Born on 8 December 2016

At A Glance

8 December 2016 at a glance

Day of the week

8 December 2016 was a Thursday.

Irish Chart Song in 2016

The Irish chart song for 2016 was “One Dance” by Drake.

Top Film of 2016

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.

Star sign

The star sign for 8 December is Sagittarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 8 December 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for December is Turquoise.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 8 December 2016 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 8 December

• 2010 With the second launch of the Falcon 9, and the first launch of the Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
• 2010 The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km (50,200 mi).
• 2013 Metallica performs a show in Antarctica, making them the first musical act to perform on all seven continents.
• 2019 First confirmed case of COVID-19 in China.
• 2024 Damascus falls to rebels after Syrian troops withdraw and president Bashar al-Assad leaves the country as his government collapses. Israel as a result invaded into the buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Famous people born on 8 December

• Raheem Sterling, English footballer (born 1994)
• Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen of Scots, daughter of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise (1542–1587)
• Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter (1966–2023)
• Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper and actress (born 1982)

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