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Religion:
1775 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus.'

1962 The Rev. John Melville Burgess was consecrated as suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts -- the first African American bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church to serve a predominantly white diocese.

1981 In one of its major rulings regarding the issue of the separation of Church and State, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of student organizations holding religious services at public colleges and universities.

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People: 100 years ago
1903 - Adele Simpson, a New York NY, fashion designer and Neiman-Marcus Award winner in 1946 was born on this day.

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People: 50 years ago
1953 - Kim Basinger, an actress who starred in Batman was born in Athens, GA on this day.

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Sports: 25 years ago
1978 - Commencement of the 1st day/night WSC cricket supertest at VFL Park.

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News: 10 years ago
1993 - Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53

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Entertainment: 5 years ago
1998 -The comic strip 'Dry Bones' was first published.

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Religion: 1 year ago
2002- It marked the second Sunday of Advent.

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December 8th happenings in history!

Education:

1876 - Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years.

News:
1776 - George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from New Jersey.

1881 - Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850.

1886 - American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions; Samuel Gompers elected AFL president.

1936 - NAACP files suit to equalize the salaries of black & white teachers.

1941 - San Francisco 1st blackout, at 6 15 PM.

1941 - US & Britain declare war on Japan, US enters WWII.

1966 - US & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space.

1969 - Police surprise attack on Black-Panthers in Los Angeles.

1982 - Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, holds the Washington Monument hostage - after 10 hours, police kill him; he has no explosives.

1987 - Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel.

1987 President Reagan & Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles.

1991- Russia, Byelorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Independent States

1994 - Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed.

Sports:

1940 - 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins73-0.

1961 - Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive points without a miss (NBA record).

1961 - Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78.

1988 - Knick's set NBA record of 11 3-pointers & sink Bucks, 113-109.

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Compiled by Ramesh C. Reddy

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