March 8, 2024 was the 68th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 298 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
March 8 Historical Event(s)
1618
Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
1722
The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at The Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
1782
Gnadenhütten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
1910
French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot’s license.
1916
World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
1917
International Women’s Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (so named because it was February on the Julian calendar).
1937
Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
1963
The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
1983
President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an “evil empire”.
2004
A new constitution is signed by Iraq’s Governing Council.
Who were born on March 8?
1712
John Fothergill, English physician (d. 1780)
1847
John Lister, English politician (d. 1933)
1907
Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek politician (d. 1998)
1922
Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese soldier and manga artist
1925
Warren Bennis, American educator and author
1939
Jim Bouton, American baseball player and author
1945
Anselm Kiefer, German painter
1958
Gary Numan, British singer
1979
Andy Ross, American guitarist (OK Go)
1990
Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player
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