December 8 in History

8 December in History – 84 years ago

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Australasia 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor

The rise of Japanese power had worried Australia and New Zealand since before the Great War,... SEE MORE…

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Historical Atlas of East Asia 1949: Nationalist Taiwan
East Asia 1949
Nationalist Taiwan
With the Communists victorious across China, about 2 million Nationalist Chinese fled to the...
Historical Atlas of Australasia 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Australasia 1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The rise of Japanese power had worried Australia and New Zealand since before the Great War, a...
 

Starting on 8 December 1941

Japanese capture Guam

All Events on 8 December

  1991
Russia, Ukraine & Belarus agree to dissolve Soviet Union
ends   1976
Syria intervenes in Lebanese Civil War
  1949
Chinese Nationalist government moves to Taiwan
starts   1941
Japanese capture Guam
  1941
Japan invades Thailand
  1941
Japan lands troops on Batan Island, Philippines
  1941
Japanese land at Khota Baru, Malaya
  1914
British destroy German squadron near Falkland Is.
starts   1861
Tripartite fleets reach Mexico
  1816
Naples and Sicily united as Two Sicilies
*Actual date uncertain; set to 8 December for purposes of Omniatlas

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