December 8

Events


 * 1931 - The coaxial cable was issued a U.S. patent

Births


 * 1865 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (d. 1957)
 * 1890 - Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (d. 1959)
 * 1925 - Sammy Davis Jr., American actor and singer (d. 1990)
 * 1925 - Jimmy Smith, American jazz organist (d. 2005)
 * 1939 - Jerry "The Iceman" Butler, American soul singer
 * 1939 - Soko Richardson, American rhythm and blues drummer (d. 2004)
 * 1947 - Gregg Allman, American musician
 * 1949 - Ray Shulman, English musician
 * 1950 - Dan Hartman, American musician (Edgar Winter Group) (d. 1994)
 * 1951 - Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter
 * 1956 - Warren Cuccurullo, American musician
 * 1957 - Phil Collen, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
 * 1958 - Bird McIntyre, Thai pop singer, musician
 * 1931 the invention of coaxial cable was issued a U.S. patent.
 * 1962 - Marty Friedman, American guitarist
 * 1964 - James Blundell, Australian country singer
 * 1964 - Sandy Burnett, English record producer
 * 1966 - Sinéad O'Connor, Irish musician
 * 1973 - Corey Taylor, American singer (Slipknot, Stone Sour)
 * 1976 - Naimee Coleman, Irish singer and songwriter
 * 1986 - Kate Voegele, American musician