 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959 · Music
Wifredo LamDecember 8, 1902 – September 11, 1982 · Art
Richard FleischerDecember 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006 · Film
Julia Hall Bowman RobinsonDecember 8, 1919 – July 30, 1985 · Science
Mieczysław WeinbergDecember 8, 1919 – February 2, 1996 · Music
Lucian FreudDecember 8, 1922 – July 20, 2011 · Art
Joachim FestDecember 8, 1926 – September 11, 2006 · Film
Revas ChkheidzeDecember 8, 1926 – May 3, 2015 · Film
Vladimir ShatalovDecember 8, 1927 – June 15, 2021 · Space
Maximilian SchellDecember 8, 1930 – February 1, 2014 · Film- DharmendraDecember 8, 1935 – November 24, 2025 · Film
Hans-Jürgen SyberbergDecember 8, 1935 – present · Film
David CarradineDecember 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009 · Film
Dariush MehrjuiDecember 8, 1939 – October 14, 2023 · Film
Jim MorrisonDecember 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971 · Music
Mary WoronovDecember 8, 1943 – present · Art
Chava AlbersteinDecember 8, 1946 – present · Music
Thomas CechDecember 8, 1947 – present · Science
Margaret GellerDecember 8, 1947 – present · Science
Luis CaffarelliDecember 8, 1948 – present · Science
Nancy MeyersDecember 8, 1949 – present · Film
Dan HartmanDecember 8, 1950 – March 22, 1994 · Music
Ringo LamDecember 8, 1955 – December 29, 2018 · Film
Andrius KubiliusDecember 8, 1956 – present · Science
Phil CollenDecember 8, 1957 – present · Music
Marty FriedmanDecember 8, 1962 – present · Music
Richard David PrechtDecember 8, 1964 – present · Culture- David BenatarDecember 8, 1966 – present · Culture
Rim BannaDecember 8, 1966 – March 24, 2018 · Music
Junkie XLDecember 8, 1967 – present · Music
Corey TaylorDecember 8, 1973 – present · Music