# What happened on March 8 in history?

**Date:** March 8  
**Events recorded:** 45  
**Years spanned:** 1010 – 2021  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/march/8/

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## Featured Event

**2010** — Headlined by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, TNA Wrestling moves its flagship program, TNA Impact!, to Monday night. This effort to go "big time live" failed but is notable in the history of professional wrestling television.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan)

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## Events on this date

- **1010** — Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdowsi))
- **1126** — Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urraca_of_Le%C3%B3n_and_Castile))
- **1262** — Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hausbergen))
- **1558** — The city of Pori (Swedish: Björneborg) is founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pori))
- **1658** — Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark–Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Roskilde))
- **1702** — Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%2C_Queen_of_Great_Britain))
- **1722** — The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_Iran))
- **1736** — Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Shah))
- **1775** — An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine))
- **1782** — Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnadenhutten_massacre))
- **1801** — War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Second_Coalition))
- **1844** — King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_I_of_Sweden))
- **1844** — The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is reopened after 45 years of closure. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing))
- **1868** — Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakai_incident))
- **1910** — French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_pilot))
- **1916** — World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1917** — International Women's Day protests in Petrograd mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23 in the Julian calendar). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women's_Day))
- **1917** — The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate))
- **1921** — Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while on his way home from the parliament building in Madrid. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Dato))
- **1924** — A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Gate_Mine_disaster))
- **1936** — Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytona_Beach_and_Road_Course))
- **1937** — Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War))
- **1942** — World War II: The Dutch East Indies surrender Java to the Imperial Japanese Army. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1942** — World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces capture Rangoon, Burma from the British. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangon))
- **1949** — President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-Vietnamese emperor Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_France))
- **1950** — The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 "Bus" begins production. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_2))
- **1962** — A Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes into Mount Medetsiz in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey, killing all 11 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Airlines))
- **1963** — The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba'ath_Party))
- **1965** — Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War))
- **1965** — Aeroflot Flight 513 crashes during takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport, killing 30 and injuring 9. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_513))
- **1966** — Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, is destroyed by a bomb. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson's_Pillar))
- **1979** — Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips))
- **1979** — Images taken by Voyager 1 prove the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1))
- **1983** — Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire". ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War))
- **1985** — A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills 80 and injures 200 others. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Beirut_car_bombings))
- **1988** — Aeroflot Flight 3379 is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to Veshchevo in the Soviet Union. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_3739_(1988)))
- **1994** — A collision at Indira Gandhi International Airport kills 9 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Indira_Gandhi_Airport_collision))
- **2001** — Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-102, carrying the Expedition 2 crew to the International Space Station. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery))
- **2004** — A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional_Administrative_Law_(Iraq)))
- **2010** — Headlined by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, TNA Wrestling moves its flagship program, TNA Impact!, to Monday night. This effort to go "big time live" failed but is notable in the history of professional wrestling television. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan))
- **2014** — In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The fate of the flight remains unknown. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370))
- **2017** — The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Window))
- **2018** — The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) is held on International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then held annually across Pakistan, and the feminist slogan "Mera Jism Meri Marzi" (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence, came into vogue in Pakistan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurat_March))
- **2021** — International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women's_Day))
- **2021** — Twenty-eight political institutions in Myanmar establish the National Unity Consultative Council, a historic alliance of ethnic armed organizations and democratically elected leaders, in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Unity_Consultative_Council))

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## Notable births on March 8

- **2004** — **Kit Connor** — English actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Connor))
- **2003** — **Montana Jordan** — American actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_Jordan))
- **1999** — **Nathan McSweeney** — Australian cricketer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_McSweeney))
- **1997** — **Tijana Bošković** — Serbian volleyball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijana_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87))
- **1996** — **Kyle Allen** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Allen_(American_football)))
- **1995** — **Marko Gudurić** — Serbian basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marko_Guduri%C4%87))
- **1995** — **Isaiah Whitehead** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah_Whitehead))
- **1994** — **Claire Emslie** — Scottish footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Emslie))
- **1993** — **Rui Machida** — Japanese basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_Machida))
- **1991** — **Yoon Ji-sung** — South Korean singer and actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoon_Ji-sung))

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## Notable deaths on March 8

- **2025** — **Athol Fugard** — South African actor, director, and playwright (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athol_Fugard))
- **2020** — **Max von Sydow** — Swedish actor (born 1929) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_von_Sydow))
- **2019** — **Marshall Brodien** — American actor (born 1934) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Brodien))
- **2019** — **Cedrick Hardman** — American football player and actor (born 1948) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrick_Hardman))
- **2018** — **Kate Wilhelm** — American author (born 1928) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Wilhelm))
- **2016** — **George Martin** — English composer, conductor, and producer (born 1926) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Martin))
- **2015** — **Sam Simon** — American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Simon))
- **2014** — **Leo Bretholz** — Austrian-American Holocaust survivor and author (born 1921) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Bretholz))
- **2014** — **William Guarnere** — American sergeant (born 1923) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Guarnere))
- **2013** — **John O'Connell** — Irish politician, Irish Minister of Health (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O'Connell_(Dublin_politician)))

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