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12-03-2007, 10:05 PM
On the Roman Catholic Church calendar of holy days, December 8th is celebrated as a holy day of obligation, commemorating the Immaculate Conception of Mary. The observance of this feast began with a Papal encyclical by Pope Pius IX, when he formally defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, INEFFABILIS DEUS, on December 8, 1854.ALOHA (http://www.aloha.net/%7Emikesch/immac.htm)
wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_8)
Buddhism - The Enlightenment of Gautama Buddha (Bodhi Day)
Eastern Christianity - Conception of the Theotokos (Mother of God) by Anna - Major Feast Day
1765 - Eli Whitney's Birthday
1894 - E.C. Segar's Birthday
1935 - The Japanese military police launches a violent suppression of the religious sect Oomoto,
1940 - The Chicago Bears defeat the Washington Redskins 73-0, in the NFL Championship Game. This is the most lopsided game in NFL history.
1941 - World War II: The Japanese invade the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, Malaya and the Dutch East Indies.
1941 - World War II: First Japanese attack on Wake Island.
1941 - Holocaust: Gas vans are first used as a means of execution, at the Chelmno extermination camp near Lódz in Poland.
1943 - Jim Morrison's Birthday
1961 - Ann Coulter's Birthday
1966 - The Greek SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
Sinéad O'Connor's Birthday
1968 - Michael Cole's Birthday
1969 - An Olympic Airways Douglas DC-6 crashes in Keratea during a storm, killing 93 people.
Jeff Tremaine's Birthday
1972 - United Airlines Flight 533 crashes near Chicago Midway Airport, killing 45 people.
1973 - Corey Taylor's Birthday
1974 - Nick Zinner's Birthday
1980 - Mark David Chapman shoots John Lennon in front of The Dakota apartment building with five bullets, murdering him.
1982 - Activist Norman Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument, before being killed by United States Park Police.
1993 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
1998 - Tadjena massacre: 81 people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
2004 - Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Abbott)'s death
2007 - Come Celebrate Sileras Birthday With Nj Bullriding, Dec 8 (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=64617)
wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_8)
Buddhism - The Enlightenment of Gautama Buddha (Bodhi Day)
Eastern Christianity - Conception of the Theotokos (Mother of God) by Anna - Major Feast Day
1765 - Eli Whitney's Birthday
1894 - E.C. Segar's Birthday
1935 - The Japanese military police launches a violent suppression of the religious sect Oomoto,
1940 - The Chicago Bears defeat the Washington Redskins 73-0, in the NFL Championship Game. This is the most lopsided game in NFL history.
1941 - World War II: The Japanese invade the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, Malaya and the Dutch East Indies.
1941 - World War II: First Japanese attack on Wake Island.
1941 - Holocaust: Gas vans are first used as a means of execution, at the Chelmno extermination camp near Lódz in Poland.
1943 - Jim Morrison's Birthday
1961 - Ann Coulter's Birthday
1966 - The Greek SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
Sinéad O'Connor's Birthday
1968 - Michael Cole's Birthday
1969 - An Olympic Airways Douglas DC-6 crashes in Keratea during a storm, killing 93 people.
Jeff Tremaine's Birthday
1972 - United Airlines Flight 533 crashes near Chicago Midway Airport, killing 45 people.
1973 - Corey Taylor's Birthday
1974 - Nick Zinner's Birthday
1980 - Mark David Chapman shoots John Lennon in front of The Dakota apartment building with five bullets, murdering him.
1982 - Activist Norman Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument, before being killed by United States Park Police.
1993 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
1998 - Tadjena massacre: 81 people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
2004 - Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Abbott)'s death
2007 - Come Celebrate Sileras Birthday With Nj Bullriding, Dec 8 (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=64617)