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March 8, 1995 -26 degrees F (-32.2 degrees C) in Bismarck, North Dakota March 8, 1995 Costis Stephanopoulos becomes president of Greece March 8, 1995 Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections March 8, 1994 20th People's Choice Awards March 8, 1994 B737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed March 8, 1994 Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces March 8, 1994 Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47 March 8, 1993 Katharine Hepburn released from the hospital after exhaustion March 8, 1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder March 8, 1992 22nd Easter Seal Telethon March 8, 1992 Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic March 8, 1991 17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman March 8, 1991 Harry Hamlin and Nicollette Sheridan wed March 8, 1991 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 8, 1991 Planeloads of U.S. troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured March 8, 1989 "Heidi Chronicles" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 621 performances March 8, 1989 Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs) March 8, 1987 17th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,184,425 March 8, 1987 David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for S Aust March 8, 1987 FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr. in California March 8, 1987 Jane Geddes wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic March 8, 1987 Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60m indoor March 8, 1986 4 French TV crew members are abducted in Beirut Lebanon March 8, 1986 Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km March 8, 1986 Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million March 8, 1985 Ice Dance Championship at Tokyo won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS) March 8, 1983 House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with U.S.S.R. March 8, 1983 IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0 March 8, 1983 President Reagan calls the U.S.S.R. an "Evil Empire" March 8, 1981 "Shakespeare's Cabaret" closes at Bijou Theater New York City after 54 performances March 8, 1981 Dennis Lillee ct by Qld 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game March 8, 1981 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic March 8, 1980 Greg Chappell 235 and Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad March 8, 1980 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 8, 1979 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Io, a satellite of Jupiter March 8, 1979 5th People's Choice Awards March 8, 1979 China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam March 8, 1979 Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale March 8, 1977 Henry L. Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond March 8, 1977 Princess Anne announces she's expecting her 1st child (Peter) March 8, 1976 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China March 8, 1975 Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba March 8, 1974 Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris March 8, 1973 Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/U.S. longest, opens March 8, 1973 Paul and Linda McCartney are fined 100 pounds for growing cannabis March 8, 1973 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 8, 1972 1st airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa) March 8, 1972 1st flight of the Goodyear blimp March 8, 1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in 15, retains heavyweight boxing title March 8, 1971 Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record) March 8, 1971 Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" March 8, 1970 WTCI TV channel 45 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting March 8, 1969 Marriage of 12 year old Marcella Rosciglione in Palermo March 8, 1968 6 year old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown, Maryland) March 8, 1968 Fillmore East opens March 8, 1968 Students demonstrate in Warsaw March 8, 1967 New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day) March 8, 1966 "Golden Boy" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 569 performances March 8, 1966 An IRA bomb destroyed Nelson's Column in Dublin March 8, 1966 Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame March 8, 1965 1st U.S. combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines) March 8, 1964 Malcolm X leaves Black Muslim Movement March 8, 1963 Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria March 8, 1962 Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC) March 8, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 8, 1961 Jean Kerr's "Mary, Mary," premieres in New York City March 8, 1961 U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hrs March 8, 1960 "Greenwillow" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 95 performances March 8, 1959 Groucho, Chico and Harpo's final TV appearance together March 8, 1959 KUAT TV channel 6 in Tucson, Arizona (PBS) begins broadcasting March 8, 1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open March 8, 1959 Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq March 8, 1958 Silky Sullivan comes from 40 lengths back to win by 3 at Santa Anita March 8, 1958 William Faulkner says U.S. school degenerated to become babysitters March 8, 1957 1st performance of David Diamond's 6th Symphony in Boston March 8, 1957 Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships March 8, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test March 8, 1953 "Two's Company" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 90 performances March 8, 1953 Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years March 8, 1953 KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting March 8, 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open March 8, 1953 WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting March 8, 1952 Antoine Pinay forms French government March 8, 1952 Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis March 8, 1951 International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel) March 8, 1950 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters) March 8, 1950 Marshall Voroshilov of U.S.S.R. announces they developed atomic bomb March 8, 1949 WAGeorgia TV channel 5 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting March 8, 1949 WBAP-FM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting March 8, 1948 Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional March 8, 1946 1st helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York City) March 8, 1945 "Kiss Me Kate" opens in Britain March 8, 1945 53 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers March 8, 1945 International Women's Day is 1st observed March 8, 1945 Phyllis M. Daley is 1st black nurse sworn-in as U.S. Navy ensign March 8, 1944 U.S. resumes bombing Berlin March 8, 1943 335 allied bombers attack Neurenberg March 8, 1943 Limited gambling legalized in Mexico March 8, 1943 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill March 8, 1943 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Arthur Vaughn March 8, 1942 Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma March 8, 1942 KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies March 8, 1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) March 8, 1939 Lenore Coffee and William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres March 8, 1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars March 8, 1930 Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India March 8, 1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" March 8, 1929 U.S. worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia March 8, 1927 Pan American Airlines incorporates March 8, 1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah March 8, 1920 Denmark and Cuba join the League of Nations March 8, 1917 Russian revolution breaks out in Petrograd March 8, 1916 U.S. invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime March 8, 1915 1st U.S. Navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned March 8, 1913 Federal League organizes with 6 teams March 8, 1913 Internal Revenue Service begins to levy and collect income taxes March 8, 1911 1st International Woman's Day March 8, 1910 Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris is 1st licensed female pilot March 8, 1908 Collingwood Elementary (Cleve) burns, kills 173 kids and 2 teachers March 8, 1908 Dutch utopist Frederick of Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, New York March 8, 1906 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Smiths Falls (Ont) in 2 games March 8, 1904 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match March 8, 1902 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 2nd Symphony March 8, 1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee) March 8, 1898 Richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen March 8, 1896 Volunteers of America forms (New York City) March 8, 1894 New York passes 1st state dog license law March 8, 1887 Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes March 8, 1884 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite March 8, 1865 Battle of Kingston, North Carolina (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks) March 8, 1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal March 8, 1862 Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched March 8, 1862 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor March 8, 1861 St. Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies March 8, 1858 Opera "I Pagliacci" is produced (Naples) March 8, 1855 1st train crosses 1st U.S. railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls March 8, 1854 U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry's 2nd trip to Japan March 8, 1838 U.S. Mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes) March 8, 1813 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic March 8, 1801 British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt March 8, 1782 Gnadenhutten Massacre - Ohio militia kills 90 indians March 8, 1766 Willem V (18) becomes governor of United Provinces March 8, 1754 Marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain March 8, 1746 Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen March 8, 1722 Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia March 8, 1711 Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder March 8, 1706 Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established March 8, 1702 England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III March 8, 1658 Peace of Roskilde between Sweden and Denmark March 8, 1586 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor March 8, 1418 Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant |