{"id":207830,"date":"2020-01-01T13:01:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T13:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/march-8\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T00:27:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T00:27:40","slug":"march-8","status":"publish","type":"otd_day","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/march-8\/","title":{"rendered":"March 8: Facts & Historical Events On This Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 8th is known as International Women’s Day and Proofreading Day.

We are now on the 67^{th day of the year, congratulations for making it this far into the year! There are days left in 2025.}

Find out all there is to know about this special day in history with these past events and totally cool facts, including changes to the throne of England, a new international holiday, space exploration and much more.

Did you know that on this day in 1990, The Zodiac Killer shot his first victim Mario Orosco? The victim was shot in the back but fortunately survived.

Keep reading for more fun & interesting facts about March 8^{th in history!\r\n\r\n}

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What memorable events happened on March 8 in history? Keep reading to find out!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2014\r\n\r\n
Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people on board.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The flight was from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and the last contact they had with air traffic control was around 38 minutes after takeoff. The plane was never found.\r\n\r\n
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2012\r\n\r\n
The hashtag #5secondsofsummer trended worldwide for the first time on Twitter.\r\n\r\n
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1994\r\n\r\n
The United States military banned smoking in the workplace.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The military has enforced aggressive anti-smoking campaigns; smoking is still more prevalent in the forces than among civilians.\r\n\r\n
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1990\r\n\r\n
The Zodiac Killer shot his first victim Mario Orosco.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Zodiac Killer was called Heriberto Seda and a serial killer in New York city who killed three people while wounding five. Seda was sentenced to 232 years in prison!\r\n\r\n
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1986\r\n\r\n
The world’s richest tennis player, Martina Navratilova, became the first to make $10 million.\r\n\r\n
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1980\r\n\r\n
The first official rock festival took place in the Soviet Union.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The event was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, and became a turning point of Soviet and Russian rock music.\r\n\r\n
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1979\r\n\r\n
Many volcanoes were discovered on one of planet Jupiter’s moons called Io.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was previously believed to be much like the surface of Earth’s moon until Voyager I came up close and spotted cloud plumes from volcanoes.\r\n\r\n
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1979\r\n\r\n
Philips demonstrated the compact disc publicly for the first time.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1975\r\n\r\n
The first International Women’s Day was celebrated.\r\n\r\n
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The day is celebrated to encourage equality between men and women.\r\n\r\n
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1950\r\n\r\n
Volkswagen’s iconic Type 2 Kombi first began production.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1942\r\n\r\n
The Dutch East Indies colony surrendered the island of Java to Imperial Japanese forces.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1898\r\n\r\n
The tone poem Don Quixote by Richard Strauss premiered in Cologne, Germany.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
A tone poem is a single continuous piece of orchestral music.\r\n\r\n
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1817\r\n\r\n
The New York Stock Exchange was founded.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1702\r\n\r\n
Queen Anne became Queen of England after King William III died.\r\n\r\n
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Famous Births\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Are you celebrating your birthday today? If so, did you know that you share the same birthday as James Van Der Beek? See what other famous people were born on this day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2003\r\n\r\n
Montana Jordan\r\n\r\n
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American\r\n\r\n
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Age:\r\n\r\n
22 years old\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Texas, USA\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n