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Day Of The Week: December 8
December 8, 2025 is the 342nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 8
- 1941 –Japanese forces simultaneously invade Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines. These happen concurrently with the Attack on Pearl Harbor, which was on December 7 in the United States.
- 1949 –United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is established to provide aid to Palestinian refugees who left their homes during the 1948 Palestinian exodus.
- 1953 –United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his “Atoms for Peace” speech, and the U.S. launches its “Atoms for Peace” program that supplied equipment and information to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
- 1962 –Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
- 1963 –Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, United States, killing all 81 people on board.
- 1982 –In Suriname, several opponents of the military government are killed.
- 1987 –The Alianza Lima air disaster occurs.
- 1988 –A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.
- 1998 –The Australian Cricket Board’s cover-up of Shane Warne and Mark Waugh’s involvement with bookmakers is revealed.
- 2002 –The Caribbean Community Heads of Government meet with the Government of Cuba and declare the date to be “CARICOM-Cuba Day”—to celebrate diplomatic ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba.
Who were born on December 8?
- 1574 –Maria Anna of Bavaria, consort of Ferdinand II (d. 1616)
- 1864 –Camille Claudel, French graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1943)
- 1923 –Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist
- 1947 –Gérard Blanc, French singer
- 1948 –Luis Caffarelli, Argentine-born American mathematician
- 1950 –Tim Foli, American baseball player
- 1954 –Frits Pirard, Dutch road bicycle racer
- 1964 –James Blundell, Australian country singer
- 1970 –Me Phi Me, American rapper and author
- 1979 –Raymond Lam, Hong Kong actor and singer
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