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  The first flight of the Goodyear blimp on this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

1973  On March - 08 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1973  On March - 08 gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies   

1974  Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris France on this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

1975  On this day in history royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba   

1975  On March - 08 george Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70   

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

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  On March - 08 henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86   

1979  On this day in history china withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam   

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 March - 08.   

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  President Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire" on March - 08.   

1983  William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 on March - 08.   

1984  On March - 08 first US cruise missile tested over western Canada; unarmed missile stays attached to B-52 bomber.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1986  On March - 08 japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km   

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 this day in history.   

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1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.   

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

1495  On March - 08 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 March - 08.   

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

1560  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on March - 08.   

0883  On this day in history albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

1144  On March - 08 celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  On March - 08 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  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