Talk:December 8

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December 8: Eid al-Adha begins (Islam, 2008); Constitution Day in Romania (1991); Feast of the Immaculate Conception in Roman Catholicism 1854 – In his Apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX (pictured) proclaimed the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin. 1941 – World War II: Takashi Sakai and the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Hong Kong and quickly achieved air superiority by bombing Kai Tak Airport. 1941 – The Holocaust: The Chełmno extermination camp in Poland, the first Nazi extermination camp to use poison gas, began operations. 1980 – Mark David Chapman fatally shot former Beatle John Lennon outside the Dakota apartments in New York City, USA. 1991 – Leaders of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine met to dissolve the Soviet Union and establish the Commonwealth of Independent States. 2004 – Nathan Gale fatally shot former Pantera and at the time Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell and three others at a Damageplan concert in Columbus, Ohio, USA More events: December 7 – December 8 – December 9 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 22:05, June 9, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Why is Golda Meir a "former prime minister" but Willy Brandt just a "politician"?- BRG

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Should John Lennon be under Deaths or Events? It seems to me an assassination is noteworthy enough to qualify as an event.

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Moved birth from article:

• 1973 - Laura Mandaro, journalist

Seems to exist (a business journalist), but not especially noteworthy. Am I missing something? Lupo 11:04, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)

What exactly is 1861 - gen. Borges southern hero shooted at Tagliacozzo closer to Rome during italian revolution by Savoy soldiers. supposed to mean? I'd like to change it to clarify, but I'm not sure what some parts of it mean. Would 1861 - General Borges, sothern hero of the Italian Revolution, was shot near Rome by Savoy soldiers. Be about right?

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I removed the "Day of the green pea" from the list of national holidays; I think it's a joke, if I'm wrong revert my edit. Ossido 19:59, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

And I'm removing "1989-Hugh Snow (superhero) -coolest mofo on the planet" as well. --Ye Olde Luke 03:57, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dimebag Darrell

If John Lennon's assassination is considered an event, why isn't Dimebag Darrell's? Three people were killed before the gunman himself was shot. Just a thought. I'm not going to add it, but I thought I'd at least put it up for discussion. Stupid5pin 18:46, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

First, I don't think that the murder of John Lennon should be included as a globally notable event. A listing under deaths is sufficient. But if I were to argue why John Lennon should be included and Dimebag Darrell shouldn't, the simple answer is that nobody knows who Dimebag Darrell is. His name and the news of his murder were not known and talked about worldwide by people who were not fans. John Lennon was one of the Beatles and influential in the rock and roll culture, blah, blah, blah. You'll also see a lot more "on this day" news stories about John Lennon than about this other guy. In ten years, no one will know who Dimebag Darrell was, but a lot of people will know the name John Lennon. Actually, ten years is overkill - ask 100 people between the ages of 18 and 50 today who Dimebag Darrell is and I would estimate that less than 5% would know while I'd bet greater than 75% would know who John Lennon is. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 20:43, 2 December 2007 (UTC)