Daily Calendar for December 8th, 2016

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Every Year

• Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Celebrated in many Catholic countries)

1760s

• Born 1765: Eli Whitney (inventor)

1880s

• 1886: American Federation of Labor is organized at Columbus, Ohio, with Samuel Gompers as first president

• Born 1886: Diego Rivera (artist)

1890s

• Born 1894: Elzie Crisler Segar (Popeye creator)

1900s

• 1909: American Bird Banding Association formed, first such society in U.S.

1910s

• 1911: The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra gave its first concert

• 1915: John McCrae's In Flanders Fields poem was published

1920s

• Born 1925: Sammy Davis, Jr. (entertainer)

1930s

• Born 1933: Flip Wilson (comedian)

1940s

• 1941: U.S. declared war on Japan (WW II)

• Born 1943: Jim Morrison (lead singer of The Doors)

1950s

• Born 1953: Kim Basinger (actress)

1960s

• 1962: Nine N.Y.C. newspapers shut down when International Typographical Union workers strike

• Died 1967: Major Robert Lawrence, the first African American astronaut, was killed during training exercises

1970s

• Born 1976: Dominic Monaghan (actor)

• Born 1978: Ian Somerhalder (actor)

1980s

• Died 1980: John Lennon (musician, founding member of The Beatles)

• 1980: Musician and former Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed in New York City

1990s

• 1991: Russian leaders announced the dissolution of the Soviet Union

• Born 1993: AnnaSophia Robb (actress)

• 1994: Element 111, roentgenium, first created

2010s

• Died 2016: John Glenn (astronaut, first American to orbit Earth)

• Died 2019: Caroll Spinney (puppeteer; best known for Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch)

• 2019: At three Anheuser-Busch properties (Merrimack, New Hampshire; St. Louis, Missouri; and Fort Collins, Colorado) 896 couples gathered to kiss under the mistletoe, setting a new Guinness World Record