What happend on 8th December

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09.12
1980

Mark David Chapman murders former Beatle John Lennon.

1976

Eagles release one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, Hotel California.

1969

An Olympic Airways DC-6B crashes near Athens during a storm killing 93 people.

1968

NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco.

1949

Chinese Civil War: The capital of the Republic of China is moved from Nanjing to Taipei, Taiwan.

1941

Holocaust: First Nazi use of gas vans on Jews, at the Chelmno camp near Lodz.

1941

World War II: The Japanese begin the invasion of the former British crown colony of Hong Kong less than 8 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbour.

1941

World War II: After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour the U.S. Congress passes a declaration of war against Japan.

1914

Battle of the Falkland Islands fought.

1907

King Gustav V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.