What happend on 8th December

07.12
09.12
2004

Population of Victoria (Australia) reaches 5 million for the first time.

2004

Former Pantera guitarist Darrell Abbott is shot dead on stage at a nightclub in Columbus, Ohio.

2004

The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.

1998

81 people killed by armed groups in the Tadjena massacre in Algeria.

1994

US President Bill Clinton signs a bill enacting United States participation in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

1993

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.

1991

First post-Communist Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.

1991

Leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement ending the U.S.S.R. and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

1987

Gunman Frank Vitovic shoots nine people dead and wounds five others at the Australia Post Building, Queen Street, Melbourne. Vitovic then kills himself by plunging five stories to his death.

1987

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed.