December 8th, 2005	Event	Ante Gotovina, Croatian army general accused of war crimes, is captured in the Playa de las Americas, Tenerife by the Spanish police.
December 8th, 2004	Event	The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
December 8th, 2002	Event	The Caribbean Community Heads of Government meet with the Government of Cuba and declare the date to be "CARICOM-Cuba Day"To celebrate diplomatic ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba.
December 8th, 1998	Event	Tadjena massacre: 81 people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
December 8th, 1993	Event	The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
December 8th, 1991	Event	The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
December 8th, 1991	Event	The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.
December 8th, 1987	Event	The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed.
December 8th, 1987	Event	The Queen Street Massacre: Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills 8 people at the offices of Australia Post in Melbourne, Australia before being killed himself.
December 8th, 1987	Event	The Alianza Lima air disaster.

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