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A bit of December 8th history…
1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception makes Mary free from Original Sin
1863 - US President Lincoln issues his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for Reconstruction of the South
1941 - US declares war on Japan, US enters WWII
1952 - 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy - I Love Lucy (pictured)
1980 - John Lennon murdered by Mark David Chapman
1987 - US President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles
2010 - With the 2nd launching of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the 1st privately held company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft
On December 8, 2023 at 01:01AM, some big things happened. Click the date to read more.