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Famous Quote For December 8

"The gravity of the time is such that every new avenue of peace, no matter how dimly discernible, should be explored."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

December 8 Birthdays

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December 8 History

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.

This Day In Entertainment

1980 - Bravo network, covering performing arts & indie films begins broadcasting on cable TV.

This Day In Geography

1659 - Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican border town, is founded by Fray Garcia de San Francisco.

This Day In Sports

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

A trip to the Muslim holy city of Mecca helped him to develop his beliefs; he began signing his last name as X to replace the ancestral slave name Little. Who is he?

Today's Birthday Horoscope

Learn about people born on this day by reading the December 8 Birthday Horoscope.

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