What Happened In December 2008 In History

Historical Events for December, 2008

• 6th » The 2008 Greek riots break out upon the killing of a 15-year-old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a police officer.
• 11th » Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
• 14th » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws List of shoe throwing incidents called his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
• 22nd » An ash dike Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing convert 1.1 e9USgal m3 of coal fly ash slurry.
• 27th » Gaza War (2008–09) e.g Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

Famous Deaths for December 2008

• 1st » Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
• 1st » Mikel Laboa, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
• 1st » Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (b. 1917)
• 2nd » Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1930)
• 2nd » Kathleen Baskin-Ball, American minister (b. 1958)
• 2nd » Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (b. 1933)
• 3rd » Robert Zajonc, Polish-American psychologist and author (b. 1923)
• 5th » Alexy II of Moscow, Estonian-Russian patriarch (b. 1929)
• 5th » Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu, Romanian politician (b. 1928)
• 5th » Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (b. 1924)
• 5th » Anca Parghel, Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957)
• 7th » Marky Cielo, Filipino actor and dancer (b. 1988)
• 7th » Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (b. 1908)
• 8th » Kerryn McCann, Australian runner (b. 1967)
• 8th » Oliver Postgate, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 8th » Robert Prosky, American actor (b. 1930)
• 9th » Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1972)
• 9th » Yury Glazkov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)
• 10th » Didith Reyes, Filipino actress and singer (b. 1948)
• 11th » Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (b. 1960)
• 11th » Bettie Page, American model (b. 1923)
• 12th » Avery Dulles, American cardinal (b. 1918)
• 12th » Van Johnson, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
• 12th » Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot politician, 5th President of Cyprus (b. 1934)
• 13th » John Drake (rugby union) named John Drake, New Zealand rugby player and journalist (b. 1959)
• 13th » Kathy Staff, English actress (b. 1928)
• 15th » León Febres Cordero, Ecuadorian politician, 46th List of heads of state of Ecuador named President of Ecuador (b. 1931)
• 17th » Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (b. 1914)
• 17th » Freddy Breck, German singer-songwriter, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
• 17th » Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1955) e.g Dave Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1955)
• 18th » Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (b. 1932)
• 18th » Mark Felt, American FBI agent (b. 1913)
• 19th » James Bevel, American minister and activist (b. 1936)
• 19th » Carol Chomsky, American linguist and educator (b. 1930)
• 19th » Michael Connell, American political consultant (b. 1963)
• 19th » Kenny Cox, American pianist (b. 1940)
• 19th » Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach (b. 1945)
• 20th » Adrian Mitchell, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
• 24th » Harold Pinter, English actor, director, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
• 25th » Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
• 26th » Gösta Krantz, Swedish actor (b. 1925)
• 27th » Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Delaney & Bonnie) (b. 1939)
• 27th » Robert Graham (sculptor) called Robert Graham, Mexican-American sculptor (b. 1938)
• 28th » Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (b. 1923)
• 29th » Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
• 31st » Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)

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