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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.

Novità del giorno : 08 Marzo

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.

Citazione del giorno : 08 Marzo

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

Compleanni : 08 Marzo

Alvan Clark, Astronomo americano (1804)
Otto Hahn, Chimico tedesco, premio Nobel (1879)
Edward Calvin Kendall, Chimico statunitense, premio Nobel per la Fisiologia o Medicina (1886)
Claire Trevor, Attrice americana (1910)
Cyd Charisse, Ballerina e attrice americana (1922)
Georges Charpak, Fisico francese, premio Nobel (1924)
Juvénal Habyarimana, Presidente del Ruanda (1937)
Clive Burr, Musicista inglese (Iron Maiden) (1957)
Aidan Quinn, Attore americano (1959)
Georgios Georgiadis, Calciatore greco (1972)
Boris Kodjoe, Modello austriaco (1973)
Fardeen Khan, Attore indiano (1974)
Mauro Briano, Calciatore italiano (1975)
Freddie Prinze, Jr., Attore americano (1976)
Nick Zano, Attore americano (1978)
Tom Chaplin, Cantante inglese (Keane) (1979)

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Hector Berlioz, Compositore francese (1869)
John Ericsson, Inventore svedese (1889)
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Inventore del dirigibile Zeppelin (1917)
Johannes van der Waals, Fisico olandese, premio Nobel (1923)
William Howard Taft, 27 Presidente degli Stati Uniti (1930)
Harold Lloyd, Attore americano (1971)
George Stevens, Regista americano (1975)
Joe DiMaggio, Giocatore di baseball americano (1999)
Edward Winter, Attore americano (2001)
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