On this day in History - Mar. 8

• 1126 - Queen Urraca of Castile dies (b. 1082).
• 1144 - Pope Celestine II dies.
• 1223 - Wincenty Kadłubek dies (b. 1161). Polish chronicler.
• 1286 - John III, Duke of Brittany was born (d. 1341)
• 1500 - A armada de Pedro Álvares Cabral zarpou do Tejo para a viagem que os levou até ao Brasil.
• 1514 - Amago Haruhisa was born (d. 1562). Japanese samurai and warlord.
• 1550 - Morreu S. João de Deus nascido em 1495 em Montemor-Novo, Portugal, faleceu neste dia do ano de 1550 em Granada, Espanha. Dedicou a sua vida aos pobres e enfermos.Foi beatificado em 16 de Setembro de 1930 e canonizado em 16 de Outubro de 1690.
• 1566 - Don Carlo Gesualdo was born (d. 1613). Italian composer.
• 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but later on May 15 confirms the discovery).
• 1658 - Peace of Roskilde between Sweden & Denmark.
• 1659 - Isaac de Beausobre was born (d. 1738). French protestant pastor.
• 1669 - Erupción del volcán Etna, que arrasó parte de la ciudad de Catania.
• 1674 - Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny dies (b. 1597). French writer.
• 1694 - Criação da CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL, em Salvador-BA;
• 1702 - Very unexpectedly, Anne Stuart, the sister of the childless Mary II, becomes Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland after the death of William III of Orange from injuries he suffered in a fall from his horse.
• 1712 - John Fothergill was born (d. 1780). English physician.
• 1714 - Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach was born (d. 1788). Composer, not to be confused with his father Johann Sebastian Bach.
• 1726 - Richard Howe was born (d. 1799). British admiral.
• 1731 - Fundação da Academia dos Unidos em Torre de Moncorvo, Trás-os-Montes.
• 1731 - Ferdinand Brokoff dies (b. 1688). Czech sculptor.
• 1746 - André Michaux was born (d. 1802). French botanist.
• 1748 - William V of Orange was born. Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic.
• 1757 - Thomas Blackwell dies (b. 1701). Scottish classical scholar.
• 1771 - Louis August le Clerc dies (b. 1688). French-born sculptor.
• 1781 - Nace Juana Azurduy, heroína de la independencia boliviana.
• 1782 - Gnadenhütten massacre: Almost 100 Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio had their skulls crushed with a mallet by Pennsylvanian militiamen in a mass murder.
• 1783 - Hannah Van Buren was born (d. 5 Feb 1819). would-be First Lady of the United States, wife of Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the U.S. [she died before he has been elected president].
• 1788 - Antoine César Becquerel was born (d. 1878). French physicist.
• 1790 - The French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies .
• 1799 - Un incendio, al parecer intencionado, destruye el teatro Odeón, de París.
• 1799 - Simon Cameron was born (d. 1889). U.S. Secretary of War.
• 1814 - Ede Szigligeti was born (d. 1878). Hungarian dramatist.
• 1822 - Ignacy Lukasiewicz was born (d. 1882). Polish inventor.
• 1827 - Wilhelm Bleek was born (d. 1875). German linguist.
• 1830 - João de Deus was born (d. 1896). Portuguese poet. / Nasce, em S. Bartolomeu de Messines, o poeta português João de Deus (m. 1896).
• 1841 - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was born (d. 1935). U.S. Supreme Court justice.
• 1841 - King Charles XIV / Carl III of Sweden-Norway, dies (b. 1763) .
• 1844 - King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway .
• 1856 - Colocación de la primera piedra del teatro de la Zarzuela, de Madrid.
• 1856 - Tom Roberts was born (d. 1931). Australian artist.
• 1857 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo was born (d. 1919). Italian composer.
• 1859 - Kenneth Grahame was born (d. 1932). Scottish Author of 'The Wind In The Willows' .
• 1861 - El violinista Pablo Sarasate da su primer concierto a los 17 años en las Tullerías, ante Napoleón III y su corte.
• 1862 - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal .
• 1862 - American Civil War: The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
• 1865 - Frederic Goudy was born (d. 1947). American type designer.
• 1867 - Gregorio de Laferrere was born. Argentine politician and theatre author.
• 1869 - Hector Berlioz dies (b. 1803). French composer (Symphony Fantastic).
• 1872 - Anna Held was born (d. 1918). Polish-born actress and singer.
• 1874 - Millard Fillmore dies (b. 1800). 13th President of the United States.
• 1879 - Otto Hahn was born (d. 1968). German chemist, recipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• 1884 - Susan B. Anthony testifies before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote.
• 1886 - Edward Calvin Kendall was born (d. 4 May 1972). American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950, jointly with Philip S. Hench and Tadeus Reichstein for research on the structure and biological effects of adrenal cortex hormones.
• 1887 - Henry Ward Beecher dies.
• 1888 - Stuart Chasewriter: was born, Men and Machines, Power of Words, A New Deal [inspired Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal]; died Nov 16, 1985 .
• 1889 - John Ericsson dies (b. 1803). Swedish inventor and engineer.
• 1892 - Juana de Ibarburu was born. Uryguyan poetess.
• 1900 - Howard Aiken was born (d. 1973). American mathematician, engineer.
• 1902 - Louise Beavers was born (d. 1962). American actress .
• 1902 - Tom Blake was born (d. 5 May 1994) . Inventor of the hollow-core surfboard. Following his first experimental hollow surfboard in 1926, his innovative, hollow-core surf/paddle boards dominated the surfing world until the late 1940's .
• 1902 - 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 2nd Symphony.
• 1904 - Victor de Kowa was born (d. 1973). Actor.
• 1906 - Moro Crater Massacre: US troops occupying the Philippines massacre about 600 men, women and children taking refuge in a crater.
• 1907 - Constantine Karamanlis was born (d. 1998). Greek politician.
• 1908 - Mueren 129 mujeres en el incendio de una fábrica textil de Nueva York en la que se habían encerrado para reclamar iguales derechos laborales que los hombres.
• 1909 - Claire Trevor was born (d. 8 Apr 2000); Academy Award-winning [supporting] actress: Key Largo [1948]; Stagecoach, The High and the Mighty, The Mountain, Marjorie Morningstar, The Stripper, How to Murder Your Wife .
• 1910 - Madame de Laroche foi a primeira mulher piloto a receber a licença do Aero Clube de França .
• 1911 - International Women's Day is celebrated for the first time.
• 1911 - Alan Hovhaness, was born (d. 2000). American composer.
• 1912 - Preston Smith was born (d. 2003). Governor of Texas.
• 1914 - Fernando Pessoa cria o heterónimo Alberto Caeiro e escreve Guardador de Rebanhos.
• 1914 - José Bernardino Blanc de Portugal was born in Lisbon (d. 1981). Portuguese poet.
• 1914 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich was born (d. 1987). Russian physicist.
• 1915 - Ruy Cinatti was born in London (d. 12 Oct 1986). Portuguese poet and scientist.
• 1915 - Tapio Rautavaara was born (d. 1979). Finnish athlete, actor, singer.
• 1917 - The February Revolution breaks out in Russia (February 23 O.S.).
• 1917 - The United States Senate adopts the cloture rule in order to limit filibusters.
• 1917 - Fallece Fernando de Zeppelin, piloto alemán, inventor del dirigible que lleva su nombre.
• 1917 - Los Estados Unidos invaden Cuba por tercera vez.
• 1918 - The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating pandemic.
• 1918 - Alan Hale, Jr. was born (d. 1990). American actor.
• 1920 - Rafael Obligado dies. Argentine poet.
• 1920 - António Maria Baptista substitui Domingos Leite Pereira no cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal .
• 1921 - Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
• 1921 - Cyd Charisse [Tula Ellice Finklea] was born. Actress and dancer : Grand Hotel, Singin’ in the Rain; Silk Stockings, Party Girl, Deep in My Heart .
• 1922 - Heinar Kipphardt was born.
• 1923 - Walter Jens was born.
• 1923 - Albert Einstein es investido doctor "honoris causa" por la Universidad Central de Madrid.
• 1923 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals dies (b. 1837). Dutch physicist Nobel Prize laureate.
• 1926 - Nace el actor Francisco Rabal (d. 2001) Spanish actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra, Divinas palabras, etc) .
• 1928 - Gerald Bull was born (d. 1990). Canadian engineer.
• 1929 - Hebe Camargo was born in Taubaté, São Paulo. "Queen of Brazilian Television" (Rainha da TV Brasileira).
• 1930 - William Howard Taft dies (b. 1857). President of the United States, Chief Justice of the United States.
• 1930 - Gabriel Miró dies. Writer.
• 1930 - El Mahatma Gandhi ordena el inicio de la desobediencia civil en la India.
• 1930 - William Howard Taft doies (b. 1857). President of the United States, Chief Justice of the United States.
• 1931 - John McPhee was born. American writer .
• 1936 - The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
• 1937 - Comienza la Batalla de Guadalajara .
• 1939 - Lydia Skoblikova was born. USSR speed skater (Olympics-6 gold-1960, 64) .
• 1939 - Robert Tear was born. Welsh tenor .
• 1939 - Jim Bouton was born. baseball player, author, entrepreneur.
• 1939 - Lidia Skoblikova was born. Russian skater.
• 1939 - Robert Tear was born. Welsh tenor.
• 1940 - Susan Clark was born. Canadian actress.
• 1941 - Sherwood Anderson dies (b. 1876). American author.
• 1942 - José Raúl Capablanca dies (b. 1888). Cuban chess player.
• 1942 - World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java.
• 1942 - World War II: Japan captures Rangoon, Burma.
• 1943 - World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that will last five days.
• 1943 - Lynn Redgrave was born. English actress.
• 1944 - Pepe Romero was born in Málaga. Spanish guitarist.
• 1945 - Jim Chapman was born. American politician .
• 1945 - Micky Dolenz was born. American actor, director and musician ("The Monkees") .
• 1945 - Anselm Kiefer was born. German painter.
• 1945 - As tropas aliadas tomaram a cidade alemã de Bona .
• 1946 - Randy Meisner was born. musician ("The Eagles") .
• 1946 - Linda Kelliher Samets was born. American entrepreneur
• 1947 - Carole Bayer Sager was born. American composer.
• 1948 - Gary Numan was born .
• 1948 - The United States Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution.
• 1949 - Teófilo Cubillas "Nene" was born- Peruvian footballer.
• 1950 - La Unión Soviética anuncia que cuenta con la bomba atómica.
• 1950 - The Soviet Union claims to have an atomic bomb.
• 1951 - The Honeymoon Killers (Martha Beck & Raymond Fernandez) die in electric chair .
• 1952 - Antoine Pinay becomes Prime Minister of France .
• 1952 - Em Lisboa, foi inaugurada a Igreja de S. João de Deus .
• 1954 - Se inaugura el Festival Cinematográfico de Mar del Plata.
• 1954 - David Wilkie was born. Scottish swimmer.
• 1956 - John Kapelos was born. Canadian actor.
• 1957 - Cynthia Rothrock was born. American actress and martial artist.
• 1957 - Os capacetes azuis ocuparam a Faixa de Gaza .
• 1957 - Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal.
• 1958 - Gary Numan was born. Singer .
• 1959 - Last television appearance of The Marx Brothers, in The Incredible Jewel Robbery .
• 1959 - George Lincoln Rockwell founds the American Nazi Party in Arlington, Virginia.
• 1959 - Aidan Quinn was born. Actor .
• 1961 - Camryn Manheim was born. American actress (The Practice).
• 1961 - Max Conrad circumnavigates the earth in eight days, 18 hours and 49 minutes setting a new world record.
• 1961 - Thomas Beecham dies (b. 1879). English conductor.
• 1963 - Um grupo de oficiais liderado pelo Coronel Ziad Hariri depõem o governo sírio e estabelecem um Conselho Nacional de Revolução.
• 1963 - Kathy Ireland model/actress (Alien From LA, Side Out) .
• 1965 - Vietnam War: 3,500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam, becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam.
• 1966 - Vietnam War: Australia announces it is going to substantially increase its number of troops in Vietnam.
• 1966 - A bomb planted by young Irish protesters destroys Nelson's Pillar in Dublin.
• 1968 - Michael Bartels was born. German race car driver.
• 1968 - Shawn Mullins was born. American musician.
• 1970 - El Partido de Conciliación Nacional obtiene la mayoría de votos en las elecciones parlamentarias celebradas en El Salvador.
• 1970 - Jason Elam was born. American football player .
• 1971 - Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali in the first of three epic bouts. Frazier defends the world Heavyweight title in a star-studded Madison Square Garden.
• 1971 - Harold Lloyd dies (b. 1893). Actor.
• 1972 - The Goodyear blimp flies for the first time.
• 1972 - Fergal O'Brien was born. Irish Snooker player.
• 1973 - Ron Pigpen McKernan dies (b. 1945). American musician of the Grateful Dead
• 1974 - Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
• 1975 - George Stevens dies (b. 1904). American director, producer and cinematographer
• 1976 - Portugal e Angola estabelecem relações diplomáticas.
• 1976 - Freddie Prinze Jr. was born. American actor .
• 1976 - Alfons Rebane dies (b. 1908). Estonian military commander.
• 1977 - James Van Der Beek was born. American actor .
• 1978 - The first-ever radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
• 1983 - President Reagan calls the Soviet Union an evil empire.
• 1983 - Visita del Papa Juan Pablo II a Honduras.
• 1983 - Chabuca Granda dies. Peruvian composer.
• 1983 - William Walton dies (b. 1902). English composer.
• 1985 - A car-bombiing in Beirut in front of the mosque kills 85 people and injures 175.
• 1985 - Edward Andrews dies (b. 1914). American actor.
• 1988 - Henryk Szeryng dies (b. 1918). Polish-born violinist.
• 1988 - Two United States Army helicopters collide in Fort Campbell, Kentucky killing 17 servicemen.
• 1988 - Morreu o cirurgião português Francisco Gentil Martins .
• 1990 - El Movimiento 19 de Abril entrega las armas en su campamento de Santo Domingo. Termina así uno de los pocos procesos de paz exitosos en Colombia.
• 1990 - Abigail and Brittany Hensel was born. American conjoined twins.
• 1992 - Red Callender dies. Composer .
• 1993 - Billy Eckstine dies (b. 1914). Jazz musician.
• 1995 - Costis Stephanopoulos becomes President of Greece .
• 1998 - Oleada de criticas por el nombramiento de Pinochet como "comandante honorífico".
• 1998 - Ray Nitschke dies (b. 1936). American football player.
• 1999 - Peggy Cass dies (b. 1924). American actress and comedienne.
• 1999 - Joe DiMaggio dies (b. 1914). Baseball player
• 1999 - Adolfo Bioy Casares dies. Argentine writer. Cervantes Prize winner in 1990.
• 1999 - Oklahoma City bombing: The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh.
• 1999 - Yago Lamela logra el salto de longitud más importante de la historia del atletismo español con una marca de 8,56 metros.
• 1999 - Oklahoma City bombing: The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh.
• 2000 - A collision between two Tokyo Metro trains kills 5 people.
• 2001 - Edward Winter dies (b. 1937). American actor.
• 2003 - Adam Faith dies (b. 1940). English singer and actor.
• 2003 - Karen Morley dies, actress .
• 2004 - A new, democratically-founded constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
• 2005 - The GAT Underground is officially started as proclaimed by Geral Corasjo.
• 2004 - Abu Abbas dies (b. 1948). Founder of the Palestine Liberation Front.
• 2005 - Aslan Maskhadov dies (b. 1951). Chechen leader.
• Catholicism - Feast day of St John of God.
• In many countries, it is International Women's Day / Dia Internacional das Nações Unidas para os Direitos da Mulher (começado a celebrar a partir de 1975).