What are the important events that happened on March 8? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 8: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 8 is the 68th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 298 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 24, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,497,600 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontaoctagon’ day.
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 327 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,095 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 8 Historical Events
- 1126 –Following the death of his mother Urraca, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
- 1722 –The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at The Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
- 1736 –Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
- 1782 –Gnadenhütten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
- 1817 –The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
- 1862 –American Civil War: The iron-clad Ship CSS (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
- 1911 –International Women’s Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women’s Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
- 1936 –Daytona Beach Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
- 1978 –The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
- 1983 –President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an “evil empire”.
Who were born on March 8?
- 1286 –John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)
- 1929 –Hebe Camargo, Brazilian television presenter, actress and singer
- 1934 –Marv Breeding, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1958 –Nick Capra, American baseball player
- 1971 –Kit Symons, Welsh footballer
- 1972 –Fergal O'Brien, Irish snooker player
- 1981 –Timothy Jordan II, American musician (The All American Rejects, Jonezetta) (d. 2005)
- 1985 –Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and pop singer
- 1988 –Armanti Edwards, American college football player
- 1991 –Devon Werkheiser, American actor
Who died on March 8?
- 1223 –Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)
- 1757 –Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701)
- 1981 –Joseph Henry Woodger, British theoretical biologist (b. 1894)
- 1985 –Edward Andrews, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1986 –Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author, poet (b. 1913)
- 1988 –Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer (b. 1961)
- 1988 –Werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912)
- 1999 –William Wrigley III, President of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (b. 1933)
- 2003 –Adam Faith, English singer and actor (b. 1940)
- 2003 –Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)
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