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Notable anniversaries in history for today: December 8
- 150th: 1874 - Jesse James gang takes a train at Muncie, Kansas.
- 100th: 1924 - Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer ("Mataswintha"), dies at age 74.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Neil Innes; musician (The Rutles).
- 70th: 1954 - Gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at age 50.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of James Martinez in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Teri Hatcher in Sunnyvale, California, USA; actress (Desperate Housewives, Lois Lane - Lois and Clark).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Paul Staight in Victoria, Australia; badminton player (Olympics-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Greek monarchy rejected by referendum.
- 50th: 1974 - Irish Republican Socialist Party forms.
- 50th: 1974 - Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open.
- 50th: 1974 - Soyuz 16 returns to Earth.
- 40th: 1984 - 73rd Australian Men's Tennis: Mats Wilander beats K Curren (6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2).
- 40th: 1984 - Europe and 64 developing countries sign Lomé III treaty.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Luther Adler at 81; actor/director (Dr Bernard Altman - The Psychiatrist, Playhouse 90 TV show, Hawaii 5-0 TV show, 77 Sunset Strip TV show, The Untouchables TV show).
- 30th: 1994 - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at age 67 (born 1927).
- 30th: 1994 - Fire in cinema in Karamay, China, 310 killed.
- 30th: 1994 - Jesús "Enrique" Líster, Spanish/Russian general (Civil War), dies at age 87.
- 25th: 1999 - Circuit Court of Tennessee, Division 4, King Family vs. Jowers and Other Unknown Co-Conspirators: jury verdict that a conspiracy involving agencies of the US government was responsible for the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.
- 20th: 2004 - Nathan Gale shoots and kills guitarist Dimebag Darrell of DamagePlan onstage in Colombus, Ohio. Three others are also killed before a police officer shoots and kills Gale.
- 20th: 2004 - The biggest Chinese personal computer producer Lenovo announces its plan to purchase IBM's global personal computer business, which would make it the third largest world PC maker after Dell and Hewlett-Packard.
- 15th: 2009 - A series of five car bombings kills at least 127 people and wounds 448 in the centre of Baghdad, Iraq.
- 5th: 2019 - A fire at a factory in Delhi, India, kills 43 people and injures at least 50 others.
- 5th: 2019 - Death of Carroll Spinney (born 1933); American puppeteer (Big Bird - Sesame Street TV show).
- 5th: 2019 - Death of Paul Volcker at age 92; American economist, chairman of the US Federal Reserve System (1979-1987).
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