Page 8: Historical Events In March - 08

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 March - 08.   

1972  On March - 08 the first flight of the Goodyear blimp   

1973  Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/US longest, opens on this day in history.   

1973  Paul &Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis on this day in history.   

1973  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1973  Gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies on this day in history.   

1974  On March - 08 charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris France   

1974  On this day in history christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56   

1975  Olivia Newton-John reached the top spot on the pop charts with"Have You Never Been Mellow" on this day in history.   

1975  On March - 08 royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba   

1975  George Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70 on March - 08.   

1976  On this day in history 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China   

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 this day in history.   

1977  Henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86 on March - 08.   

1979  China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam on March - 08.   

1979  Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale on this day in history.   

1979  The first extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter's satellite Io) on this day in history.   

1980  On March - 08 greg Chappell 235 &Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad   

1980  On March - 08 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1981  On March - 08 nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic   

1983  On March - 08 house Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR   

1983  On March - 08 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  First US cruise missile tested over western Canada; unarmed missile stays attached to B-52 bomber on March - 08.   

1985  On March - 08 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.   

1985  Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack on March - 08.   

1986  4 French TV crew members are abducted in west Beirut Lebanon on March - 08.   

1986  On this day in history japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km   

1986  Martina Navratilova is first tennis player to earn $10 million on this day in history.   

1986  Hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1987  On March - 08 17th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,184,425   

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1075  On March - 08 birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

1293  On March - 08 birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on March - 08.   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.   

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 March - 08.   

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  On March - 08 albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

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 March - 08.   

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

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

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

1466  On March - 08 francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

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