March 8
Appearance
March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). There are 298 days remaining.
Events:
- 1917 - Start of the February Revolution in Russia.
- 1948 - The Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution.
- 1950 - The Soviet Union claimed to be in possession of the atomic bomb.
- 1965 - First U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam.
- 1983 - President Reagan called the USSR an "Evil Empire".
Births:
- 1714 - Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, composer, not to be confused with his father Johann Sebastian Bach (+ 1788)
- 1879 - Otto Hahn, winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry 1944 (+ 1968)
- 1904 - Victor De Kowa, actor (+ 1973)
- 1922 - Heinar Kipphardt, dramatist, lyricist and narrator (+ 1922)
- 1923 - Walter Jens, writer
- 1945 - Micky Dolenz, actor, director, and member of The Monkees
- 1945 - Anselm Kiefer, painter
Deaths:
- 1702 - William of Orange, also known as William III. King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
- 1973 - Ron Pigpen McKernan of the Grateful Dead
Holidays and observances:
- Catholicism - Feast day of St John of God.
- In many countries it is "Women's day", in the anniversary of the tragic Triangle Factory Fire (Boston, 1908), where 129 women lost their lives while on strike.
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
March 7 - March 9 - February 8 - April 8 - more historical anniversaries