Editing Worldpedia:Selected anniversaries/March 8

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File:Oscar I of Sweden.jpg|Oscar I of Sweden
File:GPONELSON.jpg|Nelson's Pillar
File:Cairo-Demonstrations1919.jpg|Protesters during the Egyptian Revolution of 1919
File:Raymonde de LaRoche Head.jpg|Raymonde de Laroche
File:Boeing 777-200ER Malaysia AL (MAS) 9M-MRO - MSN 28420 404 (9272090094).jpg|Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (the missing aircraft, 9M-MRO)
File:Portrait Confused With Johannes Kepler 1610.jpg|Johannes Kepler
File:NaderShahPainting.png|Nader Shah
File:Anne Stuart.jpg|Anne of Great Britain}
File:Copán Ballcourt.jpg|Maya ruins at Copán
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| [[1010]] – Persian poet '''[[Ferdowsi]]''' completed his masterpiece, the '''''[[Shahnameh]]''''', the [[national epic]] of Iran and [[Iranian cultural continent|related societies]].
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| [[1618]] – German astronomer and mathematician '''[[Johannes Kepler]]''' discovered the [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion|third law of planetary motion]]<!--not bold, date not in article-->.
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| [[1782]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: Almost 100 [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]s in [[Gnadenhutten, Ohio]], <!--had their [[skull]]s crushed with a [[mallet]] by --> died at the hands of [[Pennsylvania]]n [[militia]]men in a mass murder known as the '''[[Gnadenhutten massacre]]'''. 
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|[[1817]] – The '''[[New York Stock Exchange]]''' drafted its constitution.
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| [[1844]] – '''[[Oscar I of Sweden|Oscar I]]''' acceded to the throne of [[Union between Sweden and Norway|Sweden-Norway]].
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| [[1916]] – [[World War I|First World War]]: A British force unsuccessfully attempted to relieve the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] siege of [[Kut]] (in present-day Iraq) in the '''[[Battle of Dujaila]]'''.
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| [[1985]] – '''[[1985 Beirut car bombings|A failed assassination attempt]]''' on Islamic cleric [[Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah]] in [[Beirut]] killed more than 80 people and injured almost 200 others.
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| [[2014]] – '''[[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]]''' disappeared en route from [[Kuala Lumpur]] to [[Beijing]], prompting [[Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370|the most expensive search]] in aviation history.
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|'''[[Beatrice of Castile (1293–1359)|Beatrice of Castile]]'''<!--Spanish queen of Portugal--> |b|1293|
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* [[1655]] – The court of [[Northampton County, Virginia]], issued a ruling that made '''[[John Casor]]''' the first person of African descent in the [[Thirteen Colonies]] to be declared a [[Slavery|slave]] for life as a result of a civil suit.
* [[1658]] – After a devastating defeat in the [[Second Northern War]], King [[Frederick III of Denmark|Frederick&nbsp;III of Denmark–Norway]] '''[[Treaty of Roskilde|was forced to give up]]''' nearly half his Danish territory to Sweden to save the remainder.
* [[1702]] – '''[[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Anne]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding her brother-in-law [[William III of England|William&nbsp;III]].
* [[1736]] – '''[[Nader Shah]]''', the founder of the [[Afsharid dynasty]], was crowned [[List of monarchs of Persia|Shah of Iran]].
* [[1919]] – During the '''[[Egyptian Revolution of 1919|Egyptian Revolution]]'''<!-- ''(protestors pictured)''-->, British authorities arrested rebel leader [[Saad Zaghloul]]<!--not bold, refimprove--> and exiled him to Malta.
* [[1924]] – '''[[Castle Gate Mine disaster|Three violent explosions]]''' at a coal mine near [[Castle Gate, Utah]], killed all 171 miners working there.
* [[1978]] – [[BBC Radio 4|BBC {{nowrap|Radio 4}}]] began broadcasting [[Douglas Adams]]'s '''''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''''', a science fiction radio series that was [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|later adapted]] into novels, [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|a television series]], and other formats.
* [[1983]] – [[Cold War]]: In '''[[Evil Empire speech|a speech]]''' to the [[National Association of Evangelicals]] in [[Orlando, Florida]], U.S. president [[Ronald Reagan]] described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".
* [[2017]] – The '''[[Azure Window]]''', a limestone natural arch in [[Gozo]], Malta, collapsed during a stor
* Born/died this day: | '''[[Pope Celestine II|Pope Celestine&nbsp;II]]'''<!--Italian--> |d|1144| '''[[Simon Cameron]]'''<!--American businessman--> |b|1799| '''[[Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge]]'''<!--American physician--> |d|1819| '''[[Frank Avery Hutchins]]'''<!--American librarian--> |b|1851| '''[[Bramwell Booth]]'''<!--English evangelist--> |b|1856| '''[[Ida Hunt Udall]]''' <!--American diarist--> |b|1858| '''[[Gladys Bustamante]]'''<!--Jamaican activist--> |b|1912| '''[[Panditrao Agashe]]'''<!--Indian industrialist--> |b|1936|  '''[[Juvénal Habyarimana]]'''<!--Rwandan president--> |b|1937| '''[[José Raúl Capablanca]]'''<!--Cuban chess player--> |d|1942| '''[[Petra Kvitová]]'''<!--Czech tennis player, female--> |b|1990| 
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'''[[March 8]]''': '''[[International Women's Day]]'''; '''[[Aurat March]]''' in Pakistan
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* [[1576]] – A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King [[Philip II of Spain|Philip&nbsp;II]] containing the first mention of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] ruins of '''[[Copán]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> in present-day Honduras.
* [[1910]] – French aviator '''[[Raymonde de Laroche]]''' became the first woman to receive a [[Pilot licensing and certification|pilot's licence]].
* [[1963]] – The [[Ba'ath Party]] came to power in '''[[1963 Syrian coup d'état|a coup d'état]]''' by a clique of quasi-leftist [[Syrian Army]] officers calling themselves the [[National Council for the Revolutionary Command]].
* [[1966]] – '''[[Nelson's Pillar]]''', a large granite pillar topped by a statue of [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Lord Nelson]] in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.
* [[1979]] – Images taken by ''[[Voyager&nbsp;1]]'' proved the '''[[Volcanism on Io|existence of volcanoes]]''' on [[Io (moon)|Io]] ''(pictured)'', a [[Moons of Jupiter|moon of Jupiter]].
{{Born and died list| '''[[Adela of Normandy]]'''<!--French/English saint--> |d|1137| '''[[Louie Nunn]]'''<!--American politician--> |b|1924| '''[[Alfons Rebane]]'''<!--Estonian military leader--> |d|1976| '''[[Haseeb Ahsan]]'''<!--Pakistani cricketer--> |d|2013}}
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