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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

December 8 - The day in History

December 8 : General Interest
1980: John Lennon shot

John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group that transformed popular music in the 1960s, is shot and killed by an obsessed fan in New York City... read more


American Revolution
1775 : Americans begin siege of Quebec
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-begin-siege-of-quebec

Automotive
1942 : Auto-factory architect Albert Kahn dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/auto-factory-architect-albert-kahn-dies

Civil War
1863 : Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-issues-proclamation-of-amnesty-and-reconstruction

Cold War
1949 : Chinese Nationalists move capital to Taiwan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chinese-nationalists-move-capital-to-taiwan

Crime
1980 : John Lennon is murdered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-lennon-is-murdered

Disaster
1881 : Theater fire kills hundreds in Vienna
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/theater-fire-kills-hundreds-in-vienna

General Interest
1542 : Mary Queen of Scots born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mary-queen-of-scots-born
1987 : Superpowers agree to reduce nuclear arsenals
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/superpowers-agree-to-reduce-nuclear-arsenals
1993 : NAFTA signed into law
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nafta-signed-into-law

Hollywood
1982 : Meryl Streep stars in Sophie's Choice
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meryl-streep-stars-in-sophies-choice

Literary
1894 : James Thurber is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-thurber-is-born

Music
1980 : John Lennon is assassinated in New York City
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-lennon-is-assassinated-in-new-york-city

Old West
1941 : Jeanette Rankin casts sole vote against WWII
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jeanette-rankin-casts-sole-vote-against-wwii

Presidential
1941 : Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roosevelt-asks-congress-to-declare-war-on-japan

Sports
1940 : Bears beat Redskins 73-0 in NFL Championship game
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bears-beat-redskins-73-0-in-nfl-championship-game

Vietnam War
1965 : Operation Tiger Hound launched
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-tiger-hound-launched
1966 : North Vietnam rejects Johnson's prisoner exchange proposal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnam-rejects-johnsons-prisoner-exchange-proposal
1969 : Nixon declares Vietnam War is ending
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-declares-vietnam-war-is-ending

World War I
1914 : The Battle of the Falkland Islands
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-the-falkland-islands

World War II
1941 : The United States declares war on Japan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-united-states-declares-war-on-japan


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