It happened one 08 March

1817 : New York Stock Exchange


On 8 March 1817, the New York Stock Exchange was created.

1917 : Demonstrations of female workers in St. Petersburg


On 8 March 1917, demonstrations of female workers demanding bread and the return of their husbands off to war, marked the beginning of the Revolution of February (March in the Gregorian calendar) that led to the end of the Tsarist regime.

1985 : Car bomb explosion in Beirut


On 8 March 1985, the explosion of a car bomb in the Shiite district of Beirut killed 45 people and wounded 175.

1986 : French hostages


On March 8, 1986, Islamic Jihad took the Antenne 2 journalist Philippe Rochot and his team consisting of Jean-Louis Normandin, George Hansen and Aurel Cornea, held hostage in Beirut, Lebanon.

2002 : Near-Earth asteroid


On March 8, 2002, the asteroid, called 2002 EM7, went past near the Earth, (462000 km, 1.2 times the distance earth moon). Scientists had been aware of this passage only four days later. We learnt then that the asteroid was 70m long and was thus slightly larger than the one that exploded over Siberia in 1908, ravaging the region. 2002 EM7 will come back to visit us in 2093.

Latest news : 08 March

International Women's Day
The idea of an International Women's Day was launched at conferences and events organized by women, taking place in Europe in the early 1910s. The Tradition of Women's Day came from the demonstrations of female workers of St. Petersburg on March 8, 1917. Lenin decided that March 8 was International Women's Day in 1921. This date was formalized by the United Nations in 1977 and by France in 1982. This day needs to be celebrated more than ever today because equality of rights between men and women is still far from being achieved and because there is a regression of women's rights in many countries.

Quote of the day : 08 March

Benoîte Groult
Feminism has never killed anyone. Machismo kills every day.

Birthdays : 08 March

Alvan Clark, American astronomer (1804)
Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1879)
Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1886)
Claire Trevor, American actress (1910)
Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (1922)
Georges Charpak, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1924)
Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda (1937)
Clive Burr, English musician (Iron Maiden) (1957)
Aidan Quinn, American actor (1959)
Georgios Georgiadis, Greek footballer (1972)
Boris Kodjoe, Austrian model (1973)
Fardeen Khan, Indian actor (1974)
Mauro Briano, Italian footballer (1975)
Freddie Prinze, Jr., American actor (1976)
Nick Zano, American actor (1978)
Tom Chaplin, English singer (Keane) (1979)

They left us one 08 March

Hector Berlioz, French composer (1869)
John Ericsson, Swedish inventor (1889)
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German aircraft manufacturer (1917)
Johannes van der Waals, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1923)
William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (1930)
Harold Lloyd, American actor (1971)
George Stevens, American director (1975)
Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (1999)
Edward Winter, American actor (2001)

Tip of the Day : 08 March

White curtain


To keep pure white curtains, when you wash them, add two packets of yeast in the last rinse.

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