12-08-2012, 08:38 AM
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December 8th
1864 ~ Death of George Boole, Mathematician.
1925 ~ Birthday of Sammy Davis Jr., Actor & Singer.
1939 ~ Birthday of James Galway, Irish flutist.
1941 ~ The U.S. entered World War II when Congress declared war against Japan.
1953 ~ President Eisenhower gave the "Atoms for Peace" speech.
1978 ~ Death of Golda Meir, former Prime Minister of Israel.
1980 ~ Mark Chapman murdered former Beatle John Lennon.
1991 ~ Leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine signed an agreement marking the end of the U.S.S.R. and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1993 ~ U.S. participation in The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed into law by President Clinton.
2010 ~ The first operational solar-sail spacecraft, IKAROS, passed the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km.
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