Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Today is the 67th day of 2026. There are 298 days left in this year.
Notable Events
1702
England's Queen Anne ascended the throne upon the death of King William III.
1782
The Gnadenhutten massacre took place as some 90 Indians were slain by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
1854
U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry made his second landing in Japan. Within a month, he concluded a treaty with the Japanese.
1917
The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
1917
Russia's February Revolution (so called because of the Old Style calendar used by Russians at the time) began with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg.
1942
Japanese forces captured Rangoon, Burma, during World War II.
1965
The United States landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam.
1999
The Clinton administration directed the firing of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee from his job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory because of alleged security violations.
Notable Births
1841
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the "Great Dissenter," was born in Boston.
Notable Deaths
1874
The 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, died in Buffalo, N.Y.
1930
The 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft, died in Washington.
1988
Seventeen soldiers died when two Army helicopters from Fort Campbell, Ky., collided in midair.
1998
James McDougal, one of the most important cooperating witnesses in the Whitewater investigation, died in a federal medical prison in Fort Worth, Texas, at age 57.
1998
Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Nitschke died in Florida at age 61.
1999
New York Yankees baseball star Joe DiMaggio died in Hollywood, Fla., at age 84.