eso ha pasado un 08 Marso

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.

Actualidad del día : 08 Marso

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.

Cita del día : 08 Marso

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

Cumpleaños : 08 Marso

Alvan Clark, Astrónomo estadounidense (1804)
Otto Hahn, Químico alemán, Premio Nobel (1879)
Edward Calvin Kendall, Químico estadounidense, Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (1886)
Claire Trevor, Actriz americana (1910)
Cyd Charisse, Bailarina y actriz estadounidense (1922)
Georges Charpak, Físico francés, Premio Nobel (1924)
Juvénal Habyarimana, Presidente de Rwanda (1937)
Clive Burr, Músico inglés (Iron Maiden) (1957)
Aidan Quinn, Actor americano (1959)
Georgios Georgiadis, Futbolista griego (1972)
Boris Kodjoe, Modelo austriaco (1973)
Fardeen Khan, Actor indio (1974)
Mauro Briano, Futbolista italiano (1975)
Freddie Prinze, Jr., Actor americano (1976)
Nick Zano, Actor americano (1978)
Tom Chaplin, Cantante inglés (Keane) (1979)

Nos han dejado un 08 Marso

Hector Berlioz, Compositor francés (1869)
John Ericsson, Inventor sueco (1889)
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Inventor del dirigible Zeppelin (1917)
Johannes van der Waals, Físico holandés, Premio Nobel (1923)
William Howard Taft, Presidente 27 de Estados Unidos (1930)
Harold Lloyd, Actor americano (1971)
George Stevens, Director de cine americano (1975)
Joe DiMaggio, Jugador de béisbol estadounidense (1999)
Edward Winter, Actor americano (2001)
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