An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada. Date: December 8, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8…
Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House. Date: December 8, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing five people and injuring 50 others. Date: December 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States. Date: December 8, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria. Date: December 8, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
A raid conducted by the Internal Security Department (ISD) of Singapore foils a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) plot to bomb foreign embassies in Singapore. Date: December 8, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Columbus nightclub shooting: Nathan Gale opens fire at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, killing former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell and three others before being shot dead by a police officer. Date: December 8, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅…
The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations. Date: December 8, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq kill 127 people and injure 448 others. Date: December 8, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km (50,200 mi). Date: December 8, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)