8 March

Notable Births

Kit Connor

b. 2004

English actor (born 2004)

Montana Jordan

b. 2003

American actor (born 2003)

Tijana Bošković

b. 1997

Serbian volleyball player

Kyle Allen (American football)

b. 1996

American football player (born 1996)

Marko Gudurić

b. 1995

Serbian basketball player (born 1995)

Isaiah Whitehead

b. 1995

American basketball player (born 1995)

Claire Emslie

b. 1994

Scottish footballer (born 1994)

Rui Machida

b. 1993

Japanese basketball player (born 1993)

Yoon Ji-sung

b. 1991

South Korean singer

Kristinia DeBarge

b. 1990

American singer

Asier Illarramendi

b. 1990

Spanish footballer

Brandon Kozun

b. 1990

American-Canadian ice hockey player

Petra Kvitová

b. 1990

Czech tennis player (born 1990)

Kevin Zeitler

b. 1990

American football player (born 1990)

Robbie Hummel

b. 1989

American basketball player (born 1989)

Benny Blanco

b. 1988

American record producer (born 1988)

Tommy Pham

b. 1988

American baseball player (born 1988)

Milana Vayntrub

b. 1987

American actress and comedian (born 1987)

Jonathan Wright (rugby league)

b. 1987

Australian rugby league footballer

Chad Gable

b. 1986

American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler (born 1986)

Notable Deaths

Athol Fugard

d. 2025

South African playwright (1932–2025)

Max von Sydow

d. 2020

Swedish and French actor (1929–2020)

Cedrick Hardman

d. 2019

American football player (1948–2019)

Kate Wilhelm

d. 2018

American science fiction writer (1928–2018)

George Martin

d. 2016

English record producer (1926–2016)

Sam Simon

d. 2015

American television writer and producer (1955–2015)

Leo Bretholz

d. 2014

Holocaust survivor

William Guarnere

d. 2014

US Army soldier

John O'Connell (Dublin politician)

d. 2013

Irish politician (1927–2013)

Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin

d. 2013

German publisher, convenor of the Munich Conference on Security Policy

Simin Daneshvar

d. 2012

Iranian writer (1921-2012)

Hank Locklin

d. 2009

American country music singer (1918–2009)

John Inman

d. 2007

English actor (1935–2007)

John Vukovich

d. 2007

American baseball player, coach, and manager (1947–2007)

César Lattes

d. 2005

Brazilian physicist (1924–2005)

Aslan Maskhadov

d. 2005

Chechen politician and military commander (1951-2005)

Muhammad Zaidan

d. 2004

Founder and leader of the Palestinian Liberation Front (1948–2004)

Adam Faith

d. 2003

English singer, actor and financial journalist (1940–2003)

Karen Morley

d. 2003

American actress (1909–2003)

Adolfo Bioy Casares

d. 1999

Argentine novelist (1914–1999)

On This Day in History

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2021

International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone.

International Women's Day

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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.

National Unity Consultative Council

2018

The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) is held on International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then held annually across Pakistan, and the 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.

Aurat March

2017

The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather.

Azure Window

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. The fate of the flight remains unknown.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

2010

Headlined by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, TNA Wrestling moves 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.

Hulk Hogan

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2004

A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.

Transitional Administrative Law (Iraq)