Birthday March 08, 1714 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach
Birthday March 08, 1783 Hannah Hoes Van Buren, 1st lady
Birthday March 08, 1787 Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, helped create plastic surgery
Birthday March 08, 1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Supreme Court Justice
Birthday March 08, 1859 Kenneth Grahame, author (The Wind, Willows)
Birthday March 08, 1879 Otto Hahn, co-discovered nuclear fission
Birthday March 08, 1886 Edward Kendall, chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950)
Birthday March 08, 1891 Sam Jaffe, Actor (Gunga Din, Dr. Zorba on Ben Casey)
Birthday March 08, 1909 Claire Trevor, Actress
Birthday March 08, 1921 Cyd Charisse, dancer, Amarillo Tx
Birthday March 08, 1939 George Reed, astronomy writer & cartoonist
Birthday March 08, 1939 Jim Bouton, Yankee pitcher (Ball Four)
Birthday March 08, 1939 Mike Lowry, (D-Wash.), Rep
Birthday March 08, 1943 Lynn Redgrave, London, Actress (Georgie Girl)
Birthday March 08, 1947 Carole Bayer Sager, NY - Mrs Burt Bachrach
History March 08, 1669 Mount Etna erupts
History March 08, 1782 Pennsylvania militiamen senselessly murder Patriot allies
History March 08, 1801 Anglo-Ottoman force takes Abukir Bay
History March 08, 1862 C.S.S. Virginia terrorizes Union navy
History March 08, 1862 Confederate ironclad Merrimack launched
History March 08, 1893 Emmet Dalton goes to prison
History March 08, 1917 February Revolution begins in Russia
History March 08, 1917 US invades Cuba for 3rd time
History March 08, 1934 Edwin Hubble photograph shows as many galaxies as Milky Way stars
History March 08, 1935 Thomas Wolfe's second novel, Of Time and the River, is published
History March 08, 1942 Dutch surrender on Java
History March 08, 1945 Intl Women's Day
History March 08, 1946 1st helicopter licensed for coml use - NYC
History March 08, 1950 VW bus, icon of counterculture movement, goes into production
History March 08, 1950 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel - BR Walters
History March 08, 1951 The Lonely Hearts Killers are executed
History March 08, 1957 Egypt opens the Suez Canal
History March 08, 1959 Groucho - Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together
History March 08, 1963 Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day
History March 08, 1965 1st US forces arrive in Vietnam
History March 08, 1965 U.S. Marines land at Da Nang
History March 08, 1968 Bill Graham's rock empire goes bi-coastal as the Fillmore East opens
History March 08, 1971 Ali battles Frazier for heavyweight championship
History March 08, 1975 Thieu orders force withdrawal
History March 08, 1976 Largest observed falling single stony meteorite (Jiling - China)
History March 08, 1982 United States accuses Soviets of using poison gas
History March 08, 1983 Reagan refers to U.S.S.R. as evil empire again
History March 08, 1993 MTV’s highest rated series premieres
History March 08, 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight vanishes with more than 200 people aboard
March 08, 1714 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach
March 08, 1783 Hannah Hoes Van Buren, 1st lady
March 08, 1787 Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, helped create plastic surgery
March 08, 1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Supreme Court Justice
March 08, 1859 Kenneth Grahame, author (The Wind, Willows)
March 08, 1879 Otto Hahn, co-discovered nuclear fission
March 08, 1886 Edward Kendall, chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950)
March 08, 1891 Sam Jaffe, Actor (Gunga Din, Dr. Zorba on Ben Casey)
March 08, 1909 Claire Trevor, Actress
March 08, 1921 Cyd Charisse, dancer, Amarillo Tx
March 08, 1939 George Reed, astronomy writer & cartoonist
March 08, 1939 Jim Bouton, Yankee pitcher (Ball Four)
March 08, 1939 Mike Lowry, (D-Wash.), Rep
March 08, 1943 Lynn Redgrave, London, Actress (Georgie Girl)
March 08, 1947 Carole Bayer Sager, NY - Mrs Burt Bachrach
March 08, 1669 Mount Etna erupts
March 08, 1782 Pennsylvania militiamen senselessly murder Patriot allies
March 08, 1801 Anglo-Ottoman force takes Abukir Bay
March 08, 1862 C.S.S. Virginia terrorizes Union navy
March 08, 1862 Confederate ironclad Merrimack launched
March 08, 1893 Emmet Dalton goes to prison
March 08, 1917 February Revolution begins in Russia
March 08, 1917 US invades Cuba for 3rd time
March 08, 1934 Edwin Hubble photograph shows as many galaxies as Milky Way stars
March 08, 1935 Thomas Wolfe's second novel, Of Time and the River, is published
March 08, 1942 Dutch surrender on Java
March 08, 1945 Intl Women's Day
March 08, 1946 1st helicopter licensed for coml use - NYC
March 08, 1950 VW bus, icon of counterculture movement, goes into production
March 08, 1950 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel - BR Walters
March 08, 1951 The Lonely Hearts Killers are executed
March 08, 1957 Egypt opens the Suez Canal
March 08, 1959 Groucho - Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together
March 08, 1963 Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day
March 08, 1965 1st US forces arrive in Vietnam
March 08, 1965 U.S. Marines land at Da Nang
March 08, 1968 Bill Graham's rock empire goes bi-coastal as the Fillmore East opens
March 08, 1971 Ali battles Frazier for heavyweight championship
March 08, 1975 Thieu orders force withdrawal
March 08, 1976 Largest observed falling single stony meteorite (Jiling - China)
March 08, 1982 United States accuses Soviets of using poison gas
March 08, 1983 Reagan refers to U.S.S.R. as evil empire again
March 08, 1993 MTV’s highest rated series premieres
March 08, 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight vanishes with more than 200 people aboard