Who are famous people born on December 8?

Famous people born on December 8 include Mary, Queen of Scots (1542), Georges Méliès (1861), Jean Sibelius (1865), Diego Rivera (1886), Jim Morrison (1943).

What star sign is someone born on December 8?

Someone born on December 8 is a Sagittarius.

What is the birthstone for December 8?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

How common is a birthday on December 8?

In the US, December 8 is the No. 296 most common birthday of the 366, with about 10,963 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on December 8

Famous people born on December 8, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
💎 Birthstone
Turquoise
👶 How common
No. 296 of 366

Born on December 8

December 8 in history

2025Singapore, under the government's approval, published its now-declassified Albatross file, comprising information relating to the Proclamation of Singapore dating back six decades ago.
2013Riots break out in Singapore, after a fatal accident in Little India.
2010The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km (50,200 mi).
2004Columbus 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.
1991The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1987An 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.
1972United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737.
1966The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
1955The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.
1941World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.)
1914World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
1864Pope Pius IX promulgates the encyclical Quanta cura and its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors, outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.
1851Conservative Santiago-based government troops defeat rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla, signaling the end of the 1851 Chilean Revolution.
877Louis the Stammerer (son of Charles the Bald) is crowned king of the West Frankish Kingdom at Compiègne.

Holidays and observances

Battle Day (Falkland Islands)
Bodhi Day (Japan)
CARICOM–Cuba Day (Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba)
Christian feast day: Budoc (Beuzec) of Dol
Christian feast day: Clement of Ohrid (Julian Calendar), and its related observances: Student's Day (Bulgaria)
Christian feast day: Eucharius
Christian feast day: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in several countries, a holy day of obligation in others), and its related observances: Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Anglican Communion), lesser commemoration
Christian feast day: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in several countries, a holy day of obligation in others), and its related observances: Festa da Conceição da Praia, celebrating Yemanjá, Queen of the Ocean in Umbanda (Salvador, Bahia)
Christian feast day: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in several countries, a holy day of obligation in others), and its related observances: Festival of Lights (Lyon)
Christian feast day: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in several countries, a holy day of obligation in others), and its related observances: Mother's Day (Panama)

December 8 in every year

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Questions about December 8 birthdays

Who are famous people born on December 8?: Famous people born on December 8 include Mary, Queen of Scots (1542), Georges Méliès (1861), Jean Sibelius (1865), Diego Rivera (1886), Jim Morrison (1943).
What star sign is someone born on December 8?: Someone born on December 8 is a Sagittarius.
What is the birthstone for December 8?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
How common is a birthday on December 8?: In the US, December 8 is the No. 296 most common birthday of the 366, with about 10,963 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).