December 8 - This 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... 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