Historical Events In March - 08

1971  Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77 on March - 08.  

1972  On March - 08 the first airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa)  

1972  On March - 08 the first flight of the Goodyear blimp  

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

1973  Paul &Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis on March - 08.  

1973  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

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 March - 08.  

1975  Olivia Newton-John reached the top spot on the pop charts with"Have You Never Been Mellow" on March - 08.  

1975  On March - 08 royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba  

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

1976  1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China on March - 08.  

1977  On March - 08 henry L Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond  

1977  Princess Anne announces she's expecting her first child (Peter) on this day in history.  

1977  Henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1979  On this day in history china withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam  

1979  On this day in history shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale  

1979  On this day in history the first extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter's satellite Io)  

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

1980  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1981  Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic on March - 08.  

1983  On March - 08 house Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR  

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

1983  President Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire" on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  Martina Navratilova is first tennis player to earn $10 million on this day in history.  

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

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

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1495  On March - 08 birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)  

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.  

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

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer  

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

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on March - 08.  

1144  On March - 08 celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle  

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.  

1223  On March - 08 death of wincenty Kadłubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)  

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

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on March - 08.  

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