March 8

Events

Pre-1600

• 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1558 – The city of Pori (Template:Langx) is founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1658 – Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark–Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1702 – Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1722 – The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1736 – Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1775 – An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1782 – Gnadenhutten 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 Indian tribes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1801 – War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1844 – King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1844 – The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, was reopened after 45 years of closure.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1868 – Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

• 1910 – French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1916 – World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1917 – International Women's Day protests in Petrograd mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23 in the Julian calendar).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1921 – Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while on his way home from the parliament building in Madrid.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1924 – A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1936 – Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1937 – Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1942 – World War II: The Dutch East Indies surrender Java to the Imperial Japanese Army.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1942 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1950 – The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 "Bus" begins production.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1962 – A Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes into Mount Medetsiz in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey, killing all 11 people on board.<ref name="ASN2">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1965 – Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Aeroflot Flight 513 crashes during takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport, killing 30 and injuring 9.<ref name=":03">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, is destroyed by a bomb.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1979 – Images taken by Voyager 1 prove the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter.<ref name="Morabito1979">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1983 – Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1985 – A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills 80 and injures 200 others.<ref name="nyt2">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1988 – Aeroflot Flight 3379 is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to Veshchevo in the Soviet Union.<ref name="lib2">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – A collision at Indira Gandhi International Airport kills 9 people.<ref name="ASN">Template:ASN accident</ref>
• 2001 – Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-102, carrying the Expedition 2 crew to the International Space Station.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2010 – Headlined by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, TNA Wrestling moved its flagship program, TNA Impact!, to Monday night. This effort to go "big time live" failed but is notable in the history of professional wrestling television.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The fate of the flight remains unknown.
• 2017 – The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2018 – The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) was held being International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then annually held across Pakistan and feminist slogan Mera Jism Meri Marzi (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence came into vogue in Pakistan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2021 – International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2021 – Twenty-eight political institutions in Myanmar establish the National Unity Consultative Council, a historic alliance of ethnic armed organizations and democratically elected leaders in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état<ref name=":02">Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 1495 – John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (died 1550)<ref name=John>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1712 – John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (died 1780)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1714 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer (died 1788)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1726 – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (died 1799)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1746 – André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (died 1802)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1748 – William V, Prince of Orange (died 1806)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1761 – Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author (died 1815)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1799 – Simon Cameron, American journalist and politician, United States Secretary of War (died 1889)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1804 – Alvan Clark, American astronomer and optician (died 1887)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1822 – Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp (died 1882)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1827 – Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (died 1875)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1830 – João de Deus, Portuguese poet and educator (died 1896)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1836 – Harriet Samuel, English businesswoman and founder the jewellery retailer H. Samuel (died 1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1841 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., American lawyer and jurist (died 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1851 – Frank Avery Hutchins, American librarian and educator (died 1914)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1856 – Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (died 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1856 – Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic (died 1937)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1858 – Ida Hunt Udall, American diarist and homesteader (died 1915)<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1859 – Kenneth Grahame, British author (died 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1865 – Frederic Goudy, American type designer (died 1947)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1879 – Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1886 – Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1972)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1892 – Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author (died 1979)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1896 – Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (died 1975)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

• 1902 – Louise Beavers, American actress and singer (died 1962)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1902 – Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician (died 1998)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1907 – Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, President of Greece (died 1998)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1909 – Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer (died 1990)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1910 – Claire Trevor, American actress (died 2000)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1911 – Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer (died 2000)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1912 – Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, Governor of Texas (died 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1912 – Meldrim Thomson Jr., American publisher and politician, Governor of New Hampshire (died 2001)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1914 – Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Belarusian-Russian physicist and astronomer (died 1987)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1918 – Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (died 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1921 – Alan Hale Jr., American actor and restaurateur (died 1990)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1922 – Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1922 – Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (died 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1922 – Carl Furillo, American baseball player (died 1989)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1922 – Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1924 – Anthony Caro, English sculptor and illustrator (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1924 – Sean McClory, Irish-American actor and director (died 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1924 – Addie L. Wyatt, American civil rights activist and labor leader (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1926 – Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2001)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1927 – Ramon Revilla Sr., Filipino actor and politician (died 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1928 – Lore Segal, American novelist (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1930 – Bob Grim, American baseball player (died 1996)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1930 – Douglas Hurd, English politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1931 – Neil Adcock, South African cricketer (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1931 – John McPhee, American author and educator<ref name=Chase2019>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1931 – Neil Postman, American author and social critic (died 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1931 – Gerald Potterton, English-Canadian animator, director, and producer (died 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1934 – Marv Breeding, American baseball player and scout (died 2006)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1935 – George Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1936 – Panditrao Agashe, Indian businessman (died 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1936 – Sue Ane Langdon, American actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1937 – Richard Fariña, American singer-songwriter and author (died 1966)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1937 – Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician, President of Rwanda (died 1994)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1939 – Jim Bouton, American baseball player and journalist (died 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1939 – Lynn Seymour, Canadian ballerina and choreographer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (died 2023)
• 1939 – Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed skater and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1939 – Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor (died 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Norman Stone, British historian, author, and academic (died 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1942 – Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor (died 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1942 – Ann Packer, English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Susan Clark, Canadian actress and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (died 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1944 – Carole Bayer Sager, American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
• 1944 – Sergey Nikitin, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1945 – Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter and actor<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1945 – Anselm Kiefer, German painter and sculptor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1947 – Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (died 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Mel Galley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Peggy March, American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
• 1948 – Jonathan Sacks, English rabbi, philosopher, and scholar (died 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1949 – Teofilo Cubillas, Peruvian footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1951 – Phil Edmonds, Zambian-English cricketer<ref name=march8>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1951 – Dianne Walker, American tap dancer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1953 – Jim Rice, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1954 – Steve James, American documentary filmmaker<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
• 1954 – David Wilkie, Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1956 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (died 1989)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – David Malpass, American economist and government official<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Subscription required</ref>
• 1957 – Clive Burr, English rock drummer (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Billy Childs, American pianist and composer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1958 – Gary Numan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Lester Holt, American journalist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Aidan Quinn, American actor<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1960 – Irek Mukhamedov, Russian ballet dancer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – Buck Williams, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1961 – Camryn Manheim, American actress<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1961 – Larry Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1962 – Leon Robinson, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Kenny Smith, American basketball player and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Greg Barker, Baron Barker of Battle, English politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Michael Bartels, German race car driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Shawn Mullins, American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Jason Elam, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Andrea Parker, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
• 1972 – Matt Nable, Australian rugby league player and actor<ref>Matt Nable rugbyleagueproject.org</ref>
• 1972 – Lena Sundström, Swedish journalist and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Boris Kodjoe, Austrian-German actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1976 – Chris Clark, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Juan Encarnación, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Hines Ward, Korean-American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – James Van Der Beek, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Nick Zano, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1979 – Tom Chaplin, English singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"/>
• 1982 – Erik Ersberg, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Leonidas Kampantais, Greek footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Keemstar, American YouTuber<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Kat Von D, American tattoo artist and model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – André Santos, Brazilian footballer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1983 – Mark Worrell, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Yoshihisa Hirano, Japanese baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Sasha Vujačić, Slovenian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Maria Ohisalo, Finnish politician and researcher<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Chad Gable, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Thomas Morstead, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Milana Vayntrub, Uzbekistani-American actress and comedian<ref name="AP"/>
• 1987 – Jonathan Wright, Australian rugby league player<ref>Jonathan Wright rugbyleagueproject.org</ref>
• 1988 – Benny Blanco, American record producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Tommy Pham, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Robbie Hummel, American basketball player and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Kristinia DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP"/>
• 1990 – Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Brandon Kozun, American-Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Kevin Zeitler, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Yoon Ji-sung, South Korean singer and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Rui Machida, Japanese basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Marko Gudurić, Serbian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Isaiah Whitehead, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Kyle Allen, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Tijana Bošković, Serbian volleyball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Nathan McSweeney, Australian cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Montana Jordan, American actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2004 – Kit Connor, English actor<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 1126 – Urraca of León and Castile (born 1079)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1137 – Adela of Normandy, by marriage countess of Blois (born Template:Circa)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1144 – Pope Celestine II<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1403 – Bayezid I, Ottoman sultan (born 1360)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1466 – Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (born 1401)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1550 – John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (born 1495)<ref name=John />

1601–1900

• 1619 – Veit Bach, German baker and miller<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1641 – Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer and explorer (born 1587)<ref>Template:Cite bookTemplate:Dead link</ref>
• 1702 – William III of England (born 1650)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1717 – Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (born 1678)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1723 – Povel Juel, Norwegian civil servant (born c.1673)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1723 – Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (born 1632)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1844 – Charles XIV John of Sweden (born 1763)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1869 – Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (born 1803)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1872 – Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist (born 1799)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1872 – Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (born 1815)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1874 – Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (born 1800)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1887 – Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (born 1813)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1887 – James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (born 1820)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1889 – John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer (born 1803)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1917 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman (born 1838)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1923 – Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1837)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1930 – William Howard Taft, American politician, 27th President of the United States (born 1857)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1930 – Edward Terry Sanford, American jurist and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (born 1865)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1932 – Minna Craucher, Finnish socialite and spy (born 1891)<ref>Venla Sainio: Craucher, Minna (1891-1932) Template:Webarchive - Kansallisbiografia (in Finnish)</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1937 – Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (born 1876)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1942 – José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (born 1888)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Cipto Mangunkusumo, Indonesian independence leader (born 1886)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1944 – Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (born 1916)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1948 – Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (born 1889)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1957 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (born 1886)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1961 – Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (born 1879)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Harold Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (born 1893)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American keyboard player and songwriter (born 1945)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1975 – George Stevens, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1904)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Hatem Ali Jamadar, Bengali politician (born 1872)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1983 – Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician (born 1904)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – William Walton, English composer (born 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (born 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Jack Churchill, British colonel (born 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1998 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (born 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (born 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (born 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (born 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Adam Faith, English singer (born 1940)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Karen Morley, American actress (born 1909)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian terrorist, founded the Palestinian Liberation Front (born 1948)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 2005 – César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (born 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2005 – Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen commander and politician, President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (born 1951)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2007 – John Inman, English actor (born 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2007 – John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (born 1947)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2009 – Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – John O'Connell, Irish politician, Irish Minister of Health (born 1927)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2013 – Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, German soldier and publisher (born 1922)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American Holocaust survivor and author (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – William Guarnere, American sergeant (born 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – Sam Simon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (born 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2018 – Kate Wilhelm, American author (born 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2019 – Marshall Brodien, American actor (born 1934)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2019 – Cedrick Hardman, American football player and actor (born 1948)<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2020 – Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2025 – Athol Fugard, South African actor, director, and playwright (born 1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Edward King (Church of England)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Felix of Burgundy<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • John of God<ref name=John />
  • Philemon the actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • March 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• International Women's Day,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and its related observances:
  • International Women's Collaboration Brew Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• Template:NYT On this day
• Historical Events on March 8 Template:Webarchive