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On March 8, 1917, Russia's February Revolution (so called because of the Old Style calendar used by Russians at the time) began with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg. (Go to article.)
On March 8, 1841, Oliver Wendell Holmes, the United States Supreme Court justice, was born. Following his death on March 6, 1935, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
On March 8, 1884, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about international trade. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1702 England's Queen Anne ascended the throne upon the death of King William III.
1782 The Gnadenhutten massacre took place as some 90 Indians were slain by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
1841 Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was born in Boston.
1874 Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, died in Buffalo, N.Y., at age 74.
1917 The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
1930 William Howard Taft, the 27th president and a former chief justice of the United States, died in Washington, D.C., at age 72.
1965 The United States landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam.
1999 Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died at age 84.
1999 The Clinton administration directed the firing of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee from his job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory because of alleged security violations.
2005 Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov was killed in northern Chechnya during a raid by Russian forces.
2008 President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods to gain information from suspected terrorists.
Current Birthdays
Aidan Quinn turns 51 years old today.
AP Photo/Peter Kramer Actor Aidan Quinn turns 51 years old today.
71 Jim Bouton
Baseball player, author
67 Lynn Redgrave
Actress
65 Micky Dolenz
Rock musician, actor (The Monkees)
58 George Allen
Former U.S. senator, R-Va.
57 Jim Rice
Baseball Hall of Famer
52 Gary Numan
Rock singer
51 Lester Holt
News anchor ("Today")
40 Jason Elam
Football player
34 Freddie Prinze Jr.
Actor
34 Hines Ward
Football player
33 James Van Der Beek
Actor ("Dawson's Creek")
Historic Birthdays
Oliver Wendell Holmes
3/8/1841 - 3/6/1935
American Supreme Court justice and philosopher
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45 Giovanni Rosso
3/8/1495 - 11/14/1540
Italian painter and decorator
74 Carl P. E. Bach
3/8/1714 - 12/14/1788
German composer and son of J. S. Bach
62 John Crerar
3/8/1827 - 10/19/1889
American railway industrialist
73 William B. Booth
3/8/1856 - 6/16/1929
American general of the Salvation Army (1912-29)
62 Ruggero Leoncavallo
3/8/1857 - 8/9/1919
Italian opera composer
82 Frederic Goudy
3/8/1865 - 5/11/1947
American printer and typographer
89 Otto Hahn
3/8/1879 - 7/28/1968
German Nobel Prize-winning chemist
86 Edward Calvin Kendall
3/8/1886 - 5/4/1972
American Nobel Prize-winning chemist
60 Louise Beavers
3/8/1902 - 10/26/1962
American film and television actress
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