Today, March 8, is the 67th day of the year (68th day in leap year) on the Gregorian Calendar. The Zodiac sign for individuals born on this day is Pisces.
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th are around the world. Women’s groups as well as the United Nations commemorate it. Many countries consider it a national holiday. Susan B. Anthony was born on March 8, 1884. She is known for her work in the woman’s suffrage movement.http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar08.html
March 8, 1902 was the date of birth for Tom Blake. An American inventor, he created the hollow-core surfboard, which swept the surfing world until the late 1940’s. Other famous birthdays are actors James Van Der Beek, star of Dawson’s Creek and Freddie Prinze, Jr. from the movie She’s All That.
The 2000s
The 1990s
March 8, 1983
1983: The House Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed a Nuclear Weapons freeze with U.S.S.R. However, in a speech to National Association of Evangelicals meeting, Ronald Reagan rejected this endorsement and declared the Soviet Union the "focus of evil in the modern world."
The 1980s
- 1983: President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
- 1985: A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon. It kills at least 45 and injures 175 others.
- 1987: FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr. in California
The 1970s
- 1971: Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden in New York City to retain the heavyweight boxing title.
March 8 Moment of Zen
The Daily Show: Bush is greeted with a wreath of flowers upon his arrival in India (2006)
The Daily Show: Martha Stewart's Letter (2005)
The Daily Show: The Martha Stewart verdict (2004)
The Daily Show: Carell intently watches a Newton's Cradle (2001)
The Daily Show: Splashdown (1999)
The Daily Show: Bush declares John McCain the Republican Presidential nominee (2000)
Holidays and Observances
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- 1999: Joe DiMaggio - New York Yankees
- 1937: Howie Morenz - Montreal Canadiens
- 1930: William H. Taft - 27th American President
- 1874: Millard Fillmore - 13th American President
