December 8 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on December 8, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♐︎ Sagittarius
Nov 22 – Dec 21
Birth stone
Turquoise
Birth flower
Narcissus
How common
#296 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous December 8 birthdays
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson · Norwegian writer1832
Georges Méliès · French filmmaker and illusionist1861
Jean Sibelius · Finnish composer1865
Sammy Davis Jr. · American entertainer1925
Maximilian Schell · Swiss and Austrian film and stage actor1930
David Carradine · American actor1936
Jim Morrison · American singer and poet1943
Thomas Cech · American chemist, biochemistry professor1947
Bill Bryson · American-British author1951
Kim Basinger · American actress1953
Jim Yong Kim · South Korean-American physician and anthropologist1959
Ann Coulter · American author, political commentator1961
Teri Hatcher · American actress1964
Sinéad O'Connor · Irish singer-songwriter1966
Corey Taylor · American musician1973
Ian Somerhalder · American actor1978
Nicki Minaj · Trinidadian rapper1982
Dwight Howard · American basketball player1985
AnnaSophia Robb · American actress1993
Raheem Sterling · English association football player1994
On this day in history
1777American Revolutionary War: British commander-in-chief Sir William Howe withdrew his troops from the Battle of White Marsh to Philadelphia.
2010The Japanese experimental spacecraft IKAROS flew by Venus at a distance of 80,800 km (50,200 mi), completing its planned mission to demonstrate solar-sail technology.
2013Metallica played a concert in Antarctica, becoming the first band to perform on all seven continents.
2024The Syrian civil war ended when Bashar al-Assad's party, the Syrian Ba'ath Party, surrendered to the Syrian opposition.
1987Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.
1991Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian leaders signed the Belovezh Accords, agreeing to dissolve the Soviet Union and establish the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1998The Australian Cricket Board's cover-up of Shane Warne and Mark Waugh's involvement with bookmakers was revealed.
2004The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
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