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This day in history: 8 March

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253 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 8 March.
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2021: International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Edward King (Church of England)

Christian feast day: Felix of Burgundy

Christian feast day: John of God

Christian feast day: March 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Philemon the actor

International Women's Day, and its related observances: International Women's Collaboration Brew Day

Events

2021International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone.

2021Twenty-eight political institutions in Myanmar establish the National Unity Consultative Council, a historic alliance of ethnic armed organizations and democratically elected leaders, in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

2018The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) is held on International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then held annually across Pakistan, and the feminist slogan "Mera Jism Meri Marzi" (My body, my choice), in demand for w

2017The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather.

2014In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The fate of the flight remains unknown.

2010Headlined by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, TNA Wrestling moves its flagship program, TNA Impact!, to Monday night. This effort to go "big time live" failed but is notable in the history of professional wrestling television.

2004A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.

2001Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-102, carrying the Expedition 2 crew to the International Space Station.

1994A collision at Indira Gandhi International Airport kills 9 people.

1988Aeroflot Flight 3379 is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to Veshchevo in the Soviet Union.

1985A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills 80 and injures 200 others.

1983Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".

1979Images taken by Voyager 1 prove the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter.

1979Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.

1966Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, is destroyed by a bomb.

1965Aeroflot Flight 513 crashes during takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport, killing 30 and injuring 9.

1965Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang.

1963The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état.

1962A Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes into Mount Medetsiz in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey, killing all 11 people on board.

1950The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 "Bus" begins production.

1949President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-Vietnamese emperor Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

1942World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces capture Rangoon, Burma from the British.

1942World War II: The Dutch East Indies surrender Java to the Imperial Japanese Army.

1937Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.

1936Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.

1924A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.

1921Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while on his way home from the parliament building in Madrid.

1917International Women's Day protests in Petrograd mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23 in the Julian calendar).

1917The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.

1916World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.

1910French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.

1868Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.

1844King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.

1844The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is reopened after 45 years of closure.

1801War 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.

1782Gnadenhutten 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.

1775An 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.

1736Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.

1722The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad.

1702Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

Born on this day

2004Kit Connor, English actor

2003Montana Jordan, American actor

1999Nathan McSweeney, Australian cricketer

1997Tijana Bošković, Serbian volleyball player

1996Kyle Allen, American football player

1995Isaiah Whitehead, American basketball player

1995Marko Gudurić, Serbian basketball player

1994Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer

1993Rui Machida, Japanese basketball player

1991Yoon Ji-sung, South Korean singer and actor

1990Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer

1990Brandon Kozun, American-Canadian ice hockey player

1990Kevin Zeitler, American football player

1990Kristinia DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and actress

1990Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player

1989Robbie Hummel, American basketball player and sportscaster

1988Benny Blanco, American record producer

1988Tommy Pham, American baseball player

1987Jonathan Wright, Australian rugby league player

1987Milana Vayntrub, Uzbekistani-American actress and comedian

1986Chad Gable, American wrestler

1986Thomas Morstead, American football player

1985Maria Ohisalo, Finnish politician and researcher

1984Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer

1984Sasha Vujačić, Slovenian basketball player

1984Yoshihisa Hirano, Japanese baseball player

1983André Santos, Brazilian footballer

1983Mark Worrell, American baseball player

1982Erik Ersberg, Swedish ice hockey player

1982Kat Von D, American tattoo artist and model

1982Keemstar, American YouTuber

1982Leonidas Kampantais, Greek footballer

1979Tom Chaplin, English singer-songwriter and musician

1978Nick Zano, American actor

1977James Van Der Beek, American actor (died 2026)

1977Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer

1976Chris Clark, American ice hockey player

1976Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1976Hines Ward, Korean-American football player

1976Juan Encarnación, Dominican baseball player

Died on this day

2025Athol Fugard, South African actor, director, and playwright (born 1932)

2020Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (born 1929)

2019Cedrick Hardman, American football player and actor (born 1948)

2019Marshall Brodien, American actor (born 1934)

2018Kate Wilhelm, American author (born 1928)

2016George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (born 1926)

2015Sam Simon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)

2014Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American Holocaust survivor and author (born 1921)

2014William Guarnere, American sergeant (born 1923)

2013Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, German soldier and publisher (born 1922)

2013John O'Connell, Irish politician, Irish Minister of Health (born 1927)

2012Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (born 1921)

2009Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918)

2007John Inman, English actor (born 1935)

2007John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (born 1947)

2005Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen commander and politician, President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (born 1951)

2005César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (born 1924)

2004Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian militant, founded the Palestinian Liberation Front (born 1948)

2003Adam Faith, English singer (born 1940)

2003Karen Morley, American actress (born 1909)

1999Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (born 1914)

1999Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (born 1914)

1999Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (born 1924)

1998Ray Nitschke, American football player (born 1936)

1996Jack Churchill, British colonel (born 1906)

1993Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (born 1914)

1983Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician (born 1904)

1983William Walton, English composer (born 1902)

1982Hatem Ali Jamadar, Bengali politician (born 1872)

1975George Stevens, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1904)

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“Confine yourself to the present.”

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