Fait mathématique: 8743 is a number whose sum of divisors is a 4^{th} power.
Culture générale: 8743 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Date historique: December 8th is the day in 1987 that Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne, before jumping to his death.