Today is Tuesday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2015. There are 23 days left in the year.
| 1990 | Elections into Local Government Councils are held. |
| 1991 | The Soviet Union came to an end, with the forming of a 'Commonwealth of Independent States' |
| 1991 | Elections for state governors were dominated by new breed politicians, but the presidential campaigns featured new and old breed politicians. |
| 1993 | Daisy Adams of Church Gresley, Derbyshire, thought to be Britains oldest person, died aged 113 |
| 1997 | Major General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua dies in prison custody. He was convicted by Military Tribunal for coup plotting in June 1995 and sentenced to jail. |
