What is December 8?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1975 === *[[395]] &ndash; [[China]]: [[Later Yan]] is defeated by its former [[vassal]] of [[Northern Wei]] at the [[Battle of Canhe Slope]]. *[[757]] &ndash; [[China]]: [[Du Fu]] returns to [[Chang'an]] as a member of [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang]]'s court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion. *[[1432]] &ndash; First battle of the [[Lithuanian Civil War]]. *[[1626]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor]] is crowned [[King]] of [[Hungary]]. *[[1660]] &ndash; A woman appears on an English public stage for the first time, as Desdemona, in a production of [[William Shakespeare]]'s [[Othello]]. *[[1792]] &ndash; [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]] becomes the capital city of [[Kentucky]]. *[[1813]] &ndash; [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s [[Seventh Symphony]] is performed for the first time. *[[1864]] &ndash; The [[Clifton Suspension Bridge]] in [[England]], designed by [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]], is opened. *[[1907]] &ndash; [[Gustav V of Sweden|Gustav V]] becomes [[King]] of [[Sweden]]. *[[1912]] &ndash; Leaders of the [[German Empire]] hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility of [[war]] breaking out. *[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: A squadron of the [[UK]]'s [[Royal Navy]] defeats a weaker squadron of the German High Seas Fleet in the [[Battle of the Falkland Islands]] in the South [[Atlantic Ocean]]. *[[1922]] &ndash; [[Northern Ireland]] stops being part of the [[Irish Free State]]. *[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Japan]] invades [[British Malaya|Malaya]], [[Thailand]], [[Hong Kong]] and the [[Philippines]], just after the [[Pearl Harbor]] attack. On the same day, the [[United States]] and the [[Republic of China]] declare war on [[Japan]]. *[[1953]] &ndash; [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] announces the start of the American 'Atoms for Peace' program. *[[1956]] &ndash; The [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]], end. *[[1962]] &ndash; Workers at four [[US]] [[newspaper]]s (later nine) go on strike for 114 days.