WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2010

Today is Wednesday, December 8, the 342nd day of 2010. There are 23 days left in the year.

1846 ― Hector Berlioz's ``La Damnation de Faust" premieres

1914 ― British and German fleets battle at Falkland Island

1923 ― German-U.S. friendship treaty signed

1941 ― U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WWII

1949 ― Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa

1962 ― 114-day newspaper strike begins in New York, N.Y.

1974 ― Greek monarchy rejected by referendum

1987 ― Occupied Palestinians start ``intifada" (uprising) against Israel

1987 ― President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles

1991 ― Russia, Byelorussia and Ukraine form Commonwealth of Independent States