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Today in History: Tuesday, December\u00a0 08, 2015<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Japan one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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1776<\/td>\nGeorge Washington’s retreating army crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey to Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1854<\/td>\nPope Pius IX proclaimed the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, which holds that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was free of original sin from the moment of her own conception.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1863<\/td>\nPresident Abraham Lincoln announced his plan for the Reconstruction of the South.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1886<\/td>\nThe American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus, Ohio.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nRock musician John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building by Mark David Chapman. The former Beatle was 40.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1987<\/td>\nPalestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories began an intefadeh, or uprising.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nPresident Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed a treaty calling for destruction of intermediate-range nuclear missiles.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nRussia, Belarus and Ukraine declared the Soviet national government dead, forming a new Commonwealth of Independent States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nKimberly Bergalis, who had contracted AIDS from her dentist, died in Florida at age 23.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nAmericans saw live TV coverage of U.S. troops landing on the beaches of Somalia as Operation Restore Hope began.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nPresident Bill Clinton signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nThe Grateful Dead announced they were breaking up, four months after the death of lead guitarist Jerry Garcia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nKhalid Sheikh Mohammed told the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal he would confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks; four other men also abandoned their defenses.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Teri Hatcher (“Desperate Housewives”) turns 51 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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James Galway<\/td>\nFlutist<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kim Basinger<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Harewood<\/td>\nActor (“Homeland”)<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sinead O’Connor<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Mussina<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dominic Monaghan<\/td>\nActor (“Lost”)<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rock singer-musician Gregg Allman (The Allman Brothers) turns 68 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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