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Historical Events
on March 8th
- Lead Story
- February Revolution begins,1917
- American Revolution
- Pennsylvania militiamen senselessly murder Patriot allies,1782
- Automotive
- VW bus, icon of counterculture movement, goes into production,1950
- Civil War
- C.S.S. Virginia terrorizes Union navy,1862
- Cold War
- United States accuses Soviets of using poison gas,1982
- Crime
- The Lonely Hearts Killers are executed,1951
- Disaster
- Mount Etna erupts,1669
- General Interest
- Anglo-Ottoman force takes Abukir Bay,1801
- Egypt opens the Suez Canal,1957
- Hollywood
- MTV’s highest rated series premieres,1993
- Literary
- Thomas Wolfe's second novel, Of Time and the River, is published,1935
- Music
- Bill Graham's rock empire goes bi-coastal as the Fillmore East opens,1968
- Old West
- Emmet Dalton goes to prison,1893
- Presidential
- Reagan refers to U.S.S.R. as "evil empire" again,1983
- Sports
- Ali battles Frazier for heavyweight championship,1971
- Vietnam War
- U.S. Marines land at Da Nang,1965
- Thieu orders force withdrawal,1975
- World War I
- February Revolution begins in Russia,1917
- World War II
- Dutch surrender on Java,1942
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