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Day in History: March 8th Tokyo Metro Collision and More
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March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). There are 298 days remaining.
| | 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. |
| | 1702 - Very unexpectedly, Anne Stuart, the sister of the childless Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland and Ireland after the death of William III of Orange. |
| | 1782 - Gnadenhütten massacre: Almost 100 Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio had their skulls crushed with mallets by Pennsylvanian militiamen. |
| | 1884 - Susan B. Anthony testifies before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote. |
| | 1906 - Moro Crater Massacre: U.S. troops occupying the Philippines massacre about 600 men, women and children taking refuge in a crater. |
| | 1911 - International Women's Day is celebrated for the first time. |
| | 1917 - The February Revolution breaks out in Russia (February 23 O.S.). |
| | 1918 - The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating pandemic. |
| | 1921 - Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid. |
| | 1924 - Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah |
| | 1936 - The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida. |
| | 1943 - World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that will last five days. |
| | 1948 - The United States Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution. |
| | 1950 - The Soviet Union claims to have an atomic bomb. |
| | 1957 - Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal. |
| | 1965 - Vietnam War: 3,500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam, becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam. |
| | 1971 - Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali in the first of three epic bouts. Frazier defends the world Heavyweight title in a star-studded Madison Square Garden. |
| | 1983 - President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an evil empire. |
| | 1985 - A car-bombing in Beirut in front of the mosque kills 85 people and injures 175. |
| | 1999 - Oklahoma City bombing: The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh. |
| | 2000 - A collision between two Tokyo Metro trains kills 5 people. |
| | 2004 - A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council. |
| | 2006 - The NBA'sNew Orleans Hornets play their first game in The New Orleans Arena since April 20, 2005 against the LA Lakers but Lose 113-117. |
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