December 8 in History
8 December in History – 70 years ago

East Asia 1949: Nationalist Taiwan
With the Communists victorious across China, about 2 million Nationalist Chinese fled to the... SEE MORE...
on 8 December 1914
All Events on 8 December
1991
Russia, Ukraine & Belarus agree to dissolve Soviet Union
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