Historical Events In March - 08

1971  Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77 on this day in history.  

1972  The first airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa) on this day in history.  

1972  The first flight of the Goodyear blimp on March - 08.  

1973  Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/US longest, opens on this day in history.  

1973  On March - 08 paul &Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis  

1973  On March - 08 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1973  Gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies on March - 08.  

1974  On this day in history charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris France  

1974  Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1975  On this day in history olivia Newton-John reached the top spot on the pop charts with"Have You Never Been Mellow".  

1975  Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba on this day in history.  

1975  On this day in history george Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70  

1976  On this day in history 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China  

1977  On this day in history henry L Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond  

1977  On this day in history princess Anne announces she's expecting her first child (Peter)  

1977  On this day in history henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86  

1979  China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam on March - 08.  

1979  Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale on this day in history.  

1979  The first extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter's satellite Io) on March - 08.  

1980  Greg Chappell 235 &Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad on March - 08.  

1980  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1981  On this day in history nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic  

1983  On this day in history house Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR  

1983  IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0 on March - 08.  

1983  On March - 08 president Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire"  

1983  On this day in history william T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80  

1984  First US cruise missile tested over western Canada; unarmed missile stays attached to B-52 bomber on March - 08.  

1985  On March - 08 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taxed themselves to discover that 407,700 Americans were millionaires -- more than double the total of just five years before.  

1985  On this day in history edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack  

1986  4 French TV crew members are abducted in west Beirut Lebanon on March - 08.  

1986  Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km on March - 08.  

1986  On March - 08 martina Navratilova is first tennis player to earn $10 million  

1986  Hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1987  17th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,184,425 on March - 08.  

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1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist  

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)  

1293  On this day in history birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)  

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on this day in history.  

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.  

1514  On March - 08 birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)  

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on March - 08.  

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On March - 08 celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle  

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway  

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on March - 08.  

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  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on March - 08.