December 8 Holidays (2023/2024), Historical Events, Famous Birthdays

Holiday name	Holiday location	Holiday type
Bodhi Day	-	Buddhist
Virgin of Caacupé Day	Paraguay	National Holiday
Battle Day	Falkland Islands	Public Holiday
Constitution Day	Multiple [Show]	Public Holiday
Constitution Day	Multiple [Show]	Observance
Constitution Day	Multiple [Show]	Public Holiday
National Brownie Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day	-	Unofficial (Weird & Obscure)
Feast of the Immaculate Conception	Multiple [Show]	Multiple Types
Mother's Day	Panama	National Holiday
Inmaculate Conception Day	Chile	National Holiday
Santa Marian Kamalen Day	Guam	Public Holiday
Day of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception	East Timor	Public Holiday
Feast of the immaculate Conception	Multiple [Show]	Multiple Types
National Youth Day	Albania	National Holiday
Immaculate Conception	Multiple [Show]	Multiple Types
Second Advent Sunday	Multiple [Show]	Multiple Types
Saint Kliment Ohridski's Day	North Macedonia	National Holiday
National Lard Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
Worldwide Candle Lighting Day	-	Unofficial (Relationships & Family)
World Choral Day	-	Unofficial (Art & Entertainment)

Historical Events on December 8

1914: At the Battle of the Falkland Islands, the British Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron during World War I.
1941: Addressing a joint session of Congress, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares the day before – December 7^th – to be a date that will live in infamy.
1941: Japanese forces invade the Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines, all at the same time.
1963: A Boeing 707 – Pan Am Flight 214 – is hit by lightning and crashes in Maryland. 81 of the people on board are killed.
1972: A Boeing 737 -United Airlines Flight 553 – crashes and kills 45 people.
1980: John Lennon – former member of the Beatles – is murdered outside The Dakota in New York.
1988: A U.S Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment building in Remscheid, Germany. 50 people are injured and 5 people are killed.

American engineer and inventor of the cotton gin, Eli Whitney is born in 1765.
German painter and illustrator, Adolph Menzel is born in 1815.
Irish poet and author, Amanda McKittrick Ros is born in 1860.
French playwright Georges Feydeau is born in 1862.
French mathematician Jacques Hadamard is born in 1865.
American actor Lee J. Cobb is born in 1911.
American director and screenwriter, Ernest Lehman is born in 1915.
American direcor and screenwriter, Richard Fleischer is born in 1916.
American singer-songwriter and poet, Jim Morrison is born in 1943.
American poet James Tate is born in 1943.
Irish novelist John Banville is born in 1945.
American makeup artist Rick Baker is born in 1950.
Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor is born in 1966.
Japanese voice actress and singer, Kotono Mitsuishi is born in 1967.
American race car driver, Ryan Newman is born in 1977.
French footballer, Frédéric Piquionne is born in 1978.
American actor Ian Somerhalder is born in 1978.
American singer-songwriter Chrisette Michele is born in 1982.
Trinidadian-American rapper and actress, Nicki Minaj is born in 1982.