Historical Events In March - 08
Tuesday, 03 October 2023
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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