Replaying Thursday, December 8, 2011

The December 8, 2011 was a Thursday under the star sign of . It was the 341 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.

If you were born on this day, you are 14 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, December 8, 2025, 177 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, December 8, 2026, in 187 days. You have lived for 5,291 days, or about 127,007 hours, or about 7,620,426 minutes, or about 457,225,560 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Nicki Minaj (singer, born December 8, 1982)
  • Jim Morrison (actor, composer, director, lyricist, poet, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 8, 1943)
  • Raheem Sterling (association football player, born December 8, 1994)
  • Ian Somerhalder (actor, film actor, film producer, model, stage actor, television actor, born December 8, 1978)
  • Kim Basinger (actor, film actor, film producer, model, singer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 8, 1953)
  • David Carradine (actor, character actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, television producer, voice actor, born December 8, 1936)
  • Sinéad O'Connor (guitarist, priest, singer-songwriter, born December 8, 1966)
  • Teri Hatcher (YouTuber, activist, actor, cheerleader, film actor, model, television actor, television producer, voice actor, writer, born December 8, 1964)
  • Tanner Buchanan (dancer, film actor, born December 8, 1998)
  • Dharmendra (film actor, film director, film producer, politician, born December 8, 1935)
  • Dwight Howard (actor, basketball player, born December 8, 1985)
  • Kotono Mitsuishi (actor, film actor, narrator, radio personality, recording artist, seiyū, singer, born December 8, 1967)
  • Sammy Davis Jr. (actor, artist, autobiographer, dancer, film actor, jazz musician, recording artist, singer, stage actor, television actor, television presenter, vaudeville performer, born December 8, 1925)
  • Diego Rivera (muralist, born December 8, 1886)
  • AnnaSophia Robb (actor, film actor, musician, singer, television actor, voice actor, born December 8, 1993)
  • Dominic Monaghan (actor, film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born December 8, 1976)
  • Corey Taylor (actor, composer, guitarist, musician, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, vocalist, writer, born December 8, 1973)
  • Ann Coulter (author, columnist, journalist, lawyer, pundit, writer, born December 8, 1961)
  • Matthias Schoenaerts (actor, film actor, film producer, performing artist, television actor, born December 8, 1977)
  • Amir Khan (boxer, born December 8, 1986)
  • Philip Rivers (American football player, born December 8, 1981)
  • Deborra-Lee Furness (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, born December 8, 1955)
  • Gregg Allman (autobiographer, guitarist, keyboardist, pianist, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, writer, born December 8, 1947)
  • Sharmila Tagore (actor, film actor, born December 8, 1944)
  • Badr Hari (Thai boxer, kickboxer, born December 8, 1984)
  • Utkarsh Ambudkar (actor, television actor, born December 8, 1983)
  • Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (aristocrat, coin collecting, born December 8, 1708)
  • Carina Lau (film actor, singer, born December 8, 1965)
  • Jean Sibelius (composer, born December 8, 1865)
  • Sam Kinison (actor, film actor, preacher, stand-up comedian, television actor, born December 8, 1953)
  • Maryla Rodowicz (actor, pop singer, recording artist, born December 8, 1945)
  • Georges Méliès (actor, animator, cinematographer, drawer, film actor, film director, film editor, film producer, filmmaker, magician, screenwriter, born December 8, 1861)
  • Katie Stevens (actor, composer, film actor, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, television actor, born December 8, 1992)
  • Alisa Freindlich (actor, cinematography, film actor, singer, stage actor, born December 8, 1934)
  • Clay Guida (carpenter, mixed martial arts fighter, born December 8, 1981)
  • Hannah Ware (actor, film actor, model, born December 8, 1982)
  • Maximilian Schell (actor, autobiographer, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, born December 8, 1930)
  • Wendell Pierce (actor, autobiographer, businessperson, film actor, film producer, radio personality, television actor, born December 8, 1963)
  • Camille Claudel (art model, draftsperson, graphic artist, painter, sculptor, born December 8, 1864)
  • Gita Gopinath (economist, born December 8, 1971)
  • Ken Yasuda (actor, screenwriter, seiyū, singer, tarento, theatrical director, born December 8, 1973)
  • Takahiro (actor, singer, born December 8, 1984)
  • Raymond Lam (actor, film actor, singer, television actor, born December 8, 1979)
  • Matthew Labyorteaux (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 8, 1966)
  • Pa. Ranjith (film director, screenwriter, born December 8, 1982)
  • Richard David Precht (journalist, philosopher, pundit, university teacher, writer, born December 8, 1964)
  • Emi Wakui (actor, singer, born December 8, 1970)
  • Park Sung-hoon (figure skater, born December 8, 2002)
  • Marty Friedman (audio engineer, composer, guitarist, manufacturer, music critic, record producer, television presenter, born December 8, 1962)
  • Nancy Meyers (film director, film producer, screenwriter, writer, born December 8, 1949)
  • Lucian Freud (draftsperson, drawer, graphic artist, illustrator, painter, printmaker, born December 8, 1922)
  • James MacArthur (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 8, 1937)
  • Bill Bryson (autobiographer, journalist, science communicator, science writer, travel writer, writer, born December 8, 1951)
  • Lee J. Cobb (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 8, 1911)
  • Arne Næss, Jr. (mountaineer, born December 8, 1937)
  • Norman Finkelstein (historian, human rights activist, political scientist, university teacher, writer, born December 8, 1953)
  • Geoff Hurst (association football manager, association football player, autobiographer, cricketer, born December 8, 1941)
  • Tyler Mane (actor, film actor, professional wrestler, television actor, born December 8, 1966)
  • Jang Ja-yeon (actor, film actor, born December 8, 1982)
  • David Harewood (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, television director, born December 8, 1965)
  • Sumi Shimamoto (actor, seiyū, born December 8, 1954)
  • Jimmy Lai (businessperson, entrepreneur, born December 8, 1947)
  • Yui Yokoyama (Japanese idol, actor, singer, born December 8, 1992)
  • Hosokawa Tadaoki (samurai, born November 28, 1563)
  • Frank Shamrock (kickboxer, mixed martial arts fighter, born December 8, 1972)
  • Cristian Castro (actor, composer, singer, television actor, born December 8, 1974)
  • Tim Paine (cricketer, born December 8, 1984)
  • Flip Wilson (actor, screenwriter, television actor, born December 8, 1933)
  • Anders Celsius (astronomer, chemist, inventor, mathematician, meteorologist, physicist, university teacher, born December 8, 1701)
  • Les Ferdinand (association football manager, association football player, autobiographer, born December 8, 1966)
  • Philippe Katerine (actor, drawer, film actor, film director, screenwriter, singer, born December 8, 1968)
  • Shinkun Haku (politician, born December 8, 1958)
  • Lauren Parsekian (film director, born December 8, 1986)
  • Niklas Luhmann (cyberneticist, lawyer, sociologist, university teacher, born December 8, 1927)
  • Sébastien Chabal (radio personality, rugby union player, born December 8, 1977)
  • Marion Jollès Grosjean (journalist, sports journalist, television presenter, born December 8, 1981)
  • Owen Teague (actor, born December 8, 1998)
  • Dustin Brown (tennis player, born December 8, 1984)
  • Edwin Cagorda Vuelve A Nacional (association football player, born December 8, 1992)
  • Josh Donaldson (baseball player, born December 8, 1985)
  • Hamit Altıntop (association football player, athlete, born December 8, 1982)
  • Sun Li-jen (basketball player, military personnel, born December 8, 1900)
  • Goro Inagaki (actor, seiyū, singer, born December 8, 1973)
  • Ned Dennehy (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 8, 1965)
  • Morton Downey Jr. (actor, radio personality, born December 8, 1932)
  • John Brown (domestic worker, born December 8, 1826)
  • Phil Collen (guitarist, musician, songwriter, born December 8, 1957)
  • Dan Hartman (composer, guitarist, musician, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 8, 1950)
  • Lee Yoo-young (actor, film actor, born December 8, 1989)
  • Dana Terrace (animator, director, storyboard artist, born December 8, 1990)
  • Sam Hunt (American football player, guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 8, 1984)
  • Francis Huster (film actor, film director, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born December 8, 1947)
  • Mikhail Kasyanov (economist, politician, born December 8, 1957)
  • Eli Whitney (engineer, entrepreneur, inventor, politician, tax collector, born December 8, 1765)
  • Martin Semmelrogge (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 8, 1955)
  • Bob Arum (boxing promoter, entrepreneur, jurist, lawyer, born December 8, 1931)
  • Parkash Singh Badal (politician, born December 8, 1927)
  • Mark Steyn (film critic, journalist, music critic, pundit, writer, born December 8, 1959)
  • Bushwick Bill (rapper, singer, born December 8, 1966)
  • Enzo Amore (professional wrestler, born December 8, 1986)
  • GRAY (composer, record producer, singer, born December 8, 1986)
  • Jordon Ibe (association football player, born December 8, 1995)
  • William C. Durant (entrepreneur, born December 8, 1861)
  • Maher al-Assad (military personnel, born December 8, 1967)
  • Michael Cole (journalist, professional wrestler, sports commentator, born December 8, 1968)
  • Jen Ledger (drummer, musician, singer, born December 8, 1989)
  • Lev Borisov (actor, born December 8, 1933)
  • Ingrid Michaelson (composer, guitarist, lyricist, musician, pianist, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 8, 1979)
  • Kevin Harvick (NASCAR team owner, racing automobile driver, born December 8, 1975)
  • Abbas al-Noury (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 8, 1952)
  • Ryan Newman (racing automobile driver, born December 8, 1977)
  • Lisa Kelly (motorcycle rider, born December 8, 1980)
  • Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. (military officer, born December 8, 1955)
  • Jimmy Rave (professional wrestler, born December 8, 1982)
  • Richard Fleischer (film director, screenwriter, born December 8, 1916)
  • Munir Said Thalib (jurist, politician, born December 8, 1965)
  • Yelena Valyushkina (actor, film actor, born December 8, 1962)
  • Kazuki Ōtake (actor, owarai tarento, born December 8, 1967)
  • Jean-Paul Goude (film director, graphic designer, illustrator, photographer, born December 8, 1938)
  • Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (journalist, playwright, poet, politician, prosaist, writer, born December 8, 1832)
  • Junkie XL (club DJ, composer, disc jockey, engineer, film score composer, record producer, born December 8, 1967)
  • Nathan East (bassist, cellist, guitarist, jazz musician, born December 8, 1955)
  • Duke Cunningham (military officer, politician, teacher, university teacher, born December 8, 1941)
  • Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (boxer, born December 8, 1986)
  • John Banville (author, journalist, literary critic, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, writer, born December 8, 1945)
  • Dariush Mehrjui (film director, screenwriter, translator, born December 8, 1939)
  • Behdad Salimi (weightlifter, born December 8, 1989)
  • Diego Cadavid (actor, photographer, television actor, born December 8, 1978)
  • Fernando Olvera (composer, guitarist, musician, singer, songwriter, born December 8, 1959)
  • Jim Yong Kim (anthropologist, physician, politician, university teacher, born December 8, 1959)
  • Azra Akın (beauty pageant contestant, film actor, model, born December 8, 1981)
  • Carmen Martín Gaite (lawyer, born December 8, 1925)
  • John Rubinstein (composer, film actor, film score composer, singer, stage actor, television actor, television director, theatrical director, born December 8, 1946)
  • Dipu Moni (diplomat, physician, politician, born December 8, 1965)
  • Cyriel Dessers (association football player, born December 8, 1994)
  • Charlie Pace (guitarist, born December 8, 1976)
  • Jimmy Smith (jazz musician, organist, pianist, recording artist, born December 8, 1925)
  • Kamini (rapper, singer, born December 8, 1979)
  • James Thurber (autobiographer, children's writer, drawer, humorist, journalist, novelist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, writer, born December 8, 1894)
  • Thongchai McIntyre (actor, film actor, singer, television actor, born December 8, 1958)
  • Kerry Earnhardt (racing driver, born December 8, 1969)
  • Afran Nisho (model, television actor, born December 8, 1988)
  • Bohuslav Martinů (classical composer, composer, librettist, musician, born December 8, 1890)
  • Ralph Puckett (military officer, born December 8, 1926)
  • Baron d'Holbach (chemist, encyclopédistes, lawyer, philosopher, salonnière, translator, writer, born December 8, 1723)
  • Paul Rutherford (ballet dancer, musician, singer, born December 8, 1959)
  • Marina Golub (actor, film actor, presenter, television presenter, born December 8, 1957)
  • Peta Todd (model, born December 8, 1986)
  • Brian McClair (association football player, born December 8, 1963)
  • Gérard Blanc (actor, composer, singer, born December 8, 1947)

8th of December 2011 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 8, 2011

Reliance on Credit in Spending Rises in U.S.

Date: 08 December 2011

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Borrowing increased by $7.65 billion, a two-year high, as income gains failed to keep up with inflation.

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Union Seeks to Dismiss Complaint Against Boeing

Date: 09 December 2011

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

After the deal’s ratification, the union asked the National Labor Relations Board to end a complaint against the plane maker.

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Texas Instruments Forecasts Lower Sales for 4th Quarter

Date: 09 December 2011

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Revenue will be $3.19 billion to $3.33 billion, the company said; analysts on average had estimated sales of $3.41 billion, according to a Bloomberg survey.

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Turkey: More Trade Measures Imposed Against Syria

Date: 08 December 2011

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Turkey will levy taxes of about 30 percent on Syrian goods after President Bashar al-Assad of Syria suspended a free-trade agreement and imposed taxes on Turkish exports.

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More Post-Season News and a Look Back at 2011

Date: 09 December 2011

By Brad Spurgeon

Brad Spurgeon

Lotus Renault announced that Romain Grosjean would replace Vitaly Petrov and race alongside Kimi Raikkonen.

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More Post-Season News and a Look Back at 2011

Date: 09 December 2011

By Brad Spurgeon

Brad Spurgeon

Lotus Renault announced that Romain Grosjean would replace Vitaly Petrov and race alongside Kimi Raikkonen.

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The Breakfast Meeting, Dec. 8

Date: 08 December 2011

By Noam Cohen

Noam Cohen

Political operatives go Hollywood, Romney goes to Iowa (through Fox News), charities go soft-sell and Medvedev goes there on Twitter.

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Romney Meets the Press

Date: 09 December 2011

By Ashley Parker

Ashley Parker

Mitt Romney is borrowing a page from the Gingrich playbook, and beginning to engage the media, particularly Fox News.

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For Anchorwomen, Family Is Part of the Job

Date: 09 December 2011

By Pamela Paul

Pamela Paul

A new generation of TV anchors have juggled their careers and family life in front of millions of viewers in a way that Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer did not.

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‘CBS Sunday Morning’ Re-Signs Osgood and Promotes Rocca

Date: 09 December 2011

By Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter

CBS renewed its contract with Charles Osgood, who has been the anchor of the show since 1994. Mo Rocca, who has contributed to the program since 2006, will become a full-time correspondent.

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