08 March In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, on March 08, the day number in a year is 68 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 69. March 08 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1534	Bahadur Shah of Gujarat looted Chittorgarh.
1576	A letter to King Philip II of Spain contained the first European mention of the Mayan ruins of Copán in modern Honduras.
1618	German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler discoveredthe third law of planetary motion.
1655	The court of Northampton County, Colony of Virginia, made JohnCasor the first legally recognized slave in England's North Americancolonies.
1658	After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars, King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway was forced to give up nearly half his Danish territory to Sweden to save the rest.
1702	Mehrani Anne assumed power after the death of King William III of England.
1702	Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway became the Queen ofEngland, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding William III.
1706	The princely state of Catalonia formed its mini-parliament and was presided over by King Carlos III of Spain.
1736	Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.
1777	The regiments of Eggbach and Beirut were sent to the city of Oxenfurt to support Great Britain in an uprising in the American Revolutionary War.
1838	American mint operation started in New Orleans.
1855	Bates College was founded in Louisston, Maine by abolitionists.
1875	The famous poet Mirza Salamat Ali Dabir of Urdu died.
1890	North Dakota State University founded in Fargo.
1910	French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman toreceive a pilot's licence.
1911	International Women's Day was celebrated for the first time in Europe.
1919	During the Egyptian Revolution of 1919, British authoritiesarrested Saad Zaghloul and two others, exiling them to Malta.
1921	Famous film lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi was born.
1921	President Edwardo Dato was killed while exiting Parliament in the Spanish capital Madrid.
1924	Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah, US, killed all 171 miners working there.
1924	172 coal minerals died in the United States of Castle Gate city of Utah.
1930	Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement.
1942	The Rangoon army entered Japan.
1963	The Ba'ath Party came to power in Syria in a coup d'état by aclique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves theNational Council of the Revolutionary Command.
1972	A plane bomb exploded at Las Vegas airport in the United States.
1974	Charles de Gaulle Airport is open in Paris, France.
1975	The United States declared International Women's Day.
1977	The Australian Parliament was opened by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia.
1978	BBC Radio 4 transmitted the first episode of English author anddramatist Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a sciencefiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a televisionseries, and other media formats.
1979	Philips first made the compact disc public.
1983	The Cold War: During a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire'.
1985	A car bomb blast in Beirut killed 80 people and injured more than 175 people.
1989	A new theatre named ‘Plymouth Theatre’ was opened by ‘Heidi Chronicles’ to perform 621 performances at the New York.
1991	The United States of America has made a nuclear test at ‘Nevada Test Site’
1993	A well known famous singer named Fela Kuti of Nigeria was arrested by the police as they found him the suspicion of the murder.
1994	Two flights named B737 and Ilyushin-86 crashed with each other which lead to 8 deaths and a large number of injured people in New Delhi.
1995	The new President of Greece is Costis Stephanopoulos.
2003	Malta approved to join the European Union in a referendum.
2006	Russia withdrew its proposal on the Iran case.
2010	The French navy caught 35 suspected pirates in the off coast of Somalia. It was the most successful mission of European Union’s.
2011	California authorities investigated about a large number of fish killing at the King Harbor Marino in the Redond Beach, USA.
2013	Former President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez died. Vice President Nicolas Maduro became the interim President.
2014	1,29,000 jobs have been added in January in the payrolls of U.S.A and 1,75,000 jobs added in February, being a difficult winter weather.
2014	International Women’s Day has been celebrated by the UNO. The theme of the celebration is ‘Equality for Women is progress for all’.
2014	Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared en route from KualaLumpur to Beijing, prompting the most expensive search in aviationhistory.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1948	Air India International was established.
1953	Vasundhara Raje Scindia, the first woman Chief Minister of Rajasthan, was born.
2009	India's leading golf player Jyoti Randhawa won the Thailand Open title.

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1989	Harmanpreet Kaur / Player / India
1889	Gopi Chand Bhargava / Politician / India
1889	Vishwanath Das / Politician / India
1921	Sahir Ludhianvi / Poet / India
1953	Vasundhara Raje Scindia / Politician / India
1954	Digambar Kamat / Politician / India
1974	Fardeen Khan / Actor / India
1989	Harmanpreet Kaur / Player / India

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