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December 8

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718 relations: Aaron Allston, Abdullah Ercan, Adolph Menzel, Aegean Sea, Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah, Alan Hodgkinson, Albert Gleizes, Albert Kahn (architect), Aleksandra Olsza, Aleppo, Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016), Alfredo Aceves, Algeria, Amanda McKittrick Ros, Amir Khan (boxer), An Lushan Rebellion, André Kamperveen, Andrius Kubilius, Andy Kapp, Anita Weyermann, Ann Coulter, AnnaSophia Robb, Anne Marshall, Anselm Adornes, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Ants Oras, Anwar Siraj, Apostolic constitution, Arbor Day, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, Aristide Maillol, Arne Næss Jr., Arnulf of Carinthia, Arthur Leslie, Ashmyany, Astorre II Manfredi, Atoms for Peace, Attack on Pearl Harbor, August Belmont, Édson Ribeiro, Étienne Fourmont, Óscar Ramírez (footballer), Švitrigaila, Baghdad, Barthélemy d'Herbelot, Battle of Canhe Slope, Battle of Hong Kong, Battle of the Falkland Islands, Belarus, ..., Benjamin Constant, Berry van Aerle, Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen, Bertie Higgins, Betty Holberton, Bill Bryson, Bill Hewitt (sportscaster), Bill McKibben, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bob Arum, Bob Bell (actor), Bob Brown (offensive lineman), Bob Greene (fitness), Bobby Elliott, Bodhi Day, Bodo Tümmler, Boeing 707, Boeing 737, Bohuslav Martinů, Bram Behr, Brant Alyea, Brettina, Brookings Institution, Buck Clayton, Budoc, Bulgaria, Bushwick Bill, Calendar of saints, Calendar of saints (Church of England), Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church), Camille Claudel, Camille Jenatzy, Cara Mund, Caribbean Community, Carmen Martín Gaite, Catholic Church, Chang'an, Charlemagne, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Charles Lightoller, Charles Lincoln Edwards, Charles Radclyffe, Charles the Bald, Chava Alberstein, Chevrolet, Chigusa Nagayo, Chrisette Michele, Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Christian Wilhelmsson, Christina, Queen of Sweden, Claude Balbastre, Claude Cahun, Clement of Ohrid, Cold War, Commonwealth of Independent States, Compiègne, Concha Piquer, Conseslus Kipruto, Corey Taylor, Cotton gin, Council of Europe, Cristian Castro, Cuba, Cusco, Cusco Declaration, Dan Hartman, Daniel Fitzhenry, Dariush Mehrjui, Darren Sheridan, David Carradine, David Harewood, December 2009 Baghdad bombings, December 7, December 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), Delmore Schwartz, Desdemona, Dewey Martin (actor), Dharmendra, Diego Rivera, Dimebag Darrell, Dominic Monaghan, Doriano Romboni, Douglas DC-6, Douglas Tompkins, Drew Doughty, Drogo of Metz, Du Fu, Duke Cunningham, Dutch East Indies campaign, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Howard, E. C. Segar, East Asia Squadron, Ed Brinkman, Eleni Ourani, Eli Whitney, Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine, Elkton, Maryland, Elsie Tu, Emma Green (athlete), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Enzo Amore, Erez Crossing, Ernest Lehman, Ernie Toshack, Ernst Krenkel, Ernst Moro, Esprit Holdings, Eucharius, Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, Falcon 9, Falkland Islands, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Felipe Gozon, Ferdie Pacheco, Festival of Lights (Lyon), Finland, First Intifada, Fisher Building, Flag of Europe, Flip Wilson, Floyd Tillman, Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain, Ford River Rouge Complex, Foreign relations of Cuba, François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal), Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, František Xaver Dušek, Frédéric Piquionne, Frederik Buch, Friedrich Glauser, Friedrich Traugott Kützing, Frits Pirard, Gary Thain, Gérard Blanc, General Motors, General of The Salvation Army, Geoff Hurst, George Baker (Dutch singer), George Boole, George Lloyd (bishop of Saskatchewan), Georges Feydeau, Georges Méliès, Gerardo García Pimentel, German Empire, German Imperial War Council of 8 December 1912, Geto Boys, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Gladys George, Golda Meir, Governor of Massachusetts, Greek republic referendum, 1974, Greg Halford, Greg Howe, Gregg Allman, Guam, Gustaf V of Sweden, Haim Laskov, Hans Molisch, Hari-Kuyō, Harold Hongju Koh, Hedwig Jagiellon (1408–1431), Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, Herbert Spencer, Holy day of obligation, Horace, Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, Howard Rollins, Ian Johnson (cricketer), Ian Somerhalder, IKAROS, Immaculate Conception, Indian Navy, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Indrek Allmann, Ineffabilis Deus, Infamy Speech, Ingrid Michaelson, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Irish Free State, Isaac Lea, Israel–Gaza barrier, Ivan Gundulić, J. Alden Weir, Jacques Hadamard, Jakov Ignjatović, James Blundell (singer), James Cama, James Galway, James MacArthur, James Tate (writer), James Thurber, Jan Eggum, Jan Ingenhousz, Jana Juricová, Janae Kroc, Janari Jõesaar, Japan, Japanese invasion of Malaya, Japanese invasion of Thailand, Jean Denis Attiret, Jean Ritchie, Jean Sibelius, Jeff George, Jeremy Accardo, Jerry Brown (gridiron football), Jerry Butler, Jesse Sene-Lefao, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Smith (musician), Johan Forssell (politician, born 1979), Johannes Aavik, John Banville, John Cornforth, John Davies (poet), John Glenn, John Gowans, John Lennon, John Oster, John Peckham, John Pym, John Qualen, John Rubinstein, John Trudell, John Volpe, John Waters (actor), Johnny Lira, Jordan Obita, Jordon Ibe, José Peña (sprinter), José Uribe, Joseph B. Keenan, Josh Donaldson, Josip Stadler, Julia Robinson, Julian Critchley, Kansai region, Karachi, Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Kasim Sulton, Kate Voegele, Kateryna Yushchenko (scientist), Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Keith Holyoake, Kevin Harvick, Khaw Boon Wan, Kim Basinger, Knut Nystedt, Kotono Mitsuishi, Kristin Lauter, Larry Martin, Later Yan, Lee J. Cobb, Les Ferdinand, Lesslie Newbigin, Liberalism, Lightning, Lim Guan Eng, Lionel Gilbert, List of ambassadors of the United States to the Netherlands, List of Chief Ministers of Penang, List of governors of American Samoa, Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438), Little India, Singapore, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Louis the Stammerer, Louis XV of France, Lucian Freud, Luis Caffarelli, Luis Días (composer), Luther Adler, Malawi, Marco Abreu, Marcus Lee Hansen, Margaret Geller, Margaret Hughes, Maria Josepha of Austria, Marie Anne de Mailly, Mark David Chapman, Mark Steyn, Martha Tilton, Marty Friedman, Marty Robbins, Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Mary Gordon (writer), Mary Woronov, Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary, Queen of Scots, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Maximilian Schell, Maximilian von Spee, McDonald Bailey, Meagan Duhamel, Melchior Anderegg, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Methodism, Michael Z. Hobson, Michel Ferté, Midway International Airport, Mike Mussina, Mikey Robins, Mikhail Gorbachev, Miklós Istvánffy, Milenko Zablaćanski, Ministry of Health (Singapore), Mirosław Okoński, Mirza Delibašić, Miss America 2018, Monarchy of Greece, Monarchy of Sweden, Mother's Day, Murder of John Lennon, Nancy Meyers, Narcisa de Jesús, Nasir Kazmi, Nathan Alcock, Neel Jani, Nicholas II, Duke of Opava, Nick Zinner, Nicki Minaj, Niklas Luhmann, Nikos Gatsos, Nikos Karageorgiou, Noël Chabanel, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Norman Finkelstein, Northern & Shell, Northern Wei, Oleksiy Pecherov, Oliver Postgate, Olympic Airways Flight 954, Operation Python, Oran fatwa, Original sin, Oscar II of Sweden, Othello, Packard Automotive Plant, Pafnuty Chebyshev, Palestinian refugees, Pan Am Flight 214, Panama, Papal infallibility, Partition of Ireland, Patapios, Paul Ladmirault, Péter Kuczka, Peru, Peter Andreas Hansen, Peter Parfitt, Peter Tali Coleman, Phil Collen, Philip Rivers, Philippe van Lansberge, Philippines Campaign (1941–42), Pope Eutychian, Pope Pius IX, Popeye, Prime Minister of Denmark, Prime Minister of Israel, Prime Minister of Lithuania, Prime Minister of New Zealand, Prime Minister of Thailand, Public holidays in Albania, Public holidays in Bulgaria, Public holidays in Guam, Public holidays in Romania, Public holidays in Uzbekistan, Quanta cura, Queen Jeonghui, Queen Zhou the Elder, Raheem Sterling, Ray Shulman, Raymond Lam, Rüdiger von der Goltz, Red Berenson, Reed Johnson, Remscheid, Richard Baxter, Richard Desmond, Richard Fleischer, Richard S. Williamson, Rick Baker, Ricky Walford, Rob Byrnes, Rob Curling, Robert Jay Mathews, Robert Prosky, Robert S. Brookings, Robert Sternberg, Romaric, Ronald Reagan, Roy Firestone, Royal Navy, Rubén González (pianist), Rudolph Pariser, Russ Kemmerer, Ryan Newman (racing driver), Salvador, Bahia, Sam Hunt, Sam Kinison, Sam Tagataese, Sammy Davis Jr., Sarit Thanarat, Sándor Szokolay, Sebald Heyden, Semih Sancar, Shanghai International Settlement, Sharia, Sigismund Kęstutaitis, Simon Finnigan, Sinéad O'Connor, Singapore, Slick (wrestling), Slim Pickens, Soko Richardson, Solar sail, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Soviet Union, Spacecraft, SpaceX, SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1, SpaceX Dragon, Stephen Jefferies, Steve Atkinson (cricketer), Steve Elkington, Steve Yates (footballer, born 1953), Sun Li-jen, Syllabus of Errors, Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven), Syrian Army, Tadjena massacre, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Ted Irvine, Teri Hatcher, The Beatles, The Dakota, The North Face, The Order (white supremacist group), Theo Maassen, Theobald Mathew (temperance reformer), Think tank, Thomas Cech, Thomas Corneille, Thomas De Quincey, Tim Foli, Tom Gosnell, Tony Simmons (gridiron football), Top Rank, Toshiaki Kawada, Tris Speaker, Tyler Mane, Ukraine, Ulric Neisser, Umbanda, Union of South American Nations, United Airlines Flight 553, United States Air Force, United States declaration of war on Japan, Valéry Mézague, Venus, Vernon Wells, Vince MacLean, Vladimir Shatalov, Wang Anshi, Ward Morehouse, Warren Cuccurullo, Władysław Kozakiewicz, West Francia, West Pakistan, Western Hemisphere, White House, Wifredo Lam, William C. Durant, William Henry Vanderbilt, William Shawn, William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, World War I, World War II, Yemoja, Yevgeny Minayev, Yui Yokoyama, Yuliya Krevsun, Zoe Konstantopoulou, 1021, 1125, 1186, 1292, 1365, 1412, 1418, 1424, 1431, 1432, 1499, 1504, 1538, 1542, 1550, 1558, 1626, 1632, 1638, 1643, 1649, 1660, 1678, 1680, 1691, 1695, 1699, 1708, 1709, 1722, 1724, 1730, 1731, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1756, 1765, 1768, 1779, 1795, 1807, 1813, 1815, 1817, 1818, 1822, 1830, 1832, 1854, 1856, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1869, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1880, 1881, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1962–63 New York City newspaper strike, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2013 Little India riot, 2014, 2015, 2016, 395, 65 BC, 757, 855, 877, 899, 964. 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Aaron Allston

Aaron Dale Allston (December 8, 1960 – February 27, 2014) was an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels.

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Abdullah Ercan

Abdullah Ercan (born 8 December 1971 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a retired Turkish international footballer.

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Adolph Menzel

Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (December 8, 1815February 9, 1905) was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings.

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Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea (Αιγαίο Πέλαγος; Ege Denizi) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey.

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Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah

Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah al-Maghrawi al-Wahrani (died 3 June 1511) was a Maliki scholar of Islamic law, active in North Africa from the end of the fifteenth century until his death.

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Alan Hodgkinson

Alan Hodgkinson MBE (16 August 1936 – 8 December 2015) was an English professional football goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach.

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Albert Gleizes

Albert Gleizes (8 December 1881 – 23 June 1953) was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris.

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Albert Kahn (architect)

Albert Kahn (March 21, 1869 – December 8, 1942) was the foremost American industrial architect of his day.

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Aleksandra Olsza

Aleksandra Olsza (8 December 1977) is a retired Polish tennis player.

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Aleppo

Aleppo (ﺣﻠﺐ / ALA-LC) is a city in Syria, serving as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most-populous Syrian governorate.

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Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016)

The Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016), code named Operation Dawn of Victory by government forces, was a successful military offensive launched by the Syrian Armed Forces and allied groups against rebel-held districts in Aleppo.

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Alfredo Aceves

Alfredo Aceves Martínez (born December 8, 1982) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.

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Algeria

Algeria (الجزائر, familary Algerian Arabic الدزاير; ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ; Dzayer; Algérie), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a sovereign state in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast.

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Amanda McKittrick Ros

Anna Margaret Ross (née McKittrick; 8 December 1860 – 2 February 1939), known by her pen-name Amanda McKittrick Ros, was an Irish writer.

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Amir Khan (boxer)

Amir Iqbal Khan (عامر اقبال خان; born 8 December 1986) is a British professional boxer.

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An Lushan Rebellion

The An Lushan Rebellion was a devastating rebellion against the Tang dynasty of China.

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André Kamperveen

Rudi André Kamperveen (September 27, 1924 – December 8, 1982) was a Surinamese football player, sports administrator, politician and businessman.

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Andrius Kubilius

Andrius Kubilius (born 8 December 1956) is a Lithuanian politician who was Prime Minister of Lithuania from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.

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Andy Kapp

Andreas "Andy" Kapp (born 8 December 1967) is a German curler from Unterthingau.

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Anita Weyermann

Anita Weyermann (born 8 December 1977 in Wynigen) is a Swiss former middle- and long-distance runner.

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Ann Coulter

Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961) is an American conservative social and political commentator, writer, syndicated columnist, and lawyer.

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AnnaSophia Robb

AnnaSophia Robb (born December 8, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and model.

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Anne Marshall

Anne Marshall (fl. 1661 – 1682), also Mrs.

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Anselm Adornes

Anselm Adornes (8 December 1424 in Bruges – 1483 in Scotland) was a merchant, patron, politician and diplomat, who belonged to the fifth generation of the Adornes family to live in Bruges.

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Antônio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (January 25, 1927December 8, 1994), also known as Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer.

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Ants Oras

Ants Oras (8 December 1900 – 21 December 1982) was an Estonian translator and writer.

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Anwar Siraj

Anwar Siraj (born 8 December 1978 in Ethiopia) is retired Ethiopian footballer.

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Apostolic constitution

An apostolic constitution (constitutio apostolica) is the highest level of decree issued by the Pope.

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Arbor Day

Arbor Day (or Arbour; from the Latin arbor, meaning tree) is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees.

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Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

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Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria

Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (Maximilian Franz Xaver Joseph Johann Anton de Paula Wenzel, 8 December 1756 in Vienna – 26 July 1801 in Vienna) was Archbishop and Elector Spiritual of Cologne (and as such Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire for Italy), and Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.

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Aristide Maillol

Aristide Joseph Bonaventure Maillol (December 8, 1861 – September 27, 1944) was a French sculptor, painter, and printmaker.

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Arne Næss Jr.

Arne Næss Jr. (born Arne Rudolf Ludvig Raab; 8 December 1937 – 13 January 2004) was a Norwegian businessman, shipping magnate, mountaineer, and an ex-husband of Diana Ross.

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Arnulf of Carinthia

Arnulf of Carinthia (850 – December 8, 899) was the duke of Carinthia who overthrew his uncle, Emperor Charles the Fat, became the Carolingian king of East Francia from 887, the disputed King of Italy from 894 and the disputed Holy Roman Emperor from February 22, 896 until his death at Regensburg, Bavaria.

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Arthur Leslie

Arthur Leslie Scottorn Broughton (8 December 1899 – 30 June 1970), better known as Arthur Leslie, was a British actor and playwright, best known for original character of public house landlord Jack Walker in television soap Coronation Street.

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Ashmyany

Ashmyany (Ашмя́ны; Łacinka: Ašmiany; Ошмя́ны; Ašmena; Oszmiana; אָשמענע, Oshmene) is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus, located at 50 km from Vilnius, capital of the Ashmyany raion.

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Astorre II Manfredi

Astorre II Manfredi (December 8, 1412 – March 12, 1468) was lord of Imola from 1439 and of Faenza from 1443.

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Atoms for Peace

"Atoms for Peace" was the title of a speech delivered by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the UN General Assembly in New York City on December 8, 1953.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.

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August Belmont

August Belmont Sr. (December 8, 1813November 24, 1890) was a German Jewish-American politician, financier, foreign diplomat, and party chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the 1860s, and later a horse-breeder and racehorse owner.

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Édson Ribeiro

Édson Luciano Ribeiro (born December 8, 1972) is a Brazilian sprinter competing mostly in 100 metres.

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Étienne Fourmont

Étienne Fourmont (23 June 1683 – 8 December 1745) was a French scholar and Orientalist who served as professor of Arabic at the Collège de France and published grammars on the Arabic, Hebrew, and Chinese languages.

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Óscar Ramírez (footballer)

Óscar Antonio Ramírez Hernández (born 8 December 1964), is a Costa Rican former footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of the Costa Rica national team.

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Švitrigaila

Švitrigaila (before 1370 – 10 February 1452) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1430 to 1432.

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Baghdad

Baghdad (بغداد) is the capital of Iraq.

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Barthélemy d'Herbelot

Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville (14 December 16258 December 1695) was a French Orientalist.

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Battle of Canhe Slope

Battle of Canhe Slope (參合陂之戰) refers to a battle in 395 where the Chinese/Xianbei state Later Yan, then ruling over northern and central China, had launched a punitive campaign against its former vassal Northern Wei, also of Xianbei extraction.

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Battle of Hong Kong

The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II.

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Battle of the Falkland Islands

The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914, during the First World War in the South Atlantic.

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Belarus

Belarus (Беларусь, Biełaruś,; Беларусь, Belarus'), officially the Republic of Belarus (Рэспубліка Беларусь; Республика Беларусь), formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia or Belorussia (Белоруссия, Byelorussiya), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest.

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Benjamin Constant

Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (25 October 1767 – 8 December 1830), or simply Benjamin Constant, was a Swiss-French political activist and writer on politics and religion.

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Berry van Aerle

Hubertus Aegidius Hermanus "Berry" van Aerle (born 8 December 1962) is a Dutch retired footballer who played mainly as a right back.

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Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen

Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen (– 8 December 1186) was a Duke of Zähringen and Rector of Burgundy.

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Bertie Higgins

Elbert Joseph Higgins (born December 8, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Betty Holberton

Frances Elizabeth "Betty" Holberton (March 7, 1917 – December 8, 2001) was one of the six original programmers of ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, and was the inventor of breakpoints in computer debugging.

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Bill Bryson

William McGuire Bryson (born 8 December 1951) is an Anglo-American author of books on travel, the English language, science, and other non-fiction topics.

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Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)

Foster William Alfred "Bill" Hewitt (December 8, 1928 – December 25, 1996) was a Canadian radio and television sportscaster.

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Bill McKibben

William Ernest "Bill" McKibben (born December 8, 1960)"Bill Ernest McKibben." Environmental Encyclopedia.

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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson (8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit", becoming the first Norwegian Nobel laureate.

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Bob Arum

Robert Arum (born December 8, 1931) is an American lawyer, boxing promoter and businessman.

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Bob Bell (actor)

Robert Lewis Bell (January 18, 1922 – December 8, 1997), better known as Bob Bell, was an American actor famous for his alter-ego, Bozo the Clown.

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Bob Brown (offensive lineman)

Robert Stanford Brown (born December 8, 1941), nicknamed "The Boomer" is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League from 1964 through 1973.

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Bob Greene (fitness)

Bob Greene (born December 8, 1958) is an American exercise physiologist and certified personal trainer specializing in fitness, metabolism, and weight loss.

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Bobby Elliott

Robert Hartley Elliott (born 8 December 1941) is an English rock drummer, best known for playing with The Hollies.

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Bodhi Day

Bodhi Day is the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama (Shakyamuni), experienced enlightenment, also known as bodhi in Sanskrit and Pali.

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Bodo Tümmler

Bodo Tümmler (born 8 December 1943) is a German former middle-distance runner.

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Boeing 707

The Boeing 707 is a mid-sized, long-range, narrow-body, four-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes from 1958 to 1979.

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Boeing 737

The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range twinjet narrow-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States.

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Bohuslav Martinů

Bohuslav Jan Martinů (December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music.

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Bram Behr

Abraham Maurits "Bram" Behr (18 January 1951 – 8 December 1982) was a Surinamese journalist.

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Brant Alyea

Garrabrant Ryerson Alyea (born December 8, 1940) is an American former professional baseball outfielder.

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Brettina

Brettina Lorena Robinson (born December 8, 1976) is a Bahamian jazz singer-songwriter, model, and SAG actress, who lives in metropolitan Los Angeles.

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Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution is a century-old American research group on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.C. It conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and global economy and development.

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Buck Clayton

Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton (November 12, 1911 – December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpet player who was a leading member of Count Basie’s "Old Testament" orchestra and a leader of mainstream-oriented jam session recordings in the 1950s.

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Budoc

Saint Budoc of Dol (also Budeaux or Beuzec) was a Bishop of Dol, venerated after his death as a saint in both Brittany (now in France) and Devon (now in England).

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria (България, tr.), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, tr.), is a country in southeastern Europe.

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Bushwick Bill

Richard Stephen Shaw (born December 8, 1966) is a Jamaican-American rapper better known by his stage name Bushwick Bill.

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Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.

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Calendar of saints (Church of England)

The Church of England commemorates many of the same saints as those in the General Roman Calendar, mostly on the same days, but also commemorates various notable (often post-Reformation) Christians who have not been canonised by Rome, with a particular though not exclusive emphasis on those of English origin.

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Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)

The veneration of saints in the Episcopal Church is a continuation of an ancient tradition from the early Church which honors important and influential people of the Christian faith.

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Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel (8 December 1864 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor.

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Camille Jenatzy

Camille Jenatzy (1868, Schaerbeek – 8 December 1913, Habay la Neuve) was a Belgian race car driver.

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Cara Mund

Cara Mund (born December 8, 1993) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Bismarck, North Dakota.

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Caribbean Community

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is an organization of fifteen Caribbean nations and dependencies whose main objective is to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy.

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Carmen Martín Gaite

Carmen Martín Gaite (8 December 1925 – 23 July 2000) was a Spanish author.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Chang'an

Chang'an was an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history, today known as Xi'an.

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Charlemagne

Charlemagne or Charles the Great (Karl der Große, Carlo Magno; 2 April 742 – 28 January 814), numbered Charles I, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor from 800.

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Charles III, Prince of Monaco

Charles III (8 December 1818 – 10 September 1889) was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 20 June 1856 to his death.

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Charles Lightoller

Charles Herbert Lightoller, (30 March 1874 – 8 December 1952) was the second officer on board the and a decorated Royal Navy officer.

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Charles Lincoln Edwards

Charles Lincoln Edwards (1863–1937) was an American zoologist.

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Charles Radclyffe

Charles Radclyffe (3 September 1693 – 8 December 1746) titular 5th Earl of Derwentwater, who claimed the title Fifth Earl of Derwentwater.

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Charles the Bald

Charles the Bald (13 June 823 – 6 October 877) was the King of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and Holy Roman Emperor (875–877, as Charles II).

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Chava Alberstein

Chava Alberstein (חוה אלברשטיין, born December 8, 1946 in Poland) is an Israeli singer, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger.

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Chevrolet

Chevrolet, colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM).

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Chigusa Nagayo

is a Japanese female professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a member of the tag team The Crush Gals with long-time partner Lioness Asuka.

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Chrisette Michele

Chrisette Michele Payne (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Chrisette Michele, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter.

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Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs

Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (8 December 1817 – 12 October 1896) was a Danish nobleman and politician.

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Christian Wilhelmsson

Christian Ulf Wilhelmsson (born 8 December 1979), nicknamed Chippen, is a Swedish former footballer who played as a left winger.

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Christina, Queen of Sweden

Christina (– 19 April 1689) reigned as Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654.

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Claude Balbastre

Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (December 8, 1724 – May 9, 1799) was a French composer, organist, harpsichordist and fortepianist.

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Claude Cahun

Claude Cahun (25 October 1894 – 8 December 1954), born Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob, was a Jewish-French photographer, sculptor and writer.

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Clement of Ohrid

Saint Clement of Ohrid (Bulgarian, Macedonian: Свети Климент Охридски,, Άγιος Κλήμης της Αχρίδας, Slovak: svätý Kliment Ochridský / Sloviensky) (ca. 840 – 916) was a medieval Bulgarian saint, scholar, writer and enlightener of the Slavs.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Commonwealth of Independent States

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS; r), also nicknamed the Russian Commonwealth (in order to distinguish it from the Commonwealth of Nations), is a political and economic intergovernmental organization of nine member states and one associate member, all of which are former Soviet Republics located in Eurasia (primarily in Central to North Asia), formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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Compiègne

Compiègne is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

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Concha Piquer

María de la Concepción Piquer López (8 December 190812 December 1990) better known as Concha Piquer (and sometimes billed as Conchita Piquer) was a Spanish singer and actress.

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Conseslus Kipruto

Conseslus Kipruto (born 8 December 1994) is a Kenyan middle distance runner who competes in the 3000 metre steeplechase.

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Corey Taylor

Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, actor, and author, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the bands Slipknot and Stone Sour.

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Cotton gin

A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.

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Council of Europe

The Council of Europe (CoE; Conseil de l'Europe) is an international organisation whose stated aim is to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.

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Cristian Castro

Cristian Sáez Valdés Castro (born 8 December 1974), referred to as Christian Castro or Cristian is a Mexican pop/rock singer.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.

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Cusco

Cusco (Cuzco,; Qusqu or Qosqo), often spelled Cuzco, is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range.

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Cusco Declaration

The Cusco Declaration, formally titled Preamble to the Foundation Act of the South American Union, is a two-page declaration of intent signed by 12 South American countries during the Third South American Summit on 8 December 2004 in Cusco, Peru.

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Dan Hartman

Daniel Earl Hartman (December 8, 1950 – March 22, 1994) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Daniel Fitzhenry

Daniel Fitzhenry (born 8 December 1979) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s.

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Dariush Mehrjui

Dariush Mehrju'i (داریوش مهرجویی, born on 8 December 1939 in Tehran, also spelled as Mehrjui, Mehrjoui, and Mehrjuyi) is an Iranian director, screenwriter, producer, film editor and a member of the Iranian Academy of the Arts.

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Darren Sheridan

Darren Stephen Sheridan (born 8 December 1967) is an English footballer and manager.

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David Carradine

David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor and martial artist.

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David Harewood

David Harewood (born 8 December 1965) is an English actor.

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December 2009 Baghdad bombings

The December 2009 Baghdad bombings were attacks in Baghdad, Iraq, which resulted in the deaths of at least 127 people and injuries to at least 448 more.

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December 7

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December 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

December 7 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 9 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 21 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

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Delmore Schwartz

Delmore Schwartz (December 8, 1913 – July 11, 1966) was an American poet and short story writer.

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Desdemona

Desdemona is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello (c. 1601–1604).

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Dewey Martin (actor)

Dewey Martin (born December 8, 1923) is a retired American film and television actor.

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Dharmendra

Dharmendra MP (born ਧਰਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਓਲ Dharam Singh Deol, ndtv.com; accessed 4 November 2016. 8 December 1935) is an Indian film actor, producer and politician.

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Diego Rivera

Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter.

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Dimebag Darrell

Darrell Lance Abbott (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004), also known as Dimebag Darrell and Diamond Darrell, was an American musician and songwriter who was a co-founder of Pantera alongside his brother Vinnie Paul, and founder of Damageplan.

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Dominic Monaghan

Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is an English actor.

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Doriano Romboni

Doriano Romboni (8 December 1968 in Lerici, Italy – 30 November 2013 in Latina, Italy) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Douglas DC-6

The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958.

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Douglas Tompkins

Douglas Rainsford Tompkins (March 20, 1943 – December 8, 2015) was an American conservationist, outdoorsman, philanthropist, filmmaker, agriculturalist, and businessman who assembled and preserved the land which became the largest gift of private land to government in South America.

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Drew Doughty

Drew Doughty (born December 8, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for and is an alternate captain of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Drogo of Metz

Drogo (17 June 801 – 8 December 855), also known as Dreux or Drogon, was an illegitimate son of Frankish emperor Charlemagne by the concubine Regina.

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Du Fu

Du Fu (Wade–Giles: Tu Fu;; 712 – 770) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty.

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Duke Cunningham

Randall Harold Cunningham (born December 8, 1941), usually known as Randy or Duke, is a United States Navy 20-year career pilot and officer, retiring as a commander; a Republican politician and a convicted felon.

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Dutch East Indies campaign

The Dutch East Indies Campaign of 1941–42 was the conquest of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) by forces from the Empire of Japan in the early days of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Forces from the Allies attempted unsuccessfully to defend the islands. The East Indies were targeted by the Japanese for their rich oil resources which would become a vital asset during the war. The campaign and subsequent three and a half year Japanese occupation was also a major factor in the end of Dutch colonial rule in the region.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Dwight Howard

Dwight David Howard (born December 8, 1985), usabasketball.com, accessed February 24, 2008.

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E. C. Segar

Elzie Crisler Segar (December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre.

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East Asia Squadron

The German East Asia Squadron (Ger Kreuzergeschwader or Ostasiengeschwader) was an Imperial German Navy cruiser squadron which operated mainly in the Pacific Ocean between the mid-1890s and 1914.

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Ed Brinkman

Edwin Albert Brinkman (December 8, 1941 – September 30, 2008) was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout.

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Eleni Ourani

Alkis Thrylos (Greek: Άλκης Θρύλος, born Eleni Ourani (Ελένης Ουράνη) in 1896 – December 8, 1971) was a Greek writer.

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Eli Whitney

Eli Whitney (December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825) was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin.

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Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine

Princess Elisabeth Charlotte (Pfalzprinzessin Elisabeth Charlotte; nicknamed "Lieselotte", 27 May 1652 – 8 December 1722) was a German princess and, as Madame, the second wife of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, younger brother of Louis XIV of France, and mother of France's ruler during the Regency.

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Elkton, Maryland

Elkton is a town in and the county seat of Cecil County, Maryland, United States.

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Elsie Tu

Elsie Tu, GBM, CBE (née Hume;; 2 June 1913 – 8 December 2015), known as Elsie Elliott in her earlier life, was an English-born Hong Kong social activist, elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1963 to 1995, and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1995.

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Emma Green (athlete)

Emma Anna-Maria Green, also known as Emma Green Tregaro (born 8 December 1984) is a retired Swedish high jumper.

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Emperor Xuanzong of Tang

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (8 September 685 – 3 May 762), also commonly known as Emperor Ming of Tang or Illustrious August, personal name Li Longji, also known as Wu Longji from 690 to 705, was the seventh emperor of the Tang dynasty in China, reigning from 713 to 756 C.E. His reign of 43 years was the longest during the Tang dynasty.

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Enzo Amore

Eric Arndt (born December 8, 1986), known professionally as Real1, is an American rapper and professional wrestler.

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Erez Crossing

The Erez Crossing (מעבר ארז, معبر بيت حانون) is a border crossing on the Israel–Gaza barrier.

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Ernest Lehman

Ernest Paul Lehman (December 8, 1915 – July 2, 2005) was an American screenwriter.

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Ernie Toshack

Ernest Raymond Herbert Toshack (8 December 1914 – 11 May 2003) was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1946 to 1948.

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Ernst Krenkel

Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel (Эрнст Теодо́рович Кре́нкель) (in Bialystok – 8 December 1971 in Moscow) was a Soviet Arctic explorer, radio operator, doctor of geographical sciences (1938), and Hero of the Soviet Union (1938).

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Ernst Moro

Ernst Moro (8 December 1874 in Laibach, Duchy of Carniola, Austria-Hungary, today Ljubljana, Slovenia – 1951) was an Austrian physician and pediatrician who was the first in western medicine to describe the infant reflex that was named after him (Moro reflex).

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Esprit Holdings

Esprit Holdings Limited is a publicly owned manufacturer of clothing, footwear, accessories, jewellery and housewares under the Esprit label.

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Eucharius

Saint Eucharius is venerated as the first bishop of Trier.

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Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan engine, straight wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Falcon 9

Falcon 9 is a family of two-stage-to-orbit medium lift launch vehicles, named for its use of nine Merlin first-stage engines, designed and manufactured by SpaceX.

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Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.

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Feast of the Immaculate Conception

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the solemn celebration of belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Felipe Gozon

Felipe Enrique Lapuz Gozon (born December 8, 1939), known professionally as Felipe Gozon, a Filipino lawyer and the current chairman and CEO of GMA Network Inc., one of the largest media networks in the Philippines.

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Ferdie Pacheco

Fernando "Ferdie" Pacheco, M.D. (December 8, 1927 – November 16, 2017) was the personal physician and cornerman for world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, as well as numerous other boxing champions.

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Festival of Lights (Lyon)

The Festival of Lights (Fête des lumières) in Lyon, France expresses gratitude toward Mary, mother of Jesus around December 8th of each year.

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Finland

Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.

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First Intifada

The First Intifada or First Palestinian Intifada (also known simply as the intifada or intifadah) was a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.

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Fisher Building

The Fisher Building is a landmark skyscraper located at 3011 West Grand Boulevard in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan.

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Flag of Europe

The European Flag is an official symbol of two separate organisations—the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU).

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Flip Wilson

Clerow "Flip" Wilson Jr. (December 8, 1933 – November 25, 1998) was an American comedian and actor best known for his television appearances during the late 1960s and the 1970s.

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Floyd Tillman

Floyd Tillman (December 8, 1914 – August 22, 2003) was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres.

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Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain

The forced conversions of Muslims in Spain were enacted through a series of edicts outlawing Islam in the lands of Spain.

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Ford River Rouge Complex

The Ford River Rouge Complex (commonly known as the Rouge Complex or just The Rouge) is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan, along the River Rouge, upstream from its confluence with the Detroit River at Zug Island.

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Foreign relations of Cuba

Cuba's foreign policy has been fluid throughout history depending on world events and other variables, including relations with the United States.

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François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal)

François de La Rochefoucauld (8 December 1558 – 14 February 1645) was a French Cardinal and an "important figure in the French Counter Reformation church".

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Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour (8 December 1884 – 16 April 1965) was a British military officer and colonial administrator.

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Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

Francis I (Franz Stefan, François Étienne; 8 December 1708 – 18 August 1765) was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real powers of those positions.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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František Xaver Dušek

František Xaver Dušek (German: Franz Xaver Duschek or Dussek); baptised 8 December 173112 February 1799) was a Czech composer and one of the most important harpsichordists and pianists of his time.

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Frédéric Piquionne

Frédéric Piquionne (born 8 December 1978) is a French footballer who currently plays as a forward for Mumbai City FC in Indian Super League.

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Frederik Buch

Frederik Buch (8 December 1875 – 13 April 1925) was a Danish film actor of the silent era in Denmark.

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Friedrich Glauser

Friedrich Glauser (4 February 1896 in Vienna – 8 December 1938 in Nervi) was a German-language Swiss writer.

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Friedrich Traugott Kützing

Friedrich Traugott Kützing (8 December 1807 in Ritteburg – 9 September 1893) was a German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist.

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Frits Pirard

Frits Pirard (Breda, 8 December 1954) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer.

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Gary Thain

Gary Mervin Thain (15 May 1948 – 8 December 1975) was a New Zealand rock bassist, best known for his work with British band Uriah Heep.

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Gérard Blanc

Gérard Blanc (8 December 1947 – 24 January 2009) was a French singer, guitarist and actor.

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General Motors

General Motors Company, commonly referred to as General Motors (GM), is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services.

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General of The Salvation Army

General is the title of the international leader and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Salvation Army, a Christian denomination with extensive charitable social services that gives quasi-military rank to its ministers (who are therefore known as officers).

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Geoff Hurst

Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst (born 8 December 1941) is a former England international footballer.

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George Baker (Dutch singer)

George Baker (born Johannes "Hans" Bouwens, 8 December 1944) is a Dutch singer and songwriter who, with his band George Baker Selection, scored two international hits in the 1970s, "Paloma Blanca" and "Little Green Bag." He became a solo artist after 1989.

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George Boole

George Boole (2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was a largely self-taught English mathematician, philosopher and logician, most of whose short career was spent as the first professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Cork in Ireland.

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George Lloyd (bishop of Saskatchewan)

George Exton Lloyd (January 6, 1861 – December 8, 1940) was an Anglican bishop and theologian who helped found Lloydminster, a city on the border of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada.

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Georges Feydeau

Georges Feydeau (8 December 1862 – 5 June 1921) was a French playwright of the era known as the Belle Époque.

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Georges Méliès

Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, known as Georges Méliès (8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938), was a French illusionist and film director who led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema.

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Gerardo García Pimentel

Gerardo Israel García Pimentel (1983 – December 8, 2007) was a Mexican journalist and crime reporter.

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German Empire

The German Empire (Deutsches Kaiserreich, officially Deutsches Reich),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people.

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German Imperial War Council of 8 December 1912

The German Imperial War Council of 8 December 1912 was an informal conference of some of the highest military leaders of the German Empire.

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Geto Boys

Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) is an American rap group from Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Bushwick Bill and Willie D. The Geto Boys have earned notoriety for their lyrics covering controversial topics such as misogyny, gore, psychotic experiences, and necrophilia.

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Gian Giorgio Trissino

Gian Giorgio Trissino (8 July 1478 – 8 December 1550), also called Giovan Giorgio Trissino, was an Italian Renaissance humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat, and grammarian.

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Gladys George

Gladys George (September 13, 1904 – December 8, 1954) was an American actress of stage and screen..

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Golda Meir

Golda Meir (גּוֹלְדָּה מֵאִיר;, born Golda Mabovitch, May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was an Israeli teacher, kibbutznik, stateswoman, politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Israel.

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Governor of Massachusetts

The Governor of Massachusetts is the head of the executive branch of the Government of Massachusetts and serves as commander-in-chief of the Commonwealth's military forces.

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Greek republic referendum, 1974

A referendum on retaining the republic was held in Greece on 8 December 1974.

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Greg Halford

Gregory Halford (born 8 December 1984) is an English professional footballer who last played for Premier League club Cardiff City.

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Greg Howe

Gregory Howe (born December 8, 1963)Malusardi, Guglielmo (October 2006).

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Gregg Allman

Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and musician.

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Guam

Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån) is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean.

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Gustaf V of Sweden

Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 1907 until his death in 1950.

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Haim Laskov

Haim Laskov (חיים לסקוב; born 1919, Barysaw, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic – 8 December 1982) was an Israeli public figure and the fifth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.

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Hans Molisch

Hans Molisch (6 December 1856, Brünn, Habsburg Moravia - 8 December 1937, Wien, Austria) was a Czech-Austrian botanist.

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Hari-Kuyō

Hari-Kuyō (針供養) is the Japanese Buddhist and Shinto Festival of Broken Needles, celebrated on February 8 in the Kanto region, but on December 8 in the Kyoto and Kansai regions.

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Harold Hongju Koh

Harold Hongju Koh (born December 8, 1954) is an American lawyer and legal scholar.

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Hedwig Jagiellon (1408–1431)

Hedwig Jagiellon (Jadvyga Jogailaitė, Jadwiga Jagiellonka; 8 April 1408, Kraków – 8 December 1431, Kraków) was a Polish and Lithuanian princess, and a member of the Jagiellon dynasty.

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Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester

Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, PC, FRS (March 1606 – 8 December 1680) was an English peer.

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Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era.

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Holy day of obligation

In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation (also called holydays, holidays, or days of obligation) are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and recreation, according to the Third Commandment.

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Horace

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (December 8, 65 BC – November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian).

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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, (8 December 16785 February 1757), English diplomatist, was a son of Robert Walpole of Houghton, Norfolk, and a younger brother of the Prime Minister of Great Britain Sir Robert Walpole.

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Howard Rollins

Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film and television actor.

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Ian Johnson (cricketer)

Ian William Geddes Johnson, (8 December 1917 – 9 October 1998) was an Australian cricketer who played 45 Test matches as a slow off-break bowler between 1946 and 1956.

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Ian Somerhalder

Ian Joseph Somerhalder (born December 8, 1978) is an American actor, model and director.

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IKAROS

IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) experimental spacecraft.

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Immaculate Conception

The Immaculate Conception is the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary free from original sin by virtue of the merits of her son Jesus Christ.

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Indian Navy

The Indian Navy (IN; IAST: Bhāratīya Nau Senā) is the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the liberation war in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 to the fall of Dacca (Dhaka) on 16 December 1971.

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Indrek Allmann

Indrek Allmann (born 8 December 1972 in Viljandi, Estonia) is an Estonia architect.

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Ineffabilis Deus

Ineffabilis Deus (Latin for "Ineffable God") is an Apostolic constitution by Pope Pius IX.

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Infamy Speech

The Infamy Speech was a speech delivered by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a Joint Session of the US Congress on December 8, 1941, one day after the Empire of Japan's attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and the Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire.

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Ingrid Michaelson

Ingrid Ellen Michaelson is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) is the abbreviated name of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union (and later its successor states, in particular the Russian Federation).

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Irish Free State

The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921.

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Isaac Lea

Isaac Lea (March 4, 1792 – December 8, 1886) was an American conchologist, geologist, and publisher, who was born in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Israel–Gaza barrier

The Israel−Gaza security barrier is a border barrier first constructed by Israel in 1994 between the Gaza Strip and Israel.

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Ivan Gundulić

Ivan Franov Gundulić (also Gianfrancesco Gondola; 8 January 1589 – 8 December 1638; Nickname: Mačica), better known today as Ivan Gundulić, was the most prominent Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa.

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J. Alden Weir

Julian Alden Weir (August 30, 1852 – December 8, 1919) was an American impressionist painter and member of the Cos Cob Art Colony near Greenwich, Connecticut.

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Jacques Hadamard

Jacques Salomon Hadamard ForMemRS (8 December 1865 – 17 October 1963) was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations.

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Jakov Ignjatović

Jakov Ignjatović (Јаков Игњатовић, Szentendre, 8 December 1822 – Novi Sad, 5 July 1889) was a Serbian 19th century novelist and prose writer from Hungary.

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James Blundell (singer)

James Blundell (born 8 December 1964) is an Australian country music singer.

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James Cama

James Cama Sr.

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James Galway

Sir James Galway, (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute".

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James MacArthur

James Gordon MacArthur (December 8, 1937 – October 28, 2010) was an American actor best known for the role of Danny "Dano" Williams, the reliable second-in-command of the fictional Hawaiian State Police squad in the long-running television series Hawaii Five-O.

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James Tate (writer)

James Vincent Tate (December 8, 1943 – July 8, 2015) was an American poet.

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James Thurber

James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit.

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Jan Eggum

Jan Eggum (born 8 December 1951) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter who has been active since 1975.

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Jan Ingenhousz

Jan Ingenhousz or Ingen-Housz FRS (8 December 1730 – 7 September 1799) was a Dutch physiologist, biologist and chemist.

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Jana Juricová

Jana Juricová (born 8 December 1987 in Piešťany) is a Slovak tennis player.

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Janae Kroc

Janae Marie Kroczaleski (born: Matthew Raymond Kroczaleski) is an American who previously competed as a professional powerlifter and competitive bodybuilder.

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Janari Jõesaar

Janari Jõesaar (born 8 December 1993) is an Estonian professional basketball player who plays for Kalev/Cramo of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japanese invasion of Malaya

The Japanese Invasion of Malaya began just after midnight on 8 December 1941 (local time) before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Japanese invasion of Thailand

The Japanese invasion of Thailand occurred on 8 December 1941.

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Jean Denis Attiret

Jean Denis Attiret (31 July 1702 – 8 December 1768) was a French Jesuit painter and missionary to China.

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Jean Ritchie

Jean Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk music singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player.

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Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius, born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (8 December 186520 September 1957), was a Finnish composer and violinist of the late Romantic and early-modern periods.

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Jeff George

Jeffrey Scott George (born December 8, 1967) is a former American college and professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s.

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Jeremy Accardo

Jeremiah Lee Accardo (born December 8, 1981) is the current bullpen coach for the Las Vegas 51s in the New York Mets minor league system.

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Jerry Brown (gridiron football)

Jerome "Jerry" Brown, Jr., (October 20, 1987 – December 8, 2012) was an American football linebacker who played for five different teams combined in the National Football League, Arena Football League and Canadian Football League.

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Jerry Butler

Jerry Butler, Jr. (born December 8, 1939) is an American soul singer-songwriter and politician.

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Jesse Sene-Lefao

Jesse Sene-Lefao (born 8 December 1989) is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League.

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Jim Morrison

James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer-songwriter and poet, best remembered as the lead vocalist of the Doors.

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Jimmy Smith (musician)

James Oscar Smith (December 8, 1925 or 1928 – February 8, 2005) was an American jazz musician who achieved the rare distinction of releasing a series of instrumental jazz albums that often charted on Billboard.

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Johan Forssell (politician, born 1979)

Carl Johan Henrik Forssell (born 8 December 1979) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician who is a Member of the Swedish Parliament for Stockholm Municipality since 2010.

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Johannes Aavik

Johannes Aavik (in Randvere, Laimjala Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 18 March 1973 in Stockholm) was an Estonian philologist and Fennophile who played a significant role in the modernization and development of the Estonian language.

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John Banville

William John Banville (born 8 December 1945), who sometimes writes as Benjamin Black, is an Irish novelist, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter.

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John Cornforth

Sir John Warcup Cornforth Jr., AC, CBE, FRS, FAA (7 September 1917 – 8 December 2013) was an AustralianBritish chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in New South Wales.

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John Davies (poet)

Sir John Davies (16 April 1569 (baptised)8 December 1626) was an English poet, lawyer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1621.

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John Glenn

Colonel John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio.

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John Gowans

John Gowans (13 November 1934 – 8 December 2012) was a Scottish clergyman, who was the 16th General of The Salvation Army from 1999 to 2002, succeeding General Paul Rader.

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John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.

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John Oster

John Morgan Oster (born 8 December 1978) is an English-born Welsh former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder from 1994 until 2015.

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John Peckham

John Peckham (c. 1230 – 8 December 1292) was Archbishop of Canterbury in the years 1279–1292.

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John Pym

John Pym (1584 – 8 December 1643) was an English parliamentarian, leader of the Long Parliament and a prominent critic of Kings James I and then Charles I. He was one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest by King Charles I in the House of Commons of England in 1642 sparked the Civil War.

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John Qualen

John Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles.

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John Rubinstein

John Arthur Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American film, Broadway, and television actor, a composer of film and theatre music, and a director in theatre and television.

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John Trudell

John Trudell (February 15, 1946 – December 8, 2015) was a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist.

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John Volpe

John Anthony Volpe (December 8, 1908November 11, 1994) was an American diplomat, politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 61st and 63rd Governor of Massachusetts from 1961 to 1963 and 1965 to 1969, as the United States Secretary of Transportation from 1969 to 1973 and as the United States Ambassador to Italy from 1973 to 1977.

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John Waters (actor)

John Russell Waters (born 8 December 1948) is an English-born film, theatre and television actor, singer, guitarist, songwriter and musician best known in Australia, where he moved to in 1968.

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Johnny Lira

Johnny Lira (1951 – December 8, 2012) was a professional lightweight and welterweight boxing contender who was born and died in Chicago, Illinois.

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Jordan Obita

Jordan John Obita (born 8 December 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays for Championship club Reading.

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Jordon Ibe

Jordon Ashley Femi Ibe (born 8 December 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth.

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José Peña (sprinter)

José Peña Quevedo (born December 8, 1979) is a Venezuelan track and field sprinter.

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José Uribe

José Altagracia González Uribe (January 21, 1959 – December 8, 2006) was a Dominican Major League Baseball shortstop from until.

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Joseph B. Keenan

Joseph Berry Keenan (11 January 1888, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island – 8 December 1954, in Asheboro, North Carolina) was a United States political figure.

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Josh Donaldson

Joshua Adam Donaldson (born December 8, 1985) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Josip Stadler

Josip Stadler (24 January 1843 – 8 December 1918) was a Roman Catholic priest, the first Archbishop of Vrhbosna, the founder of the religious order of the Servants of the Infant Jesus (Služavke Maloga Isusa) and one of the main instigators of 1914 anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo.

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Julia Robinson

Julia Hall Bowman Robinson (December 8, 1919 – July 30, 1985) was an American mathematician renowned for her contributions to the fields of computability theory and computational complexity theory–most notably in decision problems.

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Julian Critchley

Sir Julian Michael Gordon Critchley (8 December 1930 – 9 September 2000) was a British journalist and Conservative Party politician.

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Kansai region

The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū.

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Karachi

Karachi (کراچی; ALA-LC:,; ڪراچي) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh.

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Kashiwado Tsuyoshi

Kashiwado Tsuyoshi (柏戸 剛, November 29, 1938 – December 8, 1996) was a sumo wrestler from Japan.

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Kasim Sulton

Kasim Sulton (born December 8, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist.

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Kate Voegele

Kate Elizabeth Voegele (born December 8, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and actress.

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Kateryna Yushchenko (scientist)

Kateryna Lohvynivna Yushchenko (Катерина Логвинівна Ющенко, Екатерина Логвиновна Ющенко, December 8, 1919, Chigirin - died August 15, 2001) was a Ukrainian computer and information research scientist, corresponding member of USSR Academy of Sciences (1976), and member of The International Academy of Computer Science.

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Kati-Claudia Fofonoff

Kati-Claudia Fofonoff (8 December 1947 in Ivalo – 12 June 2011) was an author and translator who wrote in Skolt Sámi and Finnish.

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Keith Holyoake

Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake (11 February 1904 – 8 December 1983) was the 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand, serving for a brief period in 1957 and then from 1960 to 1972, and also the 13th Governor-General of New Zealand, serving from 1977 to 1980.

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Kevin Harvick

Kevin Michael Harvick (born December 8, 1975) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Khaw Boon Wan

Khaw Boon Wan (born 8 December 1952) is a Singaporean politician who was originally from Penang, Malaysia.

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Kim Basinger

Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an American actress, singer and former fashion model.

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Knut Nystedt

Knut Nystedt (3 September 1915 – 8 December 2014) was a Norwegian orchestral and choral composer.

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Kotono Mitsuishi

is a Japanese voice actress and narrator from Tokyo.

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Kristin Lauter

Kristin Estella Lauter is an American mathematician and cryptographer whose research interest is broadly in application of number theory and algebraic geometry in cryptography.

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Larry Martin

Larry Dean Martin (December 8, 1943 – March 9, 2013) was an American vertebrate paleontologist and curator of the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the University of Kansas.

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Later Yan

The Later Yan (384-407 or 409) was a Murong–Xianbei state, located in modern-day northeast China, during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China.

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Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacoby, December 8, 1911February 11, 1976) was an American actor.

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Les Ferdinand

Leslie Ferdinand MBE (born 8 December 1966) is an English former footballer and current football coach and Director of Football at his former club Queens Park Rangers.

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Lesslie Newbigin

James Edward Lesslie Newbigin (8 December 1909 – 30 January 1998) was a British theologian, missiologist, missionary and author.

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Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty and equality.

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Lightning

Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge that occurs typically during a thunderstorm.

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Lim Guan Eng

Lim Guan Eng (born 8 December 1960) is a Malaysian politician currently serving as the Finance Minister of Malaysia.

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Lionel Gilbert

Lionel Arthur Gilbert OAM (8 December 1924 – 28 January 2015) was an Australian historian, author, curator, lecturer, and biographer, specializing in applied, natural, and local history.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to the Netherlands

The United States diplomatic mission to the Netherlands consists of the embassy located in The Hague and a consular office located in Amsterdam.

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List of Chief Ministers of Penang

The Chief Minister of Penang is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Penang.

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List of governors of American Samoa

This is a list of governors, etc.

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Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438)

The Lithuanian Civil War of 1432–1438 was a conflict over the succession to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, after Vytautas the Great died in 1430 without leaving an heir.

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Little India, Singapore

Little India (Tamil: லிட்டில் இந்தியா) is an ethnic district in Singapore.

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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 till the Partition of Ireland in 1922.

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Louis the Stammerer

Louis the Stammerer (Louis le Bègue; 1 November 846 – 10 April 879) was the King of Aquitaine and later the King of West Francia.

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Louis XV of France

Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774.

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Lucian Freud

Lucian Michael Freud (8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draftsman, specializing in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century portraitists.

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Luis Caffarelli

Luis Angel Caffarelli (born December 8, 1948) is an Argentine mathematician and luminary in the field of partial differential equations and their applications.

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Luis Días (composer)

Luis Díaz Portorreal, best known as Luis Días, was a musician, composer and performer of popular music born in the Dominican Republic.

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Luther Adler

Luther Adler (May 4, 1903 – December 8, 1984) was an American actor best known for his work in theatre, but who also worked in film and television.

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Malawi

Malawi (or; or maláwi), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland.

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Marco Abreu

Marco Paulo Coimbra de Abreu (born 8 December 1974) is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a left back.

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Marcus Lee Hansen

Marcus Lee Hansen (December 8, 1892 – May 11, 1938) was an American historian, who won the 1941 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860 (1940).

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Margaret Geller

Margaret J. Geller (born December 8, 1947) is an American astrophysicist at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

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Margaret Hughes

Margaret Hughes (c. 1630 – 1 October 1719), also Peg Hughes or Margaret Hewes, is often credited as the first professional actress on the English stage.

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Maria Josepha of Austria

Maria Josepha of Austria (Maria Josepha Benedikta Antonia Theresia Xaveria Philippine, Maria Józefa; 8 December 1699 – 17 November 1757) was the last Queen of Poland by marriage to Augustus III.

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Marie Anne de Mailly

Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Châteauroux (5 October 1717 – 8 December 1744) was the youngest of the five famous de Nesle sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France.

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Mark David Chapman

Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is an American murderer who shot and killed John Lennon at the entrance to the Dakota apartment building in New York City on December 8, 1980.

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Mark Steyn

Mark Steyn is a Canadian author and political commentator.

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Martha Tilton

Martha Tilton (November 14, 1915 – December 8, 2006) was an American popular singer during America's swing era and traditional pop period.

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Marty Friedman

Martin Adam "Marty" Friedman (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, known for his tenure as the lead guitarist for heavy metal band Megadeth which spanned nearly the full decade of the 1990s.

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Marty Robbins

Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, and racing driver.

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Mary Bosanquet Fletcher

Mary Bosanquet Fletcher (12 September 1739 – 8 December 1815) was a Methodist preacher.

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Mary Gordon (writer)

Mary Catherine Gordon (born December 8, 1949) is an American writer and the McIntosh Professor of English at Barnard College.

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Mary Woronov

Mary Woronov (born December 8, 1943) is an American actress, published author and figurative painter.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I, reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567.

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Mattiwilda Dobbs

Mattiwilda Dobbs (11 July 1925 – 8 December 2015) was an African-American coloratura soprano and one of the first black singers to enjoy a major international career in opera.

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Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was an Austrian-born Swiss film and stage actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films.

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Maximilian von Spee

Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert Reichsgraf von Spee (22 June 1861 – 8 December 1914) was a naval officer of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), who famously commanded the German East Asia Squadron during World War I. Spee entered the navy in 1878 and served in a variety of roles and locations, including on a colonial gunboat in German West Africa in the 1880s, the East Africa Squadron in the late 1890s, and as commander of several warships in the main German fleet in the early 1900s.

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McDonald Bailey

Emmanuel McDonald Bailey (8 December 1920 – 4 December 2013) was a British and Trinidadian athlete, who was born in Williamsville, Trinidad.

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Meagan Duhamel

Meagan Duhamel (born December 8, 1985) is a Canadian pair skater.

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Melchior Anderegg

Melchior Anderegg (28 March 1828 – 8 December 1914), from Zaun, Meiringen, was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascensionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during the golden and silver ages of alpinism.

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Mendele Mocher Sforim

Mendele Mocher Sforim (מענדעלע מוכר ספֿרים, מנדלי מוכר ספרים, also known as Moykher, Sfarim; lit. "Mendele the book peddler"; January 2, 1836, Kapyl – December 8, 1917, Odessa), born Sholem Yankev Abramovich (שלום יעקבֿ אַבראַמאָװיטש, Соломон Моисеевич Абрамович – Solomon Moiseyevich Abramovich) or S. J. Abramowitch, was a Jewish author and one of the founders of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Michael Z. Hobson

Michael Z. Hobson is a successful publisher, who was an executive vice president for Marvel Comics.

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Michel Ferté

Michel Ferté (born 8 December 1958 in Falaise, Calvados) is a professional racing driver.

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Midway International Airport

Chicago Midway International Airport is a major commercial airport on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, located eight miles (13 km) from the Loop.

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Mike Mussina

Michael Cole Mussina (born December 8, 1968), nicknamed Moose, is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher.

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Mikey Robins

Mikel Mason "Mikey" Robins (born 8 December 1961) is an Australian media personality, comedian and writer.

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Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, GCL (born 2 March 1931) is a Russian and former Soviet politician.

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Miklós Istvánffy

Baron Miklós Istvánffy de Baranyavár et Kisasszonyfalva (Nicolaus Istuanfius; 8 December 1538 – 1 April 1615) was a Hungarian politician, Humanist historian and poet, who served as Palatinal Governor of Hungary (nádori helytartó) from 19 January 1582 to November 1608.

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Milenko Zablaćanski

Milenko Zablaćanski, (Миленко Заблаћански), (Bogatić, Serbia, — Belgrade, Serbia), was a Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter.

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Ministry of Health (Singapore)

The Ministry of Health (Abbreviation: MOH; Kementerian Kesihatan; Chinese: 新加坡卫生部; சுகாதார அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for providing information, raising health awareness and education, ensuring the accessibility of health services, and monitoring the quality of health services provided to citizens and visitors in the Republic of Singapore.

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Mirosław Okoński

Mirosław Okoński (born 8 December 1958 in Koszalin) is a retired Polish professional footballer who played in Poland for Lech Poznań and Legia Warsaw, in Germany for Hamburger SV, and in Greece for AEK Athens and Korinthos.

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Mirza Delibašić

Mirza Delibašić (January 9, 1954 – December 8, 2001) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian professional basketball player.

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Miss America 2018

Miss America 2018 was the 91st Miss America pageant, though the Miss America Organization celebrated its 97th anniversary in 2017.

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Monarchy of Greece

The Monarchy of Greece (Μοναρχία της Ελλάδας) or Greek Monarchy (Ελληνική Μοναρχία) was the government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of the Kingdom of Greece from 1832 to 1924 and 1935 to 1973.

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Monarchy of Sweden

The Monarchy of Sweden concerns the monarchical head of state of Sweden,See the Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Article 5.

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Mother's Day

Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.

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Murder of John Lennon

John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, for his subsequent solo career, and for his political activism and pacifism.

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Nancy Meyers

Nancy Jane Meyers (born December 8, 1949) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter.

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Narcisa de Jesús

Saint Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán (29 October 1832 – 8 December 1869) was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic.

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Nasir Kazmi

Syed Nasir Raza Kazmi (سید ناصِر رضا كاظمی, 8 December 1925 – 2 March 1972) was an Urdu poet from Pakistan and one of the renowned poets of this era, especially in the use of "ista'aaray" and "chhotee beher." Kazmi was born on 8 December 1925 at Ambala, Punjab, (British India).

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Nathan Alcock

Nathan Alcock (September 1707 – 8 December 1779) was an English physician.

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Neel Jani

Neel Jani (born 8 December 1983) is a Swiss professional racing driver of Indian Gujarati origin.

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Nicholas II, Duke of Opava

Nicholas II of Opava (also: Nicholas II of Troppau, Nicholas II of Ratibór; Mikuláš II.; 1288 – 8 December 1365) was Duke of Opava (Troppau) from 1318 to 1365 and Duke of Ratibór from 1337 to 1365 and Burgrave of Kladsko (Glatz) from 1350 to 1365 and also chamberlain of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

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Nick Zinner

Nicholas Joseph Zinner (born December 8, 1974) is the guitarist for the New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs and producer.

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Nicki Minaj

Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian-born American rapper, singer, songwriter, model, and actress.

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Niklas Luhmann

Niklas Luhmann (December 8, 1927 – November 6, 1998) was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and a prominent thinker in systems theory, who is considered one of the most important social theorists of the 20th century.

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Nikos Gatsos

Nikos Gatsos (Νίκος Γκάτσος; 8 December 1911 – 12 May 1992) was a Greek poet, translator and lyricist.

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Nikos Karageorgiou

Nikos Karageorgiou (Νίκος Καραγεωργίου; born 8 December 1962 in Eratino, Kavala) is a retired Greek football player and current football manager.

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Noël Chabanel

Noël Chabanel (February 2, 1613 – December 8, 1649) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the Canadian Martyrs.

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi) is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry.

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Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that has been awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" (original Swedish: "den som inom litteraturen har producerat det mest framstående verket i en idealisk riktning").

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Norman Finkelstein

Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist, activist, professor, and author.

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Northern & Shell

Northern & Shell (holding company name Northern and Shell Network Ltd) is a British publishing group, launched and founded in December 1974 and currently owned by Richard Desmond.

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Northern Wei

The Northern Wei or the Northern Wei Empire, also known as the Tuoba Wei (拓跋魏), Later Wei (後魏), or Yuan Wei (元魏), was a dynasty founded by the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei, which ruled northern China from 386 to 534 (de jure until 535), during the period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

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Oleksiy Pecherov

Oleksiy Pecherov (Олексій Печеров; born December 8, 1985) is a Ukrainian professional basketball player who last played for Hekmeh of the FLB League.

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Oliver Postgate

Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008), generally known as Oliver Postgate, was an English animator, puppeteer and writer.

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Olympic Airways Flight 954

Olympic Airways Flight 954 was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft that crashed into a mountain near Keratea (approx. coordinates 37°48' N, 23°57' E), Greece.

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Operation Python

Operation Python, a follow-up to Operation ''Trident'', was the code name of a naval attack launched on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi by the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

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Oran fatwa

The Oran fatwa was a responsum fatwa, or an Islamic legal opinion, issued in 1504 to address the crisis that occurred when Muslims in the Crown of Castile (in Spain) were forced to convert to Christianity in 15001502.

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Original sin

Original sin, also called "ancestral sin", is a Christian belief of the state of sin in which humanity exists since the fall of man, stemming from Adam and Eve's rebellion in Eden, namely the sin of disobedience in consuming the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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Oscar II of Sweden

Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death, and the last Bernadotte King of Norway from 1872 until his dethronement in 1905.

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Othello

Othello (The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603.

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Packard Automotive Plant

The Packard Automotive Plant is a former automobile-manufacturing factory in Detroit, Michigan where luxury cars were made by the Packard Motor Car Company and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation.

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Pafnuty Chebyshev

Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (p) (–) was a Russian mathematician.

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Palestinian refugees

The term "Palestine refugees" originally referred to both Arabs and Jews whose normal place of residence had been in Mandatory Palestine but were displaced and lost their livelihoods as a result of the 1948 Palestine war.

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Pan Am Flight 214

Pan Am Flight 214 was a scheduled flight of Pan American World Airways from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Baltimore, Maryland, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Panama

Panama (Panamá), officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá), is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

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Papal infallibility

Papal infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church that states that, in virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error "when, in the exercise of his office as shepherd and teacher of all Christians, in virtue of his supreme apostolic authority, he defines a doctrine concerning faith or morals to be held by the whole Church." This doctrine was defined dogmatically at the First Ecumenical Council of the Vatican of 1869–1870 in the document Pastor aeternus, but had been defended before that, existing already in medieval theology and being the majority opinion at the time of the Counter-Reformation.

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Partition of Ireland

The partition of Ireland (críochdheighilt na hÉireann) was the division of the island of Ireland into two distinct jurisdictions, Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

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Patapios

Patapios of Thebes (fl. 4th century AD) is the patron saint of dropsy.

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Paul Ladmirault

Paul Émile Ladmirault (8 December 1877 – 30 October 1944) was a French composer and music critic whose music expressed his devotion to Brittany.

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Péter Kuczka

Péter Kuczka (Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 1 March 1923 – Budapest, Hungary, 8 December 1999) was a Hungarian writer, poet and science fiction editor.

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Peru

Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.

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Peter Andreas Hansen

Peter Andreas Hansen (born December 8, 1795 Tønder, Schleswig, Denmark – died March 28, 1874 Gotha, Thuringia, Germany) was a Danish German astronomer.

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Peter Parfitt

Peter Parfitt (born Peter Howard Parfitt, 8 December 1936 in Billingford, Breckland, Norfolk, England) is an English former cricketer.

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Peter Tali Coleman

Peter Tali Coleman (December 8, 1919 – April 28, 1997) was the first person of Samoan descent to be appointed Governor of American Samoa and later became the territory's first popularly elected governor.

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Phil Collen

Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) is an English musician.

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Philip Rivers

Philip Michael Rivers (born December 8, 1981) is an American football quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).

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Philippe van Lansberge

Johan Philip Lansberge (25 August 1561 – 8 December 1632) was a Dutch Calvinist Minister, astronomer and Mathematician.

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Philippines Campaign (1941–42)

The Philippines Campaign (Filipino: Kampanya sa Pilipinas or Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Battle of the Philippines, fought 8 December 1941 – 8 May 1942, was the invasion of the Philippines by Imperial Japan and the defense of the islands by United States and Filipino forces during the Second World War.

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Pope Eutychian

Pope Eutychian (died 7 December 283), also called Eutychianus, was the Bishop of Rome from 4 January 275 to his death in 283.

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Pope Pius IX

Pope Pius IX (Pio; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was head of the Catholic Church from 16 June 1846 to his death on 7 February 1878.

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Popeye

Popeye the Sailor is a cartoon fictional character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.

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Prime Minister of Denmark

The Prime Minister of Denmark (Danmarks statsminister; literally "Minister of the State") is the head of government in the Kingdom of Denmark.

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Prime Minister of Israel

The Prime Minister of Israel (רֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה, Rosh HaMemshala, lit. Head of the Government, Hebrew acronym: רה״מ; رئيس الحكومة, Ra'īs al-Ḥukūma) is the head of government of Israel and the most powerful figure in Israeli politics.

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Prime Minister of Lithuania

The Prime Minister of Lithuania (Ministras Pirmininkas., literally translated as Minister-Chairman) is the head of the Government of Lithuania.

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Prime Minister of New Zealand

The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Te Pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand.

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Prime Minister of Thailand

The Prime Minister (นายกรัฐมนตรี) of Thailand is the head of government of Thailand.

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Public holidays in Albania

Below is a list of public holidays in Albania.

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Public holidays in Bulgaria

The official public holidays in Bulgaria are listed in the table below.

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Public holidays in Guam

The following holidays are designated.

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Public holidays in Romania

Following is a list of holidays in Romania.

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Public holidays in Uzbekistan

Public holidays in Uzbekistan.

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Quanta cura

Quanta cura was a papal encyclical that was prompted by the September Convention of 1864 agreement between the then newly emerging Kingdom of Italy and the Second French Empire of Napoleon III.

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Queen Jeonghui

Queen Jeonghui or Queen Jung-Hee (Hangul:정희왕후, Hanja:貞熹王后) (8 December 1418 – 6 May 1483), also known as Queen Dowager Jaseong (자성왕대비), was Queen Consort to King Sejo of Joseon and the mother of Sejo's successor King Yejong of Joseon.

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Queen Zhou the Elder

Zhou Ehuang (周娥皇) (936 – 8 December 964), posthumously named QueenHer title guohou (國后; literally "kingdom's consort") is frequently translated in English-language literature as "empress".

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Raheem Sterling

Raheem Shaquille Sterling (born 8 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the English national team.

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Ray Shulman

Raymond Shulman (born 8 December 1949) is a Scottish musician, and the youngest of three brothers in progressive rock band, Gentle Giant.

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Raymond Lam

Raymond Lam (born 8 December 1979) is a Hong Kong actor and singer.

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Rüdiger von der Goltz

Gustav Adolf Joachim Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz (8 December 1865 – 4 November 1946) was a German army general during the First World War.

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Red Berenson

Gordon Arthur "Red, The Red Baron" Berenson (born December 8, 1939) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre and head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team from 1984 to 2017.

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Reed Johnson

Reed Cameron Johnson (born December 8, 1976) is an American former professional baseball outfielder.

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Remscheid

Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter (12 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymnodist, theologian, and controversialist.

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Richard Desmond

Richard Clive Desmond (born 8 December 1951) is an English publisher and businessman.

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Richard Fleischer

Richard O. Fleischer (December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director known for such movies as The Narrow Margin (1952), Fantastic Voyage (1966) and Soylent Green (1973).

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Richard S. Williamson

Richard Salisbury Williamson (May 9, 1949 – December 8, 2013) was an American lawyer, diplomat and political advisor.

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Rick Baker

Richard A. Baker (born December 8, 1950) is a retired American special make-up effects creator, mostly known for his creature effects and designs.

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Ricky Walford

Ricky Walford (born 8 December 1963) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Rob Byrnes

Robert Charles "Rob" Byrnes, Jr. is a 21st-century gay American, novelist and blogger, whose fiction focuses primarily on gay men and other sexual minorities.

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Rob Curling

Rob Curling (born 8 September 1957, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya) is a British television presenter and journalist.

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Robert Jay Mathews

Robert Jay Mathews (January 16, 1953 – December 8, 1984) was an American neo-Nazi terrorist and the leader of The Order, an American white supremacist militant group.

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Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky (born Robert Joseph Porzuczek, December 13, 1930 – December 8, 2008) was a Polish-American actor and comedian.

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Robert S. Brookings

Robert Somers Brookings (January 22, 1850 in Cecil County, MarylandNovember 15, 1932 in Washington, D.C.) was an American businessman and philanthropist, known for his involvement with Washington University in St. Louis and his founding of the Brookings Institution.

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Robert Sternberg

Robert Sternberg (born December 8, 1949) is an American psychologist and psychometrician.

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Romaric

Saint Romaric (died 653) was a Frankish nobleman who lived in Austrasia from the late 6th century until the middle of the 7th century.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Roy Firestone

Roy Firestone (born December 8, 1953 in Miami Beach, Florida) is an American sports commentator and journalist.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Rubén González (pianist)

Rubén González Fontanills (May 26, 1919 – December 8, 2003) was a Cuban pianist.

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Rudolph Pariser

Rudolph Pariser (born December 8, 1923) is a physical and polymer chemist.

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Russ Kemmerer

Russell Paul Kemmerer (November 1, 1930 – December 8, 2014) was an American professional baseball player.

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Ryan Newman (racing driver)

Ryan Joseph Newman (born December 8, 1977), nicknamed "Rocket Man", is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Salvador, Bahia

Salvador, also known as São Salvador, Salvador de Bahia, and Salvador da Bahia, is the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia.

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Sam Hunt

Sam Lowry Hunt (born December 8, 1984) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Sam Kinison

Samuel Burl Kinison (December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor.

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Sam Tagataese

Sam Tagataese pronounced (born 8 December 1986) is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.

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Sammy Davis Jr.

Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, musician, dancer, actor and comedian.

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Sarit Thanarat

Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat (Thai: สฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์, alternatively spelled Dhanarajata) was a Thai officer who staged a coup in 1957, replacing Phibunsongkram as Thailand's prime minister until his death in 1963.

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Sándor Szokolay

Sándor Szokolay (30 March 1931 – 8 December 2013) was a Hungarian composer and professor of the Liszt Ferenc Academy, Budapest.

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Sebald Heyden

Sebald Heyden (8 December 1499 – 9 July 1561) was a German musicologist, cantor, theologian, hymn-writer and religious poet.

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Semih Sancar

Semih Sancar (1911 – 8 December 1984) was Chief of the General Staff of Turkey from 1973 to 1978, a period including the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

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Shanghai International Settlement

The Shanghai International Settlement originated from the 1863 merger of the British and American enclaves in Shanghai, parts of the Qing Empire held extraterritorially under the terms of a series of Unequal Treaties.

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Sharia

Sharia, Sharia law, or Islamic law (شريعة) is the religious law forming part of the Islamic tradition.

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Sigismund Kęstutaitis

Sigismund Kęstutaitis (Žygimantas I Kęstutaitis; Zygmunt Kiejstutowicz; c. 1365 – 20 March 1440) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1432 to 1440.

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Simon Finnigan

Simon Finnigan (born 8 December 1981 in Warrington) is English former professional rugby league footballer, and current coach.

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Sinéad O'Connor

Magda Davitt (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, 8 December 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Slick (wrestling)

Kenneth Wayne Johnson (born December 8, 1957) is a retired American professional wrestling manager, better known by his ring name, Slick.

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Slim Pickens

Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and film and television actor.

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Soko Richardson

Eulis Soko Richardson (December 8, 1939 – January 29, 2004) was an American rhythm and blues drummer.

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Solar sail

Solar sails (also called light sails or photon sails) are a proposed method of spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight on large mirrors.

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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of nations in South Asia.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space.

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SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is a private American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.

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SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1

SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 was the first orbital spaceflight of the Dragon cargo spacecraft, and the second overall flight of the Falcon 9 rocket manufactured by SpaceX.

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SpaceX Dragon

Dragon is a reusable spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company based in Hawthorne, California.

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Stephen Jefferies

Stephen Thomas Jefferies (born 8 December 1959) is a former South African first-class cricketer.

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Steve Atkinson (cricketer)

Stephen Robert Atkinson (born 8 December 1952) is an English-born former cricketer who represented both the Netherlands and Hong Kong in international competition.

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Steve Elkington

Stephen John Elkington (born 8 December 1962) is an Australian professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions.

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Steve Yates (footballer, born 1953)

Steve Yates (born 8 December 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back.

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Sun Li-jen

Sun Li-jen (December 8, 1900 – November 19, 1990) KBE was a Chinese Nationalist (KMT) general, a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War.

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Syllabus of Errors

The Syllabus of Errors (Syllabus Errorum) is a document issued by the Holy See under Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1864, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, as an annex to the Quanta cura encyclical.

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Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)

The Symphony No.

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Syrian Army

The Syrian Army, officially the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) (al-Jayš al-ʿArabī as-Sūrī), is the land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces.

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Tadjena massacre

The Tadjena massacre was an incident resulting in 81 deaths.

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Tatiana Zatulovskaya

Tatiana Zatulovskaya (טטיאנה זטולובסקיה; Татьяна Яковлевна Затуловская, Tatiana Yakovlevna Zatulovskaya; 8 December 1935 – 2 July 2017) was an Israeli (formerly Soviet and Russian) chess player.

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Ted Irvine

Edward Amos "Ted" Irvine (born December 8, 1944) is a Canadian retired NHL hockey player who was active during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Teri Hatcher

Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress, voice-actress, writer, singer, YouTuber, and former National Football League cheerleader.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Dakota

The Dakota, also known as Dakota Apartments, is a cooperative apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States.

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The North Face

The North Face, Inc. is an American outdoor product company specializing in outerwear, fleece, coats, shirts, footwear, and equipment such as backpacks, tents, and sleeping bags.

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The Order (white supremacist group)

The Order, also known as the italic (German for Brothers Keep Silent) or Silent Brotherhood, was a white supremacist terrorist organization active in the United States between September 1983 and December 1984.

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Theo Maassen

Theodorus Wilhelmus (Theo) Maassen (born 8 December 1966 in Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch comedian and actor who grew up in the village of Zijtaart (municipality of Veghel) in the Dutch province of North Brabant.

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Theobald Mathew (temperance reformer)

Theobald Mathew (10 October 1790–8 December 1856) was an Irish Catholic priest and teetotalist reformer, popularly known as Father Mathew.

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Think tank

A think tank, think factory or policy institute is a research institute/center and organisation that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture.

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Thomas Cech

Thomas Robert Cech (born December 8, 1947) is an American chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman, for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA.

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Thomas Corneille

Thomas Corneille (20 August 1625 – 8 December 1709) was a French dramatist.

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Thomas De Quincey

Thomas Penson De Quincey (15 August 17858 December 1859) was an English essayist, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821).

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Tim Foli

Timothy John Foli (born December 8, 1950), is an American former professional baseball player, coach and minor league manager.

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Tom Gosnell

Thomas Charles "Tom" Gosnell (1951 – December 8, 2014), commonly called "Tom", was a mayor of London, Ontario, Canada from December 1, 1986 to December 1, 1994.

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Tony Simmons (gridiron football)

Tony De'Angelo Simmons (born December 8, 1974) is a former American football player.

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Top Rank

Top Rank, Inc. is a boxing promotional company founded by Jabir Herbert Muhammad and Bob Arum, which was incorporated in 1973, and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Toshiaki Kawada

(born December 8, 1963) is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler who is most known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).

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Tris Speaker

Tristram Edgar Speaker (April 4, 1888 – December 8, 1958), nicknamed "The Grey Eagle", was an American baseball player.

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Tyler Mane

Daryl Karolat (born December 8, 1966) is a Canadian actor and former professional wrestler, better known by the name Tyler Mane.

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Ukraine

Ukraine (Ukrayina), sometimes called the Ukraine, is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast; Belarus to the northwest; Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively.

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Ulric Neisser

Ulric Gustav Neisser (December 8, 1928 – February 17, 2012) was a German-born American psychologist and member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He has been referred to as the "father of cognitive psychology." Neisser researched and wrote about perception and memory.

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Umbanda

Umbanda is a syncretic Afro-Brazilian religion that blends African traditions with Roman Catholicism, Spiritism, and Indigenous American beliefs.

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Union of South American Nations

The Union of South American Nations (USAN; Unión de Naciones Suramericanas, UNASUR; União de Nações Sul-Americanas, UNASUL; Unie van Zuid-Amerikaanse Naties, UZAN; and sometimes referred to as the South American Union) is an intergovernmental regional organization comprising twelve South American countries.

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United Airlines Flight 553

United Airlines Flight 553 was a Boeing 737-222 that crashed during an aborted landing and go around while approaching Chicago Midway International Airport on December 8, 1972.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States declaration of war on Japan

On December 8, 1941, the United States Congress declared war (Public Law 77-328, 55 STAT 795) on the Empire of Japan in response to that country's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the prior day.

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Valéry Mézague

Válery Mézague (8 December 198315 November 2014) was a Cameroonian footballer.

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Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days.

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Vernon Wells

Vernon Michael Wells III (born December 8, 1978) is an American former professional baseball center fielder.

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Vince MacLean

Vincent James MacLean (born December 8, 1944)Normandin, PG Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1977 was leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party in 1985 and again from 1986 to 1992.

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Vladimir Shatalov

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Владимир Александрович Шаталов; born December 8, 1927) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10.

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Wang Anshi

Wang Anshi (December 8, 1021 – May 21, 1086) was a Chinese economist, statesman, chancellor and poet of the Song Dynasty who attempted major and controversial socioeconomic reforms known as the New Policies.

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Ward Morehouse

Ward Morehouse (November 24, 1895 – December 7, 1966) was an American theater critic, newspaper columnist, playwright, and author.

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Warren Cuccurullo

Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born December 8, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and former body builder who first worked with Frank Zappa during the 1970s.

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Władysław Kozakiewicz

Władysław Kozakiewicz (born 8 December 1953) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the pole vault.

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West Francia

In medieval historiography, West Francia (Latin: Francia occidentalis) or the Kingdom of the West Franks (regnum Francorum occidentalium) was the western part of Charlemagne's Empire, inhabited and ruled by the Germanic Franks that forms the earliest stage of the Kingdom of France, lasting from about 840 until 987.

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West Pakistan

West Pakistan (مغربی پاکستان,; পশ্চিম পাকিস্তান) was one of the two exclaves created at the formation of the modern State of Pakistan following the 1947 Partition of India.

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Western Hemisphere

The Western Hemisphere is a geographical term for the half of Earth which lies west of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the antimeridian.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.

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Wifredo Lam

Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (December 8, 1902 – September 11, 1982), better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture.

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William C. Durant

William Crapo "Billy" Durant (December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, who created the system of multi-brand holding companies with different lines of cars; and the co-founder of General Motors with Frederic L. Smith, and of Chevrolet with Louis Chevrolet.

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William Henry Vanderbilt

William Henry "Billy" Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 – December 8, 1885) was an American businessman and philanthropist.

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William Shawn

William Shawn (August 31, 1907 – December 8, 1992) was an American magazine editor who edited The New Yorker from 1952 until 1987.

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William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington

General William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, (c. 16838 December 1756) was a British statesman and diplomat.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yemoja

Yemoja (Yemọja) is a major water deity from the Yoruba religion.

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Yevgeny Minayev

Yevgeny Gavrilovich Minayev (Евгений Гаврилович Минаев, 21 May 1933 – 8 December 1993) was a Russian weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union.

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Yui Yokoyama

is a singer, actress and member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48.

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Yuliya Krevsun

Yuliya Krevsun (born Yuliya Gurtovenko on 8 December 1980) is a Ukrainian middle-distance running athlete who specialises in the 800 metres.

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Zoe Konstantopoulou

Zoe Konstantopoulou (Ζωή Κωνσταντοπούλου; born 8 December 1976) is a Greek lawyer and politician who served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament in 2015.

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1021

Year 1021 (MXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1125

Year 1125 (MCXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1186

Year 1186 (MCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1292

Year 1292 (MCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1365

Year 1365 (MCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1412

Year 1412 (MCDXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) on the Julian calendar.

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1418

Year 1418 (MCDXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1424

Year 1424 (MCDXXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1431

Year 1431 (MCDXXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1432

Year 1432 (MCDXXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1499

Year 1499 (MCDXCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1504

Year 1504 (MDIV) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1538

Year 1538 (MDXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1542

Year 1542 (MDXLII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1550

Year 1550 (MDL) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1558

Year 1558 (MDLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1626

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1632

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1638

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1643

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1649

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1660

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1678

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1680

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1691

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1695

It was also a particularly cold and wet year.

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1699

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1708

In the Swedish calendar it was a leap year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.

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1709

In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Friday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.

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1722

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1724

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1730

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1731

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1744

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1745

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1746

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1756

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1765

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1768

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1779

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1795

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1807

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1813

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1815

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1817

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1818

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1822

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1830

It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.

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1832

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1854

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1856

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1859

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1860

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1861

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1862

This year was named by Mitchell Stephens as the greatest year to read newspapers.

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1863

January-March.

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1864

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1865

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1869

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1874

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1875

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1877

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1880

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1881

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1884

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1885

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1886

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1890

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1892

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1894

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1899

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1900

As of March 1 (O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 (O.S. February 15), 2100.

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1902

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1903

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1907

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1908

According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.

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1909

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1911

A highlight was the race for the South Pole.

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1912

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1913

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1914

This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after an heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist.

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1915

Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.

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1916

Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.

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1917

This year was famous for the October Revolution in Russia, by Vladimir Lenin.

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1918

This year is famous for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the flu pandemic, that killed 50-100 million people worldwide.

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1919

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1920

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1922

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1923

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1924

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1925

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1927

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1928

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1930

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1931

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1933

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1935

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1936

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1937

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1938

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1939

This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.

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1940

Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.

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1941

Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" acronym.

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1942

Below, events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.

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1943

Below, events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.

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1944

Below, events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.

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1945

This year also marks the end of the Second World War, the deadliest conflict in human history.

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1946

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1947

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1948

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1949

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1950

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1951

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1952

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1953

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1954

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1955

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1956

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1957

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1958

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1959

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1960

It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.

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1961

As MAD Magazine pointed out on its cover for the March 1961 issue, this was the first "upside-up" year — i.e., one in which the numerals that form the year look the same as when the numerals are rotated upside down, a strobogrammatic number — since 1881.

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1962

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1962–63 New York City newspaper strike

The 1962–63 New York City Newspaper Strike ran from December 8, 1962, until March 31, 1963, lasting for a total of 114 days.

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1963

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1964

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1965

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1966

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1967

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1968

This was the year of the Protests of 1968.

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1969

The year is associated with the first manned landing on the Moon (Apollo 11).

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1971

The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.

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1972

Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated.

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1973

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1974

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1975

It was also declared the International Women's Year by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.

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1976

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1977

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1978

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1979

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1980

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1981

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1982

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1983

The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.

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1984

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1985

The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.

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1986

The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.

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1987

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1988

In the 20th century, the year 1988 has the most Roman numeral digits (11).

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1988 Remscheid A-10 crash

The 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash occurred on December 8, 1988, when a United States Air Force attack jet, an A-10 Thunderbolt II crashed onto a residential area in the city of Remscheid, West Germany.

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1989

1989 was a turning point in political history because a wave of revolutions swept the Eastern Bloc in Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power sharing, coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, embracing the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December, and ending in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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1991

It was the year that is usually considered the final year of the Cold War that had begun in the late 1940s.

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1992

1992 was designated as.

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1993

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1994

The year 1994 was designated as the "International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.

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1995

This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government no longer providing public funding.

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1996

1996 was designated as.

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1997

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1998

1998 was designated as the International Year of the Ocean.

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1999

1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.

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2001

2001 was designated as.

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2003

2003 was designated the.

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2004

2004 was designated as.

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2006

2006 was designated as.

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2007

2007 was designated as.

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2008

2008 was designated as.

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2009

2009 was designated as.

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2010

2010 was designated as.

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2012

2012 was designated as.

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2013

2013 was designated as.

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2013 Little India riot

The 2013 Little India riot It took place on 8 December 2013 after a fatal accident occurred at SST 21:23 at the junction of Race Course Road and Hampshire Road in Little India, Singapore, causing angry mobs of passerbys to attack the bus involved and emergency vehicles that had by then arrived at the location.

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2014

2014 was designated as.

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2015

2015 was designated as.

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2016

2016 was designated as.

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395

Year 395 (CCCXCV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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65 BC

Year 65 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

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757

Year 757 (DCCLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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855

Year 855 (DCCCLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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877

Year 877 (DCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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899

Year 899 (DCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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964

Year 964 (CMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_8

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