1991 - Establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): an agreement among former Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to dissolve the existing Soviet Union (USSR), and reorganize into states.
1952 - "I Love Lucy" television show defeats the censors, has pregnancy on television
1949 - "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens on Broadway
1941 - US declares war on Japan the day after the infamous bombing of Pearl Harbor.
1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaims the Immaculate Conception, that Mary, Mother of Jesus was conceived free of Original Sin
This Day In Business
2010 - SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
1980 - Bravo network, covering performing arts & indie films begins broadcasting on cable TV.
1659 - Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican border town, is founded by Fray Garcia de San Francisco.
1980 - During a Monday Night Football broadcast, Howard Cosell broke news of John Lennon's death
December 8th Holiday
Feast of Immaculate Conception - Celebrates the belief in immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary.
Today's Birthday Trivia
Her novel, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, was adapted into a film directed by Tamar Halpern. Who is she?
Today's Birthday Horoscope
Learn about people born on this day by reading the December 8 Birthday Horoscope.
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