On this day: December 8

National days on this date

• Uzbekistan Constitution DayThe day Uzbekistan's constitution was adopted in 1992.

Births

1. 1930 Tofig Bakikhanov Azerbaijani composer (1930–2026)
2. 1935 Tatiana Zatulovskaya Russian/Israeli chess player (1935-2017)
3. 1981 Azra Akın Turkish actor and fashion model (born 1981)
4. 1982 Hamit Altıntop Turkish association football player (born 1982)
5. 1982 Halil Altıntop Turkish association football player (born 1982)
6. 2005 Javokhir Sindarov Uzbek chess grandmaster and 2026 Candidates Tournament winner

Deaths

1. 1937 Pavel Florensky Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, electrical engineer, inventor and Neomartyr (1882–1937)
2. 1970 Abraham Alikhanov Soviet nuclear physicist (1904–1970)
3. 2021 Farida Mammadova Azerbaijani historian