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| March 8th, 2005 (March 08 2005) | Death | Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen leader (born in 1951) | |
| March 8th, 2005 (March 08 2005) | Death | Cesar Lattes, Brazilian physicist (born in 1924) | |
| March 8th, 1995 (March 08 1995) | Death | Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (born in 1965) | |
| March 8th, 1985 (March 08 1985) | Event | A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in a car-bombing in Beirut kills 85 people and injures 175. | |
| March 8th, 1985 (March 08 1985) | Birth | Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and pop singer | |
| March 8th, 1985 (March 08 1985) | Death | Edward Andrews, American actor (born in 1914) | |
| March 8th, 1975 (March 08 1975) | Birth | Fardeen Khan, Indian actor | |
| March 8th, 1975 (March 08 1975) | Birth | Peggy Zina, Greek singer | |
| March 8th, 1975 (March 08 1975) | Death | George Stevens, American director (born in 1904) | |
| March 8th, 1965 (March 08 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: 3,500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam, becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam. | |
| March 8th, 1965 (March 08 1965) | Birth | Fatima Lopes, Portuguese fashion designer | |
| March 8th, 1955 (March 08 1955) | Birth | Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 1981) | |
| March 8th, 1945 (March 08 1945) | Event | Allied forces move large numbers of troops across the Rhine River to significantly reinforce and expand their tenuous hold on the captured Ludendorff Bridge (Bridge at Remagen), allowing them to push armor across the river and better secure the nascent lodgement. | |
| March 8th, 1945 (March 08 1945) | Birth | Bruce Broughton, American composer | |
| March 8th, 1945 (March 08 1945) | Birth | Jim Chapman, American politician | |
| March 8th, 1945 (March 08 1945) | Birth | Anselm Kiefer, German painter | |
| March 8th, 1945 (March 08 1945) | Birth | Micky Dolenz, American musician (The Monkees) | |
| March 8th, 1925 (March 08 1925) | Birth | Warren Bennis, American educator and author | |
| March 8th, 1915 (March 08 1915) | Birth | Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (died in 1979) | |
| March 8th, 1865 (March 08 1865) | Birth | Frederic Goudy, American type designer (died in 1947) | |
| March 8th, 1855 (March 08 1855) | Death | William Poole, Infamous member of New York City s Bowery Boys gang (born in 1821) | |
| March 8th, 1775 (March 08 1775) | Event | Thomas Paine s African Slavery in America was publishedied in It was the first article in the United States calling for the emancipation of all slaves and the abolition of slavery. | Thomas Paine Quotes |
| March 8th, 1765 (March 08 1765) | Event | The British House of Lords passes the Stamp Act to tax the American colonies. | |
| March 8th, 1495 (March 08 1495) | Birth | John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (died in 1550) | |
