Page 8: Historical Events In March - 08

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

1972  On this day in history the first airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa)   

1972  On this day in history the first flight of the Goodyear blimp   

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

1973  On this day in history gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies   

1974  On March - 08 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  Olivia Newton-John reached the top spot on the pop charts with"Have You Never Been Mellow" on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba   

1975  George Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70 on March - 08.   

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

1977  Henry L Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond on March - 08.   

1977  Princess Anne announces she's expecting her first child (Peter) on March - 08.   

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  On this day in history shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale   

1979  On March - 08 the first extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter's satellite Io)   

1980  On March - 08 greg Chappell 235 &Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad   

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

1981  Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1983  On March - 08 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 this day in history 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 March - 08 edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack   

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

1986  Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history martina Navratilova is first tennis player to earn $10 million   

1986  On March - 08 hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50   

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

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1075  On March - 08 birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  On this day in history birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

1293  On March - 08 birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

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

1495  On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

1560  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on March - 08.   

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on March - 08.   

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 March - 08.   

1202  On March - 08 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 March - 08.   

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.