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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 8
- 300th: 1724 - Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli Swiss architect, dies at about age 81.
- 150th: 1874 - Death of Millard Fillmore at age 74 of a stroke in Buffalo, New York, USA; New York State Assembly member (1929-31), US House of Representatives member (Whig, 1833-43), New York state comptroller (1848-49), US Vice President (1849-50), 13th US President (1850-53).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Sean McClory in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Jack - Californians, My Chauffeur).
- 100th: 1924 - Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate, Utah, USA.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Ron Taylor in Sydney, Australia; cinematographer (Those Amazing Animals).
- 90th: 1934 - Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars.
- 80th: 1944 - US resumes bombing Berlin, Germany.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Cheryl Baker; rock vocalist (Bucks Fizz - "My Camera Never Lies", "Making Your Mind Up").
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of David Wilkie in England; 200-metre backstroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Karl Schnabl; 90-metre ski jumper (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Maria-Therese Nadig in Switzerland; skier (Olympics-2 gold-1972).
- 70th: 1954 - Herb McKinley sets 1/4 mile record of 6.8 seconds in Melbourne, Australia.
- 70th: 1954 - Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricket player (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Cheryl "Salt" James; singer (Salt-N-Pepa).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Peter "Ged" Gill; drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "When Two Tribes Go To War").
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Steve Sarkisian; Canadian Football League quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Toran James; linebacker (San Diego Chargers).
- 50th: 1974 - The last original episode of The Brady Bunch TV show airs.
- 50th: 1974 - Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
- 50th: 1974 - Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at age 56.
- 50th: 1974 - Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch actor (Silk Stockings), dies at age 56.
- 30th: 1994 - B737 plane collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, India; at least 8 killed.
- 30th: 1994 - US Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces.
- 30th: 1994 - Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at age 69.
- 30th: 1994 - Knut Haukelid, Norway/US resistance fighter (Rjukan 1943), dies at age 82.
- 30th: 1994 - Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47.
- 30th: 1994 - Radio host Jack Spector suffers a fatal heart attack while broadcasting popular music on WHLI in Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Peggy Cass at age 74 of heart failure; actress/TV panelist (Mame movie and play, Tonight Show TV show, To Tell the Truth TV show, The Hathaways TV show).
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (born 1948).
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Robert Pastorelli at age 49 from a heroin overdose; actor (Eldin - Murphy Brown TV show).
- 20th: 2004 - CBS and UPN take the Martha Stewart Living TV show off the air, following Martha Stewart being found guilty of lying about the reason for selling 3,298 shares of ImClone Systems stock.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Tichi Wilkerson Kassel, American film personality and publisher of The Hollywood Reporter (born 1926).
- 15th: 2009 - In Curitiba, Brazil, round 1 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Yvan Muller; race 2 is won by Gabriele Tarquini.
- 15th: 2009 - Death of Hank Locklin at age 91; American country and western music singer ("Please Help Me, I'm Falling").
- 10th: 2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 airliner en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean.
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