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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".


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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