FRIDAY, Dec. 08, 2023

1326 — Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi

1792 — First cremation in U.S., Henry Laurens

1854 — Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin

1863 — Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South

1869 — 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome

1876 — Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years

1913 — Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco

1923 — German-U.S. friendship treaty signed

1930 — Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway New York NY

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

1941 — U.S. & Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WWII

1949 — Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa

1951 — American League alters its restrictions on night games, adopting National League's suspended game rule & lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games

1952 — First TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)

1962 — 114-day newspaper strike begins in New York NY

1965 — Pope Paul VI signs second Vatican council

1966 — U.S. & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space

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

1992 — Galileo's nearest approach to Jupiter (303 km)