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1660 : First actress to appear in public in England


Margaret Hughes became the first actress to appear in public in England.
She played Desdemona in Shakespeare's Othello.

1941 : Declaration of war from the U.S. and China to Japan


The United States and the Republic of China declare war against Japan.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt : December 7 will be "a day which will live in infamy"

1960 : French Military Programme Act


First military programme act : it provides for the creation and financing of the French nuclear strike force

1965 : Race Relations Act in England


This new Race Relations Act is enacted. It forbids any discrimination on the "grounds of colour, race, or ethnic or national origins" in public places.

1980 : John Lennon Killed


Peace activist and singer John Lennon was killed at the Dakota Building in New York by a hospital worker from Honolulu named Chapman.
On the 8 december, he had a shooting with photographer Annie Leibovitz, an interview on the RKO Radio Network and spent several hours at the Record Plant Studio.

1987 : The First Intifada begins


The First Intifada (1987 - 1993), a Palestinian popular uprising against Israel begins in Jabalia refugee camp and spreads to the West Bank and Gaza areas. The Intifada ("shaking off") is at first a spontaneous civilian outburst which incited the Palestinian people to erect barricades, to throw Molotov cocktails grenades and stones at the occupying Israeli soldiers. It is also civil disobedience, general strikes and boycotts on Israeli products.

1987 : Agreement on nuclear weapons


Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sign an historic agreement to reduce the size of their nuclear weapons.

1992 : Operation Restore Hope in Somalia


Operation Restore Hope, a United Nations operation leaded by the US begins. The operation was planned to prevent a humanitarian disaster.

2009 : Bombings in Baghdad


Bombings in Baghdad killed 127 and injured 448

Novità del giorno : 08 Dicembre

Bodhi Day in Japan
8 december is the Buddhist holiday which commemorates the day that the Buddha reached enlightenment
Festival of Lights (Lyon)
This uniquely Lyonnaise tradition says that peaple are to put candles on the outsides of their windows.

Citazione del giorno : 08 Dicembre

Victor Hugo
On a renoncé à me demander l'autorisation de dire mes Oeuvres sur les théâtres. On les dit partout sans me demander la permission. On a raison. Ce que j'écris n'est pas à moi. Je suis une chose publique.

Compleanni : 08 Dicembre

Georges Méliès, Regista francese (1861)
Georges Feydeau, Drammaturgo francese (1862)
Camille Claudel, Scultrice francese (1864)
Jean Sibelius, Compositore finlandese (1865)
Lee J Cobb, Attore (1911)
Sammy Davis, Jr., Cantante, ballerino, attore (1925)
Maximilian Schell, Attore svizzero (1930)
Dharmendra, Attore indiano (1935)
Jim Morrison, Cantante (1943)
Thomas R. Cech, Chimico americano, premio Nobel (1947)
Kim Basinger, Actress (1953)
Teri Hatcher, Actress (1964)
Matthew Laborteaux, Attore (1966)
Sinéad O'Connor, Musicista irlandese (1966)
Dominic Monaghan, Actor (1976)
Sébastien Chabal, Rugbyman (1977)
Anwar Siraj, Calciatore etiope (1978)
John Oster, Calciatore gallese (1978)
Christian Wilhelmsson, Calciatore svedese (1979)
Daniel Fitzhenry, Giocatore di rugby australiano (1979)
Hamit Altintop, Calciatore turco (1982)
Halil Altintop, Calciatore turco (1982)
Greg Halford, Calciatore inglese (1984)

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Benjamin Constant, Scrittore svizzero (1830)
Thomas de Quincey, Scrittore inglese (1859)
Golda Meir, Primo Ministro di Israele (1978)
John Lennon, Singer, Song writer (1980)
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