Unix Timestamp: 1291766400
Wednesday, December 8. 2010, 12:00:00 AM UTC

26 people are confirmed dead after a gas explosion at a coal mine in Henan Province in central China. //english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/12/201012825315196441.html (Al Jazeera) //edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/08/china.mine.explosion/index.html?eref=edition (CNN) //www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/08/content_11670178.htm ("China Daily")

SpaceX launched the first working Dragon spacecraft on a test flight at 10:43am EST (15:43 UTC) from Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. //www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/08/space.flight/index.html?hpt=T1 (CNN.com), //english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/12/201012816229990487.html (Al-Jazeera)