On This Day - December 8, A Shot of History

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1966 – Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O'Connor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_fPS0HwjJc

1854 – Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was conceived free of original sin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX#/media/File:Popepiusix.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception#/media/File:Murillo_immaculate_conception.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KUDs8KJc_c

1941 – The United States enters World War II as Congress declares war against Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd8H1s9ileM

1980 – John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in New York City.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_John_Lennon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vND53ZrQD9M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE3NkSEKaH0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet