Today in History

Wow, two days in a row. I didn't intend on doing this two straight. But I thought I should post this date's events, December 8th, because of one in particular in 1980. That is of personal interest to me.
These are pretty much all I could think of:

1854
Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.

1886
The American Federation of Labor was founded at a convention of union leaders in Columbus, Ohio.

1941
Congress declared war on Japan and the U.S. entered World War II.

1949
Communist attacks forced the Chinese Nationalist government to flee to the island of Formosa (Taiwan).

1978
Former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir died.

1980
John Lennon, former member of the Beatles, was shot and killed in New York City by a deranged fan. *This would be the one.

1987
President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the first treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the two superpowers.

1993
President Bill Clinton signed The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law.