Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/December 8

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[edit] Births

• 1542 - Mary Queen of Scots (d. 1587) (pictured)
• 1765 - Eli Whitney, American inventor (d. 1825)
• 1886 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (d. 1957)
• 1894 - James Thurber, American writer (d. 1961)
• 1925 - Sammy Davis Jr., American actor and singer (d. 1990)
• 1943 - Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (d. 1971)

[edit] Deaths

• 1626 - John Davies, English poet (b. 1569)
• 1978 - Golda Meir, Russian-born Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)
• 1980 - John Lennon, British musician and activist (b. 1940)
• 1983 - Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919)