What day of the week was December 8, 1971?

The day of the week December 8th, 1971 fell on was a Wednesday.

There were 17 days until Christmas.

Ernst Krenkel the Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903) died on this day in 1971. As did Eleni Ourani the Greek poet and critic (b. 1896) .

Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi.