Page 8: Historical Events In March - 08
Monday, 13 January 2025
1971 Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77 on March - 08.
1972 The first airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa) on this day in history.
1972 On March - 08 the first flight of the Goodyear blimp
1973 Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/US longest, opens on March - 08.
1973 Paul &Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis on March - 08.
1973 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.
1973 On this day in history gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies
1974 Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris France on March - 08.
1974 On this day in history christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56
1975 On March - 08 olivia Newton-John reached the top spot on the pop charts with"Have You Never Been Mellow".
1975 On this day in history 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 this day in history henry L Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond
1977 Princess Anne announces she's expecting her first child (Peter) on March - 08.
1977 Henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86 on this day in history.
1979 China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam on March - 08.
1979 Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale on March - 08.
1979 The first extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter's satellite Io) on this day in history.
1980 On this day in history greg Chappell 235 &Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad
1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on March - 08.
1981 On this day in history nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
1983 On March - 08 house Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR
1983 On this day in history iBM releases PC DOS version 2.0
1983 On March - 08 president Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire"
1983 William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 on March - 08.
1984 On this day in history first US cruise missile tested over western Canada; unarmed missile stays attached to B-52 bomber.
1985 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 on March - 08.
1985 Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack on this day in history.
1986 4 French TV crew members are abducted in west Beirut Lebanon on March - 08.
1986 Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km on March - 08.
1986 On March - 08 martina Navratilova is first tennis player to earn $10 million
1986 On this day in history hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50
1987 17th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,184,425 on March - 08.
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