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What happened in history on this day: March 8?
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- 883 - Albumasar [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies.
- 1075 - Birth of Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari Arab theologist.
- 1144 - Celestine II [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle.
- 1403 - Bajezid I Jildirim fourth sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at age 42.
- 1418 - Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant.
- 1466 - Francesco Sforza Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at age 64.
- 1495 - Birth of Juan de Dios Portugal/Spain, saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy).
- 1550 - Juan de Dios Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at age 55.
- 1586 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor.
- 1607 - Birth of Johann Rist composer.
- 1638 - Jacob C van Neck Admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about age 73.
- 1640 - Guillaume van Messaus composer, dies at age 50.
- 1702 - Death of King William III at age 52, after being thrown from horse and developing pleurisy; King of England and Scotland (1689-1702).
- 1702 - England's Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III.
- 1706 - Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established.
- 1709 - William Cowper/Cooper English anatomist, dies at about age 62.
- 1711 - Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder.
- 1714 - Birth of Carl Phillip Imanuel Bach to Johann Sebastian and Maria Bach in Weimar (Germany); harpsichordist to Friedrich II of Prussia, music director in Hamburg, composer, author (Versuch über die wahre Art das Klavier zu spielen book).
- 1722 - Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia.
- 1724 - Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli Swiss architect, dies at about age 81.
- 1728 - Gian M Crescimbeni Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at age 64.
- 1746 - Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen.
- 1748 - Birth of Willem V Batavus prince of Orange-Nassau.
- 1754 - Don José de Carvajal bon Lancaster Spanish minister of Foreign affairs, dies.
- 1754 - Marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain.
- 1766 - Willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces.
- 1782 - Gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians.
- 1783 - Birth of Hannah Hoes Van Buren in Kinderhook, New York, USA; wife of President Martin Van Buren (1837-41) (died 1819).
- 1787 - Birth of Karl Ferdinand von Grafe; helped create modern plastic surgery.
- 1799 - Birth of Simon Cameron; US Secretary of War (Union) (dies 1889).
- 1801 - British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt.
- 1813 - First concerto of Royal Philharmonic.
- 1836 - Birth of Matthew Calbraith Butler; Major General (Confederate Army).
- 1839 - Birth of James Mason Crafts; US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis).
- 1841 - Birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes in Massachusetts, USA; 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32).
- 1847 - Birth of Karl von Bach; German engineer (Maschinenelemente).
- 1853 - Birth of Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels; Flemish composer (Parisina).
- 1854 - Birth of Tom Felix Horan; cricket player (Ireland Pioneering Australia all-rounder).
- 1855 - First train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls.
- 1859 - Birth of Kenneth Grahame; author (The Wind, Willows).
- 1861 - Saint Augustine, Florida, CSA surrenders to US armies.
- 1862 - Nat Gordon, last pirate, is hanged in New York City, New York for stealing 1,000 slaves.
- 1862 - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal.
- 1862 - Confederate ironclad Merrimack is launched, departing for Hampton Roads.
- 1862 - Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads Virginia: CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown versus USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor.
- 1862 - Merrimack sends 24-gun sloop Cumberland to bottom, suffering 26 casualties and loss of 3 guns, anchor, and iron ram.
- 1862 - Merrimack defeats 50-gun frigate Congress, leaving it burning (it later explodes), and runs Minnesota and Roanoke aground.
- 1865 - Battle of Kingston, North Carolina (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks).
- 1869 - Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at age 65.
- 1874 - Death of Millard Fillmore at age 74 of a stroke in Buffalo, New York, USA; New York State Assembly member (1929-31), US House of Representatives member (Whig, 1833-43), New York state comptroller (1848-49), US Vice President (1849-50), 13th US President (1850-53).
- 1876 - Birth of Franco Alfano; Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio).
- 1879 - Birth of Otto Hahn; German physicist/chemist (Nobel Prize 1944, radiothorium/actinium, co-discoverer-nuclear fission).
- 1886 - Birth of Anton Portielje; Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis).
- 1886 - Birth of Edward Kendall; chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel Prize 1950).
- 1887 - Everett Horton, of Connecticut, USA, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes.
- 1888 - Birth of Stuart Chase in Somersworth, New Hampshire, USA; writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste).
- 1889 - Birth of Oscar Ewing; US government official (Everybody's Business).
- 1889 - Jens/John Ericsson, Swedish/American engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at age 85.
- 1892 - Birth of Mátyás Rákosi; Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53).
- 1896 - Volunteers of America organization forms (New York City, New York).
- 1898 - Birth of Theophilus E Dönges; South African minister of Internal Affairs.
- 1899 - Birth of Eric Linklater in Scotland; novelist/poet/historical writer (Blue Swallows).
- 1900 - The Union Castle Steamship Co. Ltd. is registered in England, a merger of Castle Line and Union Line.
- 1901 - Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at age 66.
- 1902 - Birth of Louise Beavers in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress (over 125 films in 30 years, Made for Each Other, Beulah - Beulah TV show, Louise - Danny Thomas Show (1953-55)).
- 1908 - Collingwood Elementary school (Cleveland, Ohio) burns, killing 173 kids and two teachers.
- 1909 - Birth of Claire Trevor AKA Claire Wemlinger in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Big Town radio show, Producer's Showcase - Dodsworth (Emmy award), Murder My Sweet, Marjorie Morningstar).
- 1910 - Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris, France, becomes first licensed female pilot.
- 1911 - Birth of Alan Hovhaness in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA; composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo).
- 1911 - International Women's Day first celebrated.
- 1914 - Birth of Jacob B Bakema; urban developer (Saint Louis, Missouri).
- 1915 - First US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned.
- 1916 - US invades Cuba for third time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime.
- 1917 - Birth of Arend Theodoor Mooij AKA A. Marja; Dutch literary (Shreds on the River).
- 1917 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at age 78.
- 1917 - In Russia, riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupt in Petrograd.
- 1920 - Birth of Eileen Herlie in Glasgow, Scotland; actress (Myrtle Fargate - All My Children, Hamlet).
- 1920 - Birth of Eva Dahlbeck in Saltsjo-Duvnas, Sweden; actress (Dreams, Lesson in Love).
- 1920 - Denmark and Cuba join the League of Nations.
- 1920 - Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at age 69.
- 1921 - Birth of Alan Hale MacKahan Junior AKA Alan Hale in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby - Gilligan's Island TV show).
- 1921 - Birth of Cyd Charisse [Tula Ellice Finklea] in Amarillo, Texas, USA; dancer/actress (East Side West Side, Brigadoon).
- 1921 - Birth of Sahir Ludhianvi; Urdu/Hindustani poet and Hindi film lyricist (dies 1980).
- 1922 - Birth of Carl Furillo; Brooklyn Dodgers player (National League Batting Champion 1953).
- 1922 - Birth of Ralph Baer; father of the TV video game (Magnavox Odyssey 100).
- 1923 - Birth of Booth Colman in Portland, Oregon, USA; actor (Zaius - Planet of the Apes, Civil Wars, Daniel Boone).
- 1923 - Birth of Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz; premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77).
- 1923 - Birth of Sembene Ousmane; Senegalese author/novelist/director (Doctor Noir).
- 1923 - Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel Prize 1910), dies at age 85.
- 1924 - Birth of Sean McClory in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Jack - Californians, My Chauffeur).
- 1924 - Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate, Utah, USA.
- 1925 - Birth of Francisco Rabal in Aguilas, Spain; actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra).
- 1925 - Birth of Petrus Steenkamp; Dutch politician (KVP/CDA).
- 1927 - Pan American Airlines incorporates.
- 1928 - Birth of Judy Johnson in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; singer (Your Show of Shows).
- 1929 - US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia.
- 1930 - Babe Ruth signs two-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankees general manager Ed Barrow; Barrow wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth".
- 1930 - Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India.
- 1930 - William Howard Taft, 27th US President (1909-13), Chief Justice, dies at age 72.
- 1931 - Birth of John McPhee; author (The Control of Nature).
- 1931 - Birth of Neil Adcock; cricket player (South African pace bowler, 104 wickets 1953-62).
- 1932 - Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at age 84.
- 1934 - Birth of Ron Taylor in Sydney, Australia; cinematographer (Those Amazing Animals).
- 1934 - Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars.
- 1935 - In the USA, Robert Goddard is the first to attain the speed of sound with liquid-fueled rocket.
- 1936 - Birth of Gabor Szabo; Hungarian jazz pianist ("Perfect Circle").
- 1936 - Birth of Sue Ane Langdon in Paterson, New Jersey, USA; actress (Bachelor Father, Arnie, When the Whistle Blows, Honeymooners).
- 1937 - Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at age 71.
- 1937 - Birth of Pianist Dick Hyman, musical director for Arthur Godfrey & Woody Allen.
- 1937 - Birth of Juvenal Hayarimana; president of Rwanda (1973-94).
- 1937 - Birth of Pamela McEvoy-Johnston; psychotherapist-board member (WIC).
- 1937 - Birth of Raynoma Gordy [Mayberry]; American orchestra leader (Rayber Voices).
- 1938 - Birth of Lew DeWitt in Roanoke, Virginia, USA; country singer (Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the Wall").
- 1939 - Birth of George William Reed; astronomy writer/cartoonist (Dark Sky Legacy).
- 1939 - Birth of Jim Bouton in Newark, New Jersey, USA; pitcher (New York Yankees)/author (Ball Four).
- 1939 - Birth of Lydia Skoblikova in USSR; speed skater (Olympics-6 gold-1960, 1964).
- 1939 - Birth of Mike Lowry; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Washington, 1979-).
- 1939 - Birth of Robert Tear in Barry, Wales; tenor (Welsh National Opera 1970).
- 1940 - Birth of Susan Clark in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; actress (Night Moves, Webster, Babe, Emily of New Moon).
- 1940 - Birth of Theo Laseroms [The Tank]; Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord).
- 1941 - First American baseball player drafted into war (Hugh Mulcahy, Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1941 - Sherwood Anderson, American writer/publisher (Winesburg Ohio), dies at age 64.
- 1942 - Birth of Ann Packer-Brightwell in England; 400 metre/800 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1964).
- 1942 - Birth of [Dick] Richie Allen; baseball player (American League Most Valuable Player 1972).
- 1942 - Rangoon, Burma, falls to Japanese forces.
- 1942 - José R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champion 1927), dies at age 53.
- 1942 - KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies.
- 1943 - 335 allied bombers attack Neurenberg.
- 1943 - Birth of Lynn Redgrave in London, England; actress (Georgie Girl, House Calls, Rude Awakenings).
- 1943 - Limited gambling legalized in Mexico.
- 1943 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill.
- 1943 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Arthur Vaughn.
- 1944 - US resumes bombing Berlin, Germany.
- 1945 - 53 Amsterdammers executed by German occupiers.
- 1945 - Birth of Graeme Watson; cricket player (Australian opening batsman five Tests 1966-72).
- 1945 - Birth of Jim Chapman; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Texas, 1985-).
- 1945 - Birth of Mickey Dolenz in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Circus Boy), singer (The Monkees - "Last Train to Clarksville").
- 1945 - H J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald.
- 1946 - First helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York City, New York).
- 1946 - Birth of Mohammad Nazir; Pakistani cricket off-spinner (14 Tests 1969-83).
- 1946 - Birth of Randy Meisner; rock bassist/vocalist (Poco, Eagles - "Take it Easy").
- 1946 - The International Monetary Conference is held in Savannah, Georgia, USA.
- 1947 - Birth of Mike Allsup in Modesto, California, USA; rock guitarist (Three Dog Night).
- 1947 - Birth of Carole Bayer Sager; singer/songwriter (Arthur).
- 1948 - Birth of Ralph Ellis in Liverpool, England; rhythm guitarist (Swinging Blue Jeans - "You're No Good").
- 1948 - Birth of [Little] Peggy March [Margaret Battavio] in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA; vocalist ("I Will Follow Him").
- 1948 - US Supreme Court rules relgious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional.
- 1949 - Birth of Charles Lismont; Belgian marathon runner (Olympics-silver-1972).
- 1950 - Marshall Voroshilov of USSR announces they developed atomic bomb.
- 1951 - Birth of Rita Walter; actress (As the World Turns, Secret Storm).
- 1951 - Birth of Philippe Henri Edmonds; cricket player in Zambia, England slow left-arm.
- 1951 - International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel).
- 1951 - The Honeymoon Killers (Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez) die in electric chair.
- 1952 - Antoine Pinay forms French government.
- 1952 - Birth of Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin in USSR; cosmonaut (Soyuz T-14).
- 1953 - Birth of Jim Rice; Boston Red Sox outfielder (American League Most Valuable Player 1978).
- 1953 - US Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last two years.
- 1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open.
- 1954 - Birth of Cheryl Baker; rock vocalist (Bucks Fizz - "My Camera Never Lies", "Making Your Mind Up").
- 1954 - Birth of David Wilkie in England; 200-metre backstroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1954 - Birth of Karl Schnabl; 90-metre ski jumper (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1954 - Birth of Maria-Therese Nadig in Switzerland; skier (Olympics-2 gold-1972).
- 1954 - Herb McKinley sets 1/4 mile record of 6.8 seconds in Melbourne, Australia.
- 1954 - Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricket player (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies.
- 1955 - Princess Clementine of Belgium, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at age 82.
- 1957 - Birth of Cynthia Rothrock in Wilmington, Delaware, USA; actress (Lady Dragon, Honor and Glory).
- 1957 - Birth of Ruth Wysocki in Alhambra, California, USA; 800 metre/1500 metre runner.
- 1957 - Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships.
- 1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test.
- 1958 - Birth of Gary Numan AKA Gary Webb in Hammersmith, England; vocalist ("Cars", "Dominion Day").
- 1958 - Josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Salontiroler), dies at age 85.
- 1958 - Silky Sullivan comes from 40 lengths back to win by three at Santa Anita.
- 1958 - William Faulkner says US schools degenerated to become babysitters.
- 1959 - Birth of Aidan Quinn in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Legends of the Fall, Michael Collins, Benny and Joon, Reckless, Third Watch, Empire Falls, An Early Frost).
- 1959 - Groucho, Chico and Harpo's final TV appearance together.
- 1959 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open.
- 1959 - Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul, Iraq. Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi Colonel/putschist, is murdered.
- 1960 - The Republic of the Niger gains independence.
- 1960 - Birth of Buck Williams; NBA forward (Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks).
- 1960 - Birth of Jimmy Dormire; country guitarist (Confederate Railroad.
- 1961 - Birth of Larry Murphy in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs).
- 1961 - Thomas Beecham; English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at age 81.
- 1961 - US nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours.
- 1961 - Birth of Camryn Mannheim; actress (Ghost Whisperer, The Practice).
- 1962 - The Beatles, with Pete Best, make their TV debut (performing "Dream Baby" on BBC).
- 1962 - Birth of Shaun Gayle; NFL strong safety (San Diego Chargers).
- 1962 - Birth of William Fuller; NFL defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers).
- 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1963 - Birth of Gursharan Singh; cricket player (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90).
- 1963 - Birth of Kathy Ireland; model/actress (Alien From LA, Side Out).
- 1963 - Birth of Mike Lalor in Buffalo, New York, USA; NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars).
- 1963 - John Hartley, cricket player (bowl average 115 in two Tests for England 1906), dies.
- 1963 - Syrian Arab Republic Revolution Day: Military coup in Syria.
- 1964 - Birth of Cheryl "Salt" James; singer (Salt-N-Pepa).
- 1964 - Birth of Peter "Ged" Gill; drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "When Two Tribes Go To War").
- 1965 - First US combat forces arrive in South Vietnam (3,500 Marines).
- 1965 - Birth of Kenny Smith; NBA guard (Houston Rockets).
- 1965 - Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at age 72.
- 1966 - An Irish Republican Army bomb destroys Nelson's Column in Dublin, Ireland.
- 1966 - Birth of Holly Ann Salo in Keani, Alaska, USA; Miss Alaska-America (1990).
- 1966 - Birth of Laura McCabe; cross country skier (Olympics-1994).
- 1966 - Casey Stengel elected to US baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1967 - Birth of Brent Fedyk in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada; NHL left wing (Dallas Stars).
- 1967 - Birth of Dale Joseph; Canadian Football League defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1967 - John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles - Our Gang), dies at age 46.
- 1967 - New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold first day).
- 1968 - Six-year-old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown, Maryland).
- 1968 - Birth of Clare Wood in Zululand, South Africa; tennis star (1986 Futures-Lisbon).
- 1968 - Birth of Rob Zettler in Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada; NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs).
- 1968 - Students demonstrate in Warsaw, Poland.
- 1969 - Birth of Andrea Parker; actress (Miss Parker - The Pretender).
- 1970 - Birth of Harry Decheiver; soccer player (RKC).
- 1970 - Birth of Jason Elam; NFL kicker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1970 - Birth of Andrea Parker; actress (Less Than Perfect, The Pretender).
- 1970 - Birth of Rhett Harty in Pasedena, California, USA; US soccer player (Olympics-1992).
- 1970 - Birth of Vadim Bekboulatov; NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics-1998).
- 1971 - Birth of Bob Boughner in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres).
- 1971 - Birth of Marc Tobert; Canadian Football League slot back (Edmonton Eskimos).
- 1971 - Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at age 77.
- 1971 - Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York) in 15 rounds, retains heavyweight boxing title.
- 1971 - Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record).
- 1972 - First airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa).
- 1972 - Birth of Craig Johnson in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; NHL left wing (Los Angeles Kings/Olympics-1994).
- 1972 - Birth of Pat Riley; NFL defensive end (Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks).
- 1972 - Birth of Takuro Abe; WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1973 - Birth of Kendell Watkins; NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1973 - Birth of Nanette Pearson in Pleasant Grove, Utah, USA; Miss America-Utah (1996).
- 1973 - Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/US longest, opens.
- 1973 - Gordon Leggat, cricket player (9 Tests for New Zealand, 351 runs at 21 93), dies.
- 1973 - Death of Ron "Pigpen" McKernan at age 28 of liver disease in San Francisco, California, USA; keyboard and harmonica player (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots).
- 1973 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1974 - Birth of Steve Sarkisian; Canadian Football League quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1974 - Birth of Toran James; linebacker (San Diego Chargers).
- 1974 - The last original episode of The Brady Bunch TV show airs.
- 1974 - Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
- 1974 - Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at age 56.
- 1974 - Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch actor (Silk Stockings), dies at age 56.
- 1975 - Birth of Brett Conway; NFL kicker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1975 - Birth of Kenny Wheaton; cornerback (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1975 - George Stevens, American film director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at age 70.
- 1975 - Royal Canadian Mint announces branch mint opening in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- 1976 - 1,774kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China.
- 1976 - Birth of Freddie Prinze Junior; actor (I Know What You Did Last Summer).
- 1977 - Birth of James Van Der Beek; actor (Dawson's Creek).
- 1977 - Birth of Petr Devyatkin; hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998).
- 1977 - Death of Henry Hull at age 86 in England; American character actor (74 movie roles, Werewolf of London, Boys Town, Wagon Train TV show, Restless Gun, Suspense, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Playhouse 90).
- 1978 - Birth of Kameelah Williams; singer (702).
- 1979 - Birth of Andy Ross; guitarist (OK Go).
- 1979 - First extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter's satellite Io).
- 1979 - China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam.
- 1979 - Gérard Blitz, Dutch 400 metre swimmer (world record), dies at age 78.
- 1979 - Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale.
- 1979 - Birth of Tom Chaplin; British singer (Keane).
- 1979 - Philips demonstrates Compact Disc publicly for the first time.
- 1980 - The first festival of rock music kicks off in the Soviet Union.
- 1980 - Greg Chappell 235 and Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad.
- 1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1981 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic.
- 1983 - William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at age 80 (born 1902).
- 1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire."
- 1983 - US House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR.
- 1983 - IBM announces the IBM Personal Computer XT. It features an Intel 8088 processor, 10 MB hard drive, 128 kB RAM, and one double-sided 360 kB floppy drive. Price is $4995. "XT" stands for eXtended Technology.
- 1985 - A car bomb planted in Beirut targetting the Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah kills more than 80 people, and injures 200.
- 1985 - Death of Edward Andrews of a heart attack at age 70; actor (Studio One, US Steel Hour, Robert Montgomery Presents, Disneyland, Broadside, Harry - Supertrain).
- 1985 - Thomas Creighton, US heart patient (3 implants in 46 hours), dies at age 33.
- 1986 - Four French TV crew members are abducted in west Beirut, Lebanon.
- 1986 - Japanese spacecraft Suisei flies by Halley's Comet, studying its ultraviolet hydrogen corona and solar wind.
- 1986 - Martina Navratilova is first tennis player to earn US$10 million.
- 1987 - 17th Easter Seal Telethon raises US$35,184,425.
- 1987 - David Hookes (306) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia.
- 1987 - FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Junior in California.
- 1987 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic.
- 1987 - Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60 metre indoor.
- 1988 - U.S. presidential candidate George Herbert Walker Bush defeats Robert Dole in numerous Republican primaries and caucuses on "Super Tuesday."
- 1988 - Two U.S. Army helicopters collide in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, killing 17 servicemen.
- 1989 - Death of Stuart Hamblen at age 80 after having a malignant brain tumor removed at a California hospital; gospel-country singer ("It Is No Secret What God Can Do", "This Ole House").
- 1990 - New York City's Zodiac killer shoots first victim, Mario Orosco.
- 1990 - The German Parliament, Bundestag issues a resolution concerning the border with Poland which, "will at no time, either today or in the future, be questioned through territorial claims on the part of the Germans."
- 1991 - 17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman.
- 1991 - Planeloads of US troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and two American soldiers it captured.
- 1991 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1991 - Near the east coast of Koryakskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. Believed to be the largest earthquake ever in this area.
- 1992 - Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic.
- 1992 - Death of Red Callender at age 76; US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream).
- 1993 - Death of Billy Eckstine at age 78 after a stroke in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("A Cottage For Sale", "Prisoner of Love", "My Foolish Heart", "I Apologize", "Fools Rush In").
- 1993 - Johan Bodegraven, radio host (Purses Open, Dikes Closed), dies at age 78.
- 1993 - Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at age 69.
- 1993 - Wells Root, US screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at age 92.
- 1993 - MTV debuts the Beavis and Butthead animated TV series.
- 1994 - B737 plane collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, India; at least 8 killed.
- 1994 - US Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces.
- 1994 - Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at age 69.
- 1994 - Knut Haukelid, Norway/US resistance fighter (Rjukan 1943), dies at age 82.
- 1994 - Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47.
- 1994 - Radio host Jack Spector suffers a fatal heart attack while broadcasting popular music on WHLI in Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA.
- 1995 - Costis Stephanopoulos becomes President of Greece.
- 1995 - Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections.
- 1995 - Ota Adler, Czechoslovakian/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at age 83.
- 1995 - Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan, novelist, dies at age 91.
- 1995 - The CBS TV network debuts Disney's TV show The George Wendt Show.
- 1995 - Death of Ingo Schwichtenberg, drummer (Helloween) (suicide) (born 1965).
- 1996 - Death of Paul Lewis Harrhy at age 38; actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park).
- 1996 - The first episode of Muppets Tonight! airs.
- 1996 - Death of Mike Sanger; animator (Clio award, Emmy award).
- 1997 - Alexander Salkind, movie producer (Superman), dies at age 75.
- 1998 - Death of Marvin Davis at age 87 in Santa Monica, California, USA; architect, art director at 20th Century Fox, worked at Disney 1955-95, helped plan Disneyland layout, designs for many buildings, worked on films and TV shows, Emmy award 1962, planning and designing Walt Disney World, named a Disney Legend 1994.
- 1999 - Death of Peggy Cass at age 74 of heart failure; actress/TV panelist (Mame movie and play, Tonight Show TV show, To Tell the Truth TV show, The Hathaways TV show).
- 2000 - In Japan, a sideswipe collision of two Tokyo Metro trains kills five people.
- 2003 - Malta votes 53.7 percent in favor of joining the European Union.
- 2004 - Death of Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (born 1948).
- 2004 - Death of Robert Pastorelli at age 49 from a heroin overdose; actor (Eldin - Murphy Brown TV show).
- 2004 - CBS and UPN take the Martha Stewart Living TV show off the air, following Martha Stewart being found guilty of lying about the reason for selling 3,298 shares of ImClone Systems stock.
- 2004 - Death of Tichi Wilkerson Kassel, American film personality and publisher of The Hollywood Reporter (born 1926).
- 2005 - The Pakistan Army opens fire on insurgents in Baluchistan, in the first armed uprising since General Rahimuddin Khan's stabilization of the province in 1978.
- 2006 - In the first round of the World Baseball Classic, a Canadian team beats the highly-favored Team USA, 8-6.
- 2007 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admits that Israel had planned an attack on Lebanon in the event of kidnapped soldiers on the border, months before Hezbollah carried out its kidnapping.
- 2008 - Elections in Malaysia: the National Front coalition wins election in the federal parliament and 8 of 13 state assemblies, but loses its 2/3 majority in Parliament.
- 2008 - A meteorite (black, 3kg, 40cm diameter) falls in a thunderous crash in Yaka, Turkey.
- 2008 - Debut of The Spectacular Spider-Man on TV in the US and Canada.
- 2009 - In Curitiba, Brazil, round 1 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Yvan Muller; race 2 is won by Gabriele Tarquini.
- 2009 - Death of Hank Locklin at age 91; American country and western music singer ("Please Help Me, I'm Falling").
- 2010 - In eastern Turkey, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake kills at least 51 villagers. Over 40 aftershocks are recorded at up to 5.5 magnitude.
- 2012 - In New York City, Heritage Auctions conducts a coin auction. Some highlights:
- Jewish silver shekel prototype coin, circa 66 C.E., one of two known, Good Extremely Fine, US$1,105,375;
- Jewish silver quarter shekel coin, circa 66 C.E., one of two known, Choice Very Fine, US$896,250.
- 2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 airliner en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean.
- 2017 - Death of George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American Nobel chemist (born 1927).
- 2020 - Brent crude oil trading price drops 30 percent within seconds of market trading opening, falling below US$30 per barrel.
- 2023 - Death of Chaim Topol at age 87 in Tel Aviv, Israel; actor (Tevye - Fiddler on the Roof movie).
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