Historical events on March 8
MARCH 8, 1978
BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service
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MARCH 8, 2017
The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor
The Azure Window, also known as the Dwejra Window, was a 28-metre-tall (92 ft) natural arch on the island of Gozo, located just
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MARCH 8, 1983
Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".
The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their
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MARCH 8, 1910
French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.
Raymonde de Laroche was a French pilot, thought to be the first woman to pilot a plane. She became the world's first
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MARCH 8, 1655
The court of Northampton County, Virginia, issued a ruling that made John Casor the first person of African descent in the Thirteen Colonies to be declared a slave for life as a result of a civil suit.
Northampton County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,282. Its county
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MARCH 8, 1736
Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.
Nader Shah Afshar was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian history,
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MARCH 8, 1702
Anne (pictured) became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding her brother-in-law William III.
Anne was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification
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MARCH 8, 1979
Images taken by Voyager 1 proved the existence of volcanoes on Io (pictured), a moon of Jupiter.
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the
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MARCH 8, 1963
The Ba'ath Party came to power in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Revolutionary Command.
The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, also transliterated as Baʽth, was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar,
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MARCH 8, 1576
A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King Philip II containing the first mention of the Maya ruins of Copán in present-day Honduras.
Philip II, sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent, was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and
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MARCH 8, 1924
Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah, killed all 171 miners working there.
The Castle Gate mine disaster occurred on March 8, 1924, in a coal mine near the town of Castle Gate, Utah, located
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MARCH 8, 1658
After a devastating defeat in the Second Northern War, King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway was forced to give up nearly half his Danish territory to Sweden to save the remainder.
The Northern War of 1655–1660, also known as the Second Northern War, First Northern War or Little Northern War, was fought between
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MARCH 8, 1919
During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.
The Egyptian revolution of 1919 was a nation-wide revolution in the Sultanate of Egypt against British occupation which lasted from November 1918
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MARCH 8, 1966
Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.
Nelson's Pillar was a large granite column capped by a statue of Horatio Nelson, built in the centre of what was then
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