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March 8 is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 298 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[edit]

  • 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh.[1]
  • 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.[2]
  • 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg.[3]
  • 1658 – Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark–Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden.[4]
  • 1702 – Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.[5]
  • 1722 – The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad.[6]
  • 1736 – Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.[7]
  • 1775 – An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.[8]
  • 1782 – Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.[9]
  • 1801 – War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.[10]
  • 1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded.[11]
  • 1844 – King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.[12]
  • 1868 – Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.[13]
  • 1910 – French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.[14]
  • 1916 – World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.[15]
  • 1917 – International Women's Day protests in Petrograd mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23 in the Julian calendar).[16]
  • 1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.[17]
  • 1921 – Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while on his way home from the parliament building in Madrid.[18]
  • 1924 – A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.[19]
  • 1936 – Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.[20]
  • 1937 – Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.[21]
  • 1942 – World War II: The Dutch East Indies surrender Java to the Imperial Japanese Army[22]
  • 1942 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.[23]
  • 1963 – The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état[24]
  • 1966 – Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb.[25]
  • 1979 – Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.[26]
  • 1983 – Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".[27]
  • 1985 – A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills at least 56 and injures 180 others.[28]
  • 2004 – A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.[29]
  • 2014 – In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.[30] The fate of the flight remains unknown.
  • 2017 – The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather.[31]
  • 2018 – The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) was held being International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then annually held across Pakistan and feminist slogan Mera Jism Meri Marzi (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence came into vogue in Pakistan.[32][33][34]
  • 2021 – International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone.[35]

Births[edit]

  • 1495 – John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (d. 1550)[36]
  • 1712 – John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (d. 1780)[37]
  • 1714 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer (d. 1788)[38]
  • 1726 – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (d. 1799)[39]
  • 1746 – André Michaux, French botanist and explorer[40]
  • 1748 – William V, Prince of Orange (d. 1806)[41]
  • 1761 – Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author (d. 1815)[42]
  • 1799 – Simon Cameron, American journalist and politician, United States Secretary of War (d. 1889)[43]
  • 1804 – Alvan Clark, American astronomer and optician (d. 1887)[44]
  • 1822 – Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp (d. 1882)[45]
  • 1827 – Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (d. 1875)[46]
  • 1830 – João de Deus, Portuguese poet and educator (d. 1896)[47]
  • 1836 – Harriet Samuel, English businesswoman and founder the jewellery retailer H. Samuel (d. 1908)[48]
  • 1841 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1935)[49]
  • 1856 – Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929)[50]
  • 1856 – Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic (d. 1937)[51]
  • 1859 – Kenneth Grahame, British author (d. 1932)[52]
  • 1865 – Frederic Goudy, American type designer (d. 1947)[53]
  • 1879 – Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)[54]
  • 1886 – Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)[55]
  • 1892 – Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author (d. 1979)[56]
  • 1896 – Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (d. 1975)[57]
  • 1902 – Louise Beavers, American actress and singer (d. 1962)[58]
  • 1902 – Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician (d. 1998)[59]
  • 1907 – Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, President of Greece (d. 1998)[60]
  • 1909 – Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer (d. 1990)[61]
  • 1910 – Claire Trevor, American actress (d. 2000)[62]
  • 1911 – Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer (d. 2000)[63]
  • 1912 – Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, Governor of Texas (d. 2003)[64]
  • 1912 – Meldrim Thomson Jr., American publisher and politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001)[65]
  • 1914 – Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Belarusian-Russian physicist and astronomer (d. 1987)[66]
  • 1918 – Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (d. 2008)[67]
  • 1921 – Alan Hale Jr., American actor and restaurateur (d. 1990)[68]
  • 1922 – Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (d. 2014)[69]
  • 1922 – Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (d. 2008)[70]
  • 1922 – Carl Furillo, American baseball player (d. 1989)[71]
  • 1922 – Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator (d. 2015)[72]
  • 1924 – Anthony Caro, English sculptor and illustrator (d. 2013)[73]
  • 1924 – Sean McClory, Irish-American actor and director (d. 2003)[74]
  • 1924 – Addie L. Wyatt, American civil rights activist and labor leader (d. 2012)[75]
  • 1925 – Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic (d. 2014)[76]
  • 1926 – Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2001)[77]
  • 1927 – Ramon Revilla Sr., Filipino actor and politician (d. 2020)[78]
  • 1930 – Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)[79]
  • 1930 – Douglas Hurd, English politician[80]
  • 1931 – John McPhee, American author and educator[81]
  • 1931 – Neil Postman, American author and social critic (d. 2003)[82]
  • 1931 – Gerald Potterton, English-Canadian animator, director, and producer[83]
  • 1934 – Marv Breeding, American baseball player and scout (d. 2006)[84]
  • 1935 – George Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader[85]
  • 1936 – Sue Ane Langdon, American actress and singer[86]
  • 1937 – Richard Fariña, American singer-songwriter and author (d. 1966)[87]
  • 1937 – Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician, President of Rwanda (d. 1994)[88]
  • 1939 – Jim Bouton, American baseball player and journalist (d. 2019)[89]
  • 1939 – Lynn Seymour, Canadian ballerina and choreographer[90]
  • 1939 – Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed skater and coach[91]
  • 1939 – Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor (d. 2011)[92]
  • 1941 – Norman Stone, British historian, author, and academic (d. 2019)[93]
  • 1942 – Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor (d. 2020)[94]
  • 1942 – Ann Packer, English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper[95]
  • 1943 – Susan Clark, Canadian actress and producer[96]
  • 1943 – Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (d. 2010)[97]
  • 1944 – Sergey Nikitin, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist[98]
  • 1945 – Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter and actor[81]
  • 1945 – Anselm Kiefer, German painter and sculptor[99]
  • 1946 – Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and bass player[100]
  • 1947 – Carole Bayer Sager, American singer-songwriter and painter[81]
  • 1947 – Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (d. 2011)[101]
  • 1948 – Mel Galley, English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)[102]
  • 1948 – Jonathan Sacks, English rabbi, philosopher, and scholar (d. 2020)[103]
  • 1949 – Teofilo Cubillas, Peruvian footballer[104]
  • 1951 – Dianne Walker, American tap dancer[105]
  • 1953 – Jim Rice, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster[81]
  • 1954 – Steve James, American documentary filmmaker[106]
  • 1954 – David Wilkie, Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer[107]
  • 1956 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (d. 1989)[108]
  • 1956 – David Malpass, American economist and government official[109]
  • 1957 – Clive Burr, English rock drummer (d. 2013)[110]
  • 1957 – William Edward Childs, American pianist and composer[111]
  • 1957 – Bob Stoddard, American baseball player[112]
  • 1958 – Gary Numan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[113]
  • 1959 – Aidan Quinn, Irish-American actor[81]
  • 1960 – Irek Mukhamedov, Russian ballet dancer[114]
  • 1961 – Camryn Manheim, American actress[81]
  • 1961 – Larry Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player[115]
  • 1965 – Kenny Smith, American basketball player and sportscaster[116]
  • 1966 – Greg Barker, Baron Barker of Battle, English politician[117]
  • 1968 – Michael Bartels, German race car driver[118]
  • 1970 – Jason Elam, American football player[119]
  • 1972 – Lena Sundström, Swedish journalist and author[120]
  • 1976 – Juan Encarnación, Dominican baseball player[121]
  • 1976 – Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter[122]
  • 1977 – James Van Der Beek, American actor[123]
  • 1977 – Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer[124]
  • 1982 – Leonidas Kampantais, Greek footballer[125]
  • 1983 – André Santos, Brazilian footballer[126]
  • 1983 – Mark Worrell, American baseball player[127]
  • 1984 – Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer[128]
  • 1985 – Maria Ohisalo, Finnish politician and researcher[129]
  • 1990 – Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer[130]
  • 1990 – Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player[131]
  • 1991 – Tom English, Australian rugby player[132]
  • 1994 – Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer[133]
  • 1996 – Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer[134]
  • 1998 – Tali Darsigny, Canadian weightlifter[135]

Deaths[edit]

  • 1126 – Urraca of León and Castile (b. 1079)[136]
  • 1137 – Adela of Normandy, by marriage countess of Blois (b. c. 1067)[137]
  • 1144 – Pope Celestine II[138]
  • 1403 – Bayezid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1360)[139][140]
  • 1466 – Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1401)[141]
  • 1550 – John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (b. 1495)[36]
  • 1619 – Veit Bach, German baker and miller[142]
  • 1641 – Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer and explorer (b. 1587)[143]
  • 1702 – William III of England (b. 1650)[144]
  • 1717 – Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (b. 1678)[145]
  • 1723 – Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)[146]
  • 1844 – Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)[147]
  • 1869 – Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)[148]
  • 1872 – Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist (b. 1799)[149]
  • 1872 – Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)[150]
  • 1874 – Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)[151]
  • 1887 – Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)[152]
  • 1887 – James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)[153]
  • 1889 – John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer (b. 1803)[154]
  • 1917 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman (b. 1838)[155]
  • 1923 – Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)[156]
  • 1930 – William Howard Taft, American politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)[157]
  • 1930 – Edward Terry Sanford, American jurist and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)[158]
  • 1937 – Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)[159]
  • 1941 – Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)[160]
  • 1942 – José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (b. 1888)[161]
  • 1944 – Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)[162]
  • 1948 – Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)[163]
  • 1957 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)[164]
  • 1961 – Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (b. 1879)[165]
  • 1971 – Harold Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)[166]
  • 1973 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1945)[167]
  • 1975 – George Stevens, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)[168]
  • 1983 – Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1904)[169]
  • 1983 – William Walton, English composer (b. 1902)[170]
  • 1993 – Billy Eckstine, American trumpet player (b. 1914)[171]
  • 1996 – Jack Churchill, British colonel (b. 1906)[172]
  • 1998 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (b. 1936)[173]
  • 1999 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1914)[174]
  • 1999 – Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (b. 1924)[175]
  • 1999 – Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)[176]
  • 2003 – Adam Faith, English singer (b. 1940)[177]
  • 2003 – Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)[178]
  • 2004 – Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian terrorist, founded the Palestine Liberation Front[179]
  • 2005 – César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1924)[180]
  • 2005 – Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen commander and politician, President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1951)[181]
  • 2007 – John Inman, English actor (b. 1935)[182]
  • 2007 – John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (b. 1947)[183]
  • 2009 – Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)[184]
  • 2012 – Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (b. 1921)[185]
  • 2013 – John O'Connell, Irish and politician, Irish Minister of Health (b. 1927)[186]
  • 2013 – Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, German soldier and publisher (b. 1922)[187]
  • 2014 – Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1921)[188]
  • 2014 – William Guarnere, American sergeant (b. 1923)[189]
  • 2015 – Sam Simon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)[190]
  • 2016 – George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1926)[191]
  • 2018 – Kate Wilhelm, American author (b. 1928)[192]
  • 2019 – Marshall Brodien, American actor (b. 1934)[193]
  • 2019 – Cedrick Hardman, American football player and actor (b. 1948)[194]
  • 2020 – Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (b. 1929)[195]

Holidays and observances[edit]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Edward King (Church of England)[196]
    • Felix of Burgundy[197]
    • John of God[36]
    • Philemon the actor[198]
    • March 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • International Women's Day,[199] and its related observances:
    • International Women's Collaboration Brew Day[200]

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