Historical Events For March - 08

1987  On this day in history david Hookes (306) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia  

1987  On March - 08 fBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr in California  

1989  "Heidi Chronicles" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 621 performances on this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history nYC's Zodiac killer shoots first victim, Mario Orosco  

1991  17th People's Choice Awards Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman on March - 08.  

1991  On this day in history harry Hamlin &Nicollette Sheridan wed  

1991  In Eastern Siberia a 6.6 is believed to be the largest earthquake ever located in this area on this day in history.  

1991  Planeloads of US troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists &2 American soldiers it captured on this day in history.  

1991  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1991  17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman on March - 08.  

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1992  22nd Easter Seal Telethon on this day in history.  

1992  On March - 08 red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76  

1993  On March - 08 canadian Navy supply ship HMCS Preserver heads home after three-month tour of Somalia  

1993  Katharine Hepburn released from the hospital after exhaustion on March - 08.  

1993  Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder on this day in history.  

1993  On this day in history billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke  

1994  B-737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed on March - 08.  

1994  Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47  

1994  John Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55 on March - 08.  

1995  -26ºF (-32.2ºC) in Bismarck ND on March - 08.  

1995  -44ºF (-42.2ºC) in Chosedacharad, Komi-district, on 67ºN on this day in history.  

1995  On March - 08 costis Stephanopoulos becomes President of Greece  

1995  On March - 08 dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections  

1995  Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1996  Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1997  On March - 08 alexander Salkind, producer (Superman), dies at 75  

2007  On this day in history 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.  

2012  On this day in history greece secures debt-restructuring deal with private lenders  

2013  On March - 08 north Korea terminates all peace pacts with South Korea  

2014  Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history on this day in history.  

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.  

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on this day in history.  

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.  

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on March - 08.  

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.  

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on March - 08.  

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on this day in history.  

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer  

0883  On March - 08 albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies  

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on this day in history.  

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway  

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.  

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1466  On this day in history francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64  

1550  On this day in history juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55