Top Historical Events That Happened on March 08
Sunday, 26 July 2026
1994 B-737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed. 

1994 Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces. 

1994 Train accident at Pinetown, Natal results in the deaths of 47. 

1994 John Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55 

1995 -26ºF (-32.2ºC) in Bismarck ND 

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

1995 Costis Stephanopoulos is recorded as becoming President of Greece 

1995 In this year, Dutch Liberal Party claims Provincial-National elections. 

1995 Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83. 

1996 Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner, dies at 45 

1997 Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman), dies at 75 

2007 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 Greece secures debt-restructuring deal with private lenders 

2013 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. 

2017 Aboriginal DNA study by University of Adelaide shows Aboriginal population dates back 50000 years from one migration 

2017 FC Barcelona in a great comeback become 1st team to overturn 4-0 deficit beating St-Germain 6-5 in return game to reach the Champions League quarter finals. 

2018 US President Trump authorizes tariffs on steel and aluminium, excluding Canada and Mexico. 

2018 Asia-Pacific trade deal signed in Santiago, Chile by 11 countries after US pulled out. 

2018 5 million Spanish women mark International Women's Day by striking over gender inequality and sexual discrimination 

2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] Italy places 16 million people in quarantine, more than a quarter of its population, in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19 

2021 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says COVID-9 pandemic has had an "extremely unfair" effect on income and economic opportunities for women 

2023 Allied Democratic Forces jihadist insurgents use machetes to kill about 35 people in the village of Mukondi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

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