It happened on this day, December 8
Events:
1714 – The Ottoman Empire declares war on Venice.
1941 – The United States enters World War II on the side of Allied forces after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1947 – The Political Committee of the Arab League holds a meeting attended by heads of government of Arab countries to thwart the decision to partition Palestine and prevent the creation of the State of Israel.
1949 – Establishment of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees/UNRWA.
1952 – Unrest spreads to Casablanca due to the assassination of the founder of the Tunisian General Labor Union, Farhat Hached.
1958 – The first issue of Al-Arabi magazine was published in Kuwait, edited by Dr. Ahmed Zaki.
1966 – The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in Space.
1969 – Syria confiscates the properties of the Iraq Petroleum Company.
1972 – A bomb was detonated at the home of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Al-Hamshari by Mossad, on the direct orders of Golda Meir.
1980 Assassination of English singer John Lennon in New York by a mentally ill man named Mark Chapman.
1987 – An Israeli truck ran over a car carrying Palestinian workers from Jabalia parked at a gas station, killing four people and injuring others. The incident led to the outbreak of the first Palestinian Intifada.
⭐ American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev sign an agreement in Washington aimed at eliminating medium-range missiles concentrated in Europe.
1991 – Creation of the Union of Independent States, which brings together the fifteen countries independent of the Soviet Union.
2007 Iraqi director Adnan Ibrahim is killed after being stabbed in the neck outside his office in Damascus, the Syrian capital.
2009 – The Kuwaiti National Assembly discusses the interrogation submitted by Representative Faisal Al-Muslim against Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. This is the first time in Kuwait that the Prime Minister has been questioned. 10 deputies filed a request for non-cooperation with the Prime Minister.
2011 – The head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Egypt, Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, makes the decision to form an advisory council whose mission will be to assist the Supreme Council and provide advice during the transition period until the completion of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Egypt. transfer of power to a civilian government and an elected president.
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Births:
1938 – Ghassan Matar, Palestinian actor.
1944 – Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress.
1946 – Mahmoud Kabil, Egyptian actor.
1951 – Sheikh Ahmed Al-Hamoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Kuwait.
1952 – Abbas Al-Nouri, Syrian actor.
1955 – Zainab Al-Assal, Egyptian writer.
1966 – Rim Banna, Palestinian singer and composer.
1967 – Maher Al-Assad, Syrian brigadier general and brother of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
1981 – Mai Kassab, Egyptian singer and actress.
** Adira Akin, Turkish actress.
1982 – Halil Altintop, Turkish footballer.
**Hamit Altintop, Turkish footballer.
1984 – Yacoub Al-Farhan, Saudi actor.
1994 – Raheem Sterling, English footballer.
1998 – Mai Al-Ghaity, Egyptian actress.
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Death:
940 – Abu Al-Abbas Muhammad Al-Radi Billah, Abbasid caliph.
1897 – Imam Mahdi Al-Abbasi, Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mosque.
1922 – Amin Abu Khater, Lebanese doctor and writer.
1978 – Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel.
2007 – Adnan Ibrahim, Iraqi director.
2012 – Prince Faisal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi prince.
2015 – Mervat Saeed, Egyptian actress.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⏪ Constitution Day in Romania.
⏪ Mother's Day in Panama.
⏪ Feast of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in the Catholic Church.
⏪ Bodhi Day in Buddhism.
⏪ Festival of Lights in France.
⏪ World Civil Aviation Day.
