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Interesting stuff from 8th December 1960 – the day VDL634 was first registered on the Isle of Wight. Number One in the singles charts (UK) was Elvis and ‘It’s Now or Never’ the Album chart was the original Soundtrack from ‘South Pacific’<\/p>\n

Born on 8th December:<\/strong>
\n1925\u00a0–\u00a0Sammy Davis Jr (entertainer)
\n1939\u00a0–\u00a0James Galway\u00a0(\u00a0flautist\u00a0)
\n1942\u00a0–\u00a0Bobby Elliott\u00a0(\u00a0drummer, The Hollies\u00a0)
\n1943\u00a0–\u00a0Jim Morrison\u00a0(\u00a0full name James Douglas Morrison; lead vocalist, The Doors;)
\n1944\u00a0–\u00a0Mike Botts\u00a0(\u00a0drummer, Bread\u00a0)
\n1946\u00a0–\u00a0Graham Knight\u00a0(\u00a0bassist, vocalist, Marmalade\u00a0)
\n1947\u00a0–\u00a0Gregg Allman\u00a0(\u00a0keyboard player, guitarist, vocalist, The Allman Brothers\u00a0)
\n1951 – Bill Bryson (US Author)
\n1953\u00a0–\u00a0Kim Basinger\u00a0( actress\u00a0)
\n1956\u00a0–\u00a0Warren Cuccurullo\u00a0(\u00a0guitarist, Duran Duran\u00a0)
\n1957\u00a0–\u00a0Phil Collen\u00a0(\u00a0guitarist, Def Leppard\u00a0)
\n1957\u00a0–\u00a0Butch Vig\u00a0(\u00a0real name Bryan Vigorson; producer, drummer in Garbage\u00a0)
\n1959\u00a0–\u00a0Paul Rutherford\u00a0(\u00a0vocalist, Frankie Goes To Hollywood\u00a0)
\n1966\u00a0–\u00a0Sinead O’Connor (vocalist)
\n1986 – Amir Khan (Boxer)<\/p>\n

In History
\n1941 –<\/b>\u00a0US & Britain declare war on Japan, US enters WW II –\u00a0“a date which will live in infamy” speech.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Number One in the singles charts (UK) was Elvis and ‘It’s Now or Never’ the Album chart was the original Soundtrack from ‘South Pacific’ Born on 8th December: 1925\u00a0–\u00a0Sammy Davis Jr (entertainer) 1939\u00a0–\u00a0James Galway\u00a0(\u00a0flautist\u00a0) 1942\u00a0–\u00a0Bobby Elliott\u00a0(\u00a0drummer, The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n8th December - The Anniversary of... - The 948cc Triumph Herald Convertible<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/on-that-date\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"8th December - The Anniversary of... - The 948cc Triumph Herald Convertible\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Interesting stuff from 8th December 1960 – the day VDL634 was first registered on the Isle of Wight. 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