How Many Days Until December 8?

This day in history: December 8

1. 1987

   Arab–Israeli conflict: An Israeli army tank transporter killed four Palestinian refugees and injured seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, sparking the First Intifada.

2. 1991

   Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian leaders signed the Belovezh Accords, agreeing to dissolve the Soviet Union and establish the Commonwealth of Independent States.

3. 1998

   The Australian Cricket Board's cover-up of Shane Warne and Mark Waugh's involvement with bookmakers was revealed.

4. 2009

   Bombings in Baghdad carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq killed at least 127 people and injured at least 448 others.

5. 2010

   The Japanese experimental spacecraft IKAROS flew by Venus at a distance of 80,800 km (50,200 mi), completing its planned mission to demonstrate solar-sail technology.

6. 2013

   After a fatal bus accident in the Little India subzone of Singapore, angry mobs of workers attacked the bus involved and emergency vehicles, the first riot in the country in over 40 years.

7. 2013

   Metallica played a concert in Antarctica, becoming the first band to perform on all seven continents.

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