Historical Events In March - 08

1987  On this day in history david Hookes (306) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia  

1987  On March - 08 fBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr in California  

1989  On March - 08 "Heidi Chronicles" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 621 performances  

1990  NYC's Zodiac killer shoots first victim, Mario Orosco on this day in history.  

1991  17th People's Choice Awards Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman on March - 08.  

1991  Harry Hamlin &Nicollette Sheridan wed on this day in history.  

1991  In Eastern Siberia a 6.6 is believed to be the largest earthquake ever located in this area on this day in history.  

1991  On March - 08 planeloads of US troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists &2 American soldiers it captured  

1991  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1991  17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman on March - 08.  

1992  22nd Easter Seal Telethon on March - 08.  

1992  Red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76 on March - 08.  

1993  Canadian Navy supply ship HMCS Preserver heads home after three-month tour of Somalia on this day in history.  

1993  Katharine Hepburn released from the hospital after exhaustion on March - 08.  

1993  On this day in history nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder  

1993  Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke on this day in history.  

1994  On March - 08 b-737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed  

1994  On March - 08 defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces  

1994  Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47 on March - 08.  

1994  On March - 08 john Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55  

1995  -26ºF (-32.2ºC) in Bismarck ND on this day in history.  

1995  On March - 08 -44ºF (-42.2ºC) in Chosedacharad, Komi-district, on 67ºN  

1995  Costis Stephanopoulos becomes President of Greece on March - 08.  

1995  Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections on this day in history.  

1995  Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1996  Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner, dies at 45 on March - 08.  

1997  On March - 08 alexander Salkind, producer (Superman), dies at 75  

2007  On this day in history 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  On March - 08 greece secures debt-restructuring deal with private lenders  

2013  North Korea terminates all peace pacts with South Korea on this day in history.  

2014  On this day in history 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 50,000 years from one migration on March - 08.  

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 on this day in history.  

2018  US President Trump authorizes tariffs on steel and aluminium, excluding Canada and Mexico on this day in history.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.  

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on this day in history.  

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.  

1495  On this day in history birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)  

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.  

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on March - 08.  

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on this day in history.  

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer  

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

1126  On this day in history death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)  

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway  

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

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

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

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