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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/March_8 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/March_8.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_8 > Source revision: 1357020761 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for|the Lebanese political coalition|March 8 Alliance}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[1010](/source/1010) – [Ferdowsi](/source/Ferdowsi) completes his epic poem ''[Shahnameh](/source/Shahnameh)''.{{cite book |last1=Melville |first1=Charles |last2=Berg |first2=Gabrielle van den |title=Shahnama Studies II: The Reception of Firdausi's Shahnama |date=2012 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-21127-8 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WGvWp5XDuikC&pg=PA50 |language=en |access-date=2020-09-25 |archive-date=2021-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026001721/https://books.google.com/books?id=WGvWp5XDuikC&pg=PA50 |url-status=live }} *[1126](/source/1126) – Following the death of his mother, queen [Urraca of León](/source/Urraca_of_Le%C3%B3n), [Alfonso VII](/source/Alfonso_VII_of_Le%C3%B3n_and_Castile) is proclaimed king of [León](/source/Kingdom_of_Le%C3%B3n).{{cite web |title=Alfonso VII {{!}} king of Leon and Castile |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfonso-VII#ref254772 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529105851/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfonso-VII#ref254772 |url-status=live }} *[1262](/source/1262) – [Battle of Hausbergen](/source/Battle_of_Hausbergen) between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of [Strasbourg](/source/Strasbourg).{{cite web |title=Battle of Hausbergen |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095924549 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141941/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095924549 |url-status=live }} *[1558](/source/1558) – The city of [Pori](/source/Pori) ({{langx|sv|Björneborg}}) is founded by [Duke John](/source/Duke_John_(Sweden)) on the shores of the [Gulf of Bothnia](/source/Gulf_of_Bothnia).{{cite book | author = J. W. Ruuth| title = Porin kaupungin historia II| year = 1958| chapter = Kaupungin perustamiskirje | page = 269| publisher = City of Pori | language = fi}} ===1601–1900=== *[1658](/source/1658) – [Treaty of Roskilde](/source/Treaty_of_Roskilde): After a devastating defeat in the [Northern Wars](/source/Northern_Wars) (1655–1661), [Frederick III](/source/Frederick_III_of_Denmark), the King of [Denmark–Norway](/source/Denmark%E2%80%93Norway) is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden.{{cite book |last1=Lockhart |first1=Paul Douglas |title=Sweden in the Seventeenth Century |date=13 February 2004 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=978-0-230-80255-1 |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNYcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA98 |language=en |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141949/https://books.google.com/books?id=nNYcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA98 |url-status=live}} *[1702](/source/1702) – [Queen Anne](/source/Anne%2C_Queen_of_Great_Britain), the younger sister of [Mary II](/source/Mary_II_of_England), becomes [Queen regnant](/source/Queen_regnant) of [England](/source/Kingdom_of_England), [Scotland](/source/Kingdom_of_Scotland), and [Ireland](/source/Kingdom_of_Ireland).{{cite web |title=Queen Anne: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/anne.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=17 February 2020 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217141409/https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/anne.html |url-status=live }} *[1722](/source/1722) – The [Safavid Empire](/source/Safavid_Empire) of [Iran](/source/Iran) is defeated by an army from [Afghanistan](/source/History_of_Afghanistan) at the [Battle of Gulnabad](/source/Battle_of_Gulnabad).{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Kaushik |title=Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships |date=22 May 2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-78093-800-4 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KyVnAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 |language=en |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141936/https://books.google.com/books?id=KyVnAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 |url-status=live }} *[1736](/source/1736) – [Nader Shah](/source/Nader_Shah), founder of the [Afsharid dynasty](/source/Afsharid_dynasty), is crowned [Shah of Iran](/source/Shah_of_Iran).{{cite book |last1=Daniel |first1=Elton L. |title=The History of Iran |year=2001 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-30731-7 |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AzqbYf9Q_2UC&pg=PA95 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-14 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141937/https://books.google.com/books?id=AzqbYf9Q_2UC&pg=PA95 |url-status=live }} *[1775](/source/1775) – An anonymous writer, thought by some to be [Thomas Paine](/source/Thomas_Paine), publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the [emancipation](/source/abolitionism_in_the_United_States) of slaves and the abolition of slavery.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=David A. |title=Paine and Cobbett: The Transatlantic Connection |year=1988 |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |isbn=978-0-7735-1013-5 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FQy1E17_Y3wC&pg=PA37 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141945/https://books.google.com/books?id=FQy1E17_Y3wC&pg=PA37 |url-status=live }} *[1782](/source/1782) – [Gnadenhutten massacre](/source/Gnadenhutten_massacre): Ninety-six [Native Americans](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States) in [Gnadenhutten, Ohio](/source/Gnadenhutten%2C_Ohio), who had converted to [Christianity](/source/Christianity), are killed by [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.{{cite web |title=Gnadenhütten Massacre {{!}} United States history [1782] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Gnadenhutten-Massacre |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101040123/https://www.britannica.com/event/Gnadenhutten-Massacre |url-status=live }} *[1801](/source/1801) – [War of the Second Coalition](/source/War_of_the_Second_Coalition): At the [Battle of Abukir](/source/Battle_of_Abukir_(1801)), a British force under Sir [Ralph Abercromby](/source/Ralph_Abercromby) lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the [French campaign in Egypt and Syria](/source/French_campaign_in_Egypt_and_Syria).{{cite book |last1=Ross |first1=Steven T. |title=The A to Z of the Wars of the French Revolution |date=7 June 2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4616-7238-8 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yHFQUyoPuR8C&pg=PA12 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141944/https://books.google.com/books?id=yHFQUyoPuR8C&pg=PA12 |url-status=live }} *[1844](/source/1844) – King [Oscar I](/source/Oscar_I_of_Sweden) ascends to the thrones of [Sweden and Norway](/source/Union_between_Sweden_and_Norway).{{cite web |title=Oscar I {{!}} king of Sweden and Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027152838/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-I |url-status=live}} * 1844 – The [Althing](/source/Althing), the parliament of [Iceland](/source/Iceland), is reopened after 45 years of closure.{{cite web|last1=Sigurðardóttir|first1=Heiða María|last2=Emilsson|first2=Páll Emil|title=Hvenær var Alþingi stofnað?|url=https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=5268|website=visindavefur.is|publisher=Vísindavefurinn|access-date=September 3, 2021|archive-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830193855/https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=5268|url-status=live}} *[1868](/source/1868) – [Sakai incident](/source/Sakai_incident): Japanese [samurai](/source/samurai) kill 11 French sailors in the port of [Sakai, Osaka](/source/Sakai%2C_Osaka).{{cite book |title=Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. VII |date=23 September 2010 |publisher=Global Oriental |isbn=978-90-04-21803-1 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1fV5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141950/https://books.google.com/books?id=1fV5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 |url-status=live }} ===1901–present=== *[1910](/source/1910) – French [aviatrix](/source/aviatrix) [Raymonde de Laroche](/source/Raymonde_de_Laroche) becomes the first woman to receive a [pilot's license](/source/Pilot_licensing_and_certification).{{cite book |title=Air University Review |year=1983 |publisher=[Department of the Air Force](/source/Department_of_the_Air_Force) |page=37 |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AykD_rZvMroC&pg=RA3-PA37 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2022-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227142431/https://books.google.com/books?id=AykD_rZvMroC&pg=RA3-PA37 |url-status=live}} *[1916](/source/1916) – [World War I](/source/World_War_I): A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of [Kut](/source/Kut) (present-day [Iraq](/source/Iraq)) in the [Battle of Dujaila](/source/Battle_of_Dujaila).{{cite book |last1=Burg |first1=David F. |last2=Purcell |first2=L. Edward |title=Almanac of World War I |date=12 September 2010 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-2745-3 |page=105 |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwhzE57Q0eUC&pg=PA105 |language=en}} *[1917](/source/1917) – [International Women's Day](/source/International_Women's_Day) protests in [Petrograd](/source/Petrograd) mark the beginning of the [February Revolution](/source/February_Revolution) (February 23 in the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar)).{{cite web |title=The women's protest that sparked the Russian Revolution |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/08/womens-protest-sparked-russian-revolution-international-womens-day |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |date=8 March 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308072035/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/08/womens-protest-sparked-russian-revolution-international-womens-day |url-status=live}} * 1917 – The [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) votes to limit [filibuster](/source/filibuster)s by adopting the [cloture rule](/source/cloture_rule).{{cite book |last1=Wawro |first1=Gregory J. |last2=Schickler |first2=Eric |title=Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate |date=24 October 2013 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-4947-5 |page=222 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TeEDAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA222 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142018/https://books.google.com/books?id=TeEDAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA222 |url-status=live |via=Google Books}} *[1921](/source/1921) – Spanish Prime Minister [Eduardo Dato Iradier](/source/Eduardo_Dato) is assassinated while on his way home from the [parliament](/source/Cortes_Generales) building in [Madrid](/source/Madrid).{{cite news |title=SPANISH PREMIER IS ASSASSINATED, LEAVING CONGRESS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1921/03/09/archives/spanish-premier-is-assassinated-leaving-congress-eduardo-dato.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=15 December 2020 |date=9 March 1921 |archive-date=25 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225044829/https://www.nytimes.com/1921/03/09/archives/spanish-premier-is-assassinated-leaving-congress-eduardo-dato.html |url-status=live}} *[1924](/source/1924) – [A mine disaster](/source/Castle_Gate_Mine_disaster) kills 172 coal miners near [Castle Gate, Utah](/source/Castle_Gate%2C_Utah).{{cite web |title=Castle Gate Mine disaster |url=https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/c/CASTLE_GATE_MINE_DISASTER.shtml |website=www.uen.org |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130174659/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/c/CASTLE_GATE_MINE_DISASTER.shtml |url-status=live}} *[1936](/source/1936) – [Daytona Beach and Road Course](/source/Daytona_Beach_and_Road_Course) holds its first oval [stock car](/source/stock_car_racing) race.{{cite book |last=Close |first=John |title=1001 NASCAR Facts: Cars, Tracks, Milestones, Personalities |date=15 May 2017 |publisher=CarTech Inc |isbn=978-1-61325-310-6 |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7YvODgAAQBAJ&pg=PA40 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141940/https://books.google.com/books?id=7YvODgAAQBAJ&pg=PA40 |url-status=live |via=Google Books}} *[1937](/source/1937) – [Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War): The [Battle of Guadalajara](/source/Battle_of_Guadalajara) begins.{{cite book |title=War |date=October 2009 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited |isbn=978-1-4053-4778-5 |page=465 |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Llw8JSZEXYC&pg=PA465 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142012/https://books.google.com/books?id=8Llw8JSZEXYC&pg=PA465 |url-status=live}} *[1942](/source/1942) – [World War II](/source/World_War_II): The [Dutch East Indies](/source/Dutch_East_Indies) surrender [Java](/source/Java) to the [Imperial Japanese Army](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Army).{{cite book |last=Fujita |first=Frank |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUr8SPflgJMC&pg=PA85 |title=Foo, a Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun: The Secret Prison Diary of Frank "Foo" Fujita |date=December 2000 |publisher=University of North Texas Press |isbn=978-1-57441-131-7 |page=85 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141941/https://books.google.com/books?id=WUr8SPflgJMC&pg=PA85 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |url-status=live}} * 1942 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces capture [Rangoon](/source/Yangon), [Burma](/source/Myanmar) from the [British](/source/United_Kingdom).{{cite web |title=BBC - History - World Wars: Burma Campaign |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff4_burmacampaign.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105171552/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff4_burmacampaign.shtml |url-status=live}} *[1949](/source/1949) – [President of France](/source/President_of_France) [Vincent Auriol](/source/Vincent_Auriol) and ex-[Vietnam](/source/Vietnam)ese emperor [Bảo Đại](/source/B%E1%BA%A3o_%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i) sign the [Élysée Accords](/source/%C3%89lys%C3%A9e_Accords), giving [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam) greater independence from [France](/source/France) and creating the [State of Vietnam](/source/State_of_Vietnam) to oppose [Viet Minh](/source/Viet_Minh)-led [Democratic Republic of Vietnam](/source/North_Vietnam).{{Cite book|via=Google Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ECWRqcj3rGIC&q=%C3%89lys%C3%A9e+Accords&pg=PA69|title=U.S. Containment Policy and the Conflict in Indochina|last=Duiker|first=William|date=1994-07-01|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-6581-7|language=en}}The text of the Accords is in {{Cite book|title=Vietnam: The Definitive Documentation of Human Decisions|last=Porter|first=Gareth|date=1979|publisher=Earl M. Coleman Enterprises|pp=184-193}} *[1950](/source/1950) – The iconic [Volkswagen Type 2](/source/Volkswagen_Type_2) "Bus" begins production.{{Cite magazine |last=Kindy |first=David |title=How the Volkswagen Bus Became a Symbol of Counterculture |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-volkswagen-bus-became-symbol-counterculture-180974354/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220003307/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-volkswagen-bus-became-symbol-counterculture-180974354/ |archive-date=2021-12-20 |access-date=2022-03-08 |magazine=[Smithsonian Magazine](/source/Smithsonian_Magazine) |language=en}} *[1962](/source/1962) – A [Turkish Airlines](/source/Turkish_Airlines) [Fokker F27 Friendship](/source/Fokker_F27_Friendship) [crashes](/source/1962_Taurus_Mountains_Turkish_Airlines_F-27_crash) into [Mount Medetsiz](/source/Mount_Medetsiz) in the [Taurus Mountains](/source/Taurus_Mountains) of Turkey, killing all 11 people on board.{{Cite web |title=1962 Tarsus Crash |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620308-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403122048/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620308-1 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=22 August 2022 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=[Flight Safety Foundation](/source/Flight_Safety_Foundation)}} *[1963](/source/1963) – The [Ba'ath Party](/source/Ba'ath_Party) comes to power in [Syria](/source/Syria) in [a coup d'état](/source/1963_Syrian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat).{{cite book |last=Jessup |first=John E. |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hP7jJAkTd9MC&pg=PA50 |title=An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-313-28112-9 |page=50 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126111106/https://books.google.com/books?id=hP7jJAkTd9MC&pg=PA50 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |url-status=live}} *[1965](/source/1965) – [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War): [US Marines](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps) arrive at [Da Nang](/source/Da_Nang).{{Cite web |date=2021-03-08 |title=A Look Back at the Marine Landing at Da Nang |url=https://www.historynet.com/a-look-back-at-the-marine-landing-at-da-nang/ |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Historynet |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308065914/https://www.historynet.com/a-look-back-at-the-marine-landing-at-da-nang/ |url-status=live}} *1965 – [Aeroflot Flight 513](/source/Aeroflot_Flight_513) crashes during takeoff from [Kuybyshev Airport](/source/Kurumoch_International_Airport), killing 30 and injuring 9.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 124V СССР-45028 Kuybyshev Airport (KUF) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650308-1 |access-date=2017-04-24 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation |archive-date=2017-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812133653/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650308-1 |url-status=live}} *[1966](/source/1966) – [Nelson's Pillar](/source/Nelson's_Pillar) in Dublin, Ireland, is destroyed by a bomb.{{cite web |title=Demolition Of Nelson Pillar |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2013/0308/375076-demolition-of-nelsons-pillar/ |website=RTÉ Archives |access-date=16 November 2020 |language=en |archive-date=4 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004115748/https://www.rte.ie/archives/2013/0308/375076-demolition-of-nelsons-pillar/ |url-status=live}} *[1979](/source/1979) – [Philips](/source/Philips) demonstrates the [compact disc](/source/compact_disc) publicly for the first time.{{cite book |last1=Peek |first1=J. B. H. |last2=Bergmans |first2=J. W. M. |last3=Haaren |first3=J. A. M. M. van |last4=Toolenaar |first4=Frank |last5=Stan |first5=S. G. |title=Origins and Successors of the Compact Disc: Contributions of Philips to Optical Storage |date=28 December 2008 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-1-4020-9553-5 |page=54 |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OdcETNEfFAkC&pg=PA54 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141941/https://books.google.com/books?id=OdcETNEfFAkC&pg=PA54 |url-status=live}} * 1979 – Images taken by [Voyager 1](/source/Voyager_1) prove the [existence of volcanoes](/source/Volcanism_on_Io) on [Io](/source/Io_(moon)), a [moon of Jupiter](/source/moon_of_Jupiter).{{cite journal |title=Discovery of currently active extraterrestrial volcanism |journal=[Science](/source/Science_(journal)) |last1=Morabito |first1=L. A. |pages=972 |volume=204 |issue=4396 |date=1979 |doi=10.1126/science.204.4396.972 |pmid=17800432 |bibcode=1979Sci...204..972M |display-authors=1 |last2=Synnott |first2=S. P. |last3=Kupferman |first3=P. N. |last4=Collins |first4=S. A. |s2cid=45693338}} *[1983](/source/1983) – [Cold War](/source/Cold_War): While addressing [a convention of Evangelicals](/source/National_Association_of_Evangelicals), U.S. [President](/source/President_of_the_United_States) [Ronald Reagan](/source/Ronald_Reagan) labels the Soviet Union an "[evil empire](/source/Evil_Empire_speech)".{{cite book |last=Donaldson |first=Robert H. |title=Modern America: A Documentary History of the Nation Since 1945: A Documentary History of the Nation Since 1945 |date=18 December 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-46469-3 |page=273 |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0TfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA273 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141944/https://books.google.com/books?id=t0TfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA273 |url-status=live}} *[1985](/source/1985) – A [supposed failed assassination attempt](/source/1985_Beirut_car_bombings) on Islamic cleric [Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah](/source/Mohammad_Hussein_Fadlallah) in [Beirut, Lebanon](/source/Beirut) kills 80 and injures 200 others.{{Cite news|last=Ap|date=1985-05-23|title=CIA Denies Part in Bombing|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/07/23/cia-denies-part-in-bombing/49955967-2ce9-4b0b-bedc-540ba39f9026/|access-date=2021-05-03|issn=}} *[1988](/source/1988) – [Aeroflot Flight 3379](/source/Aeroflot_Flight_3739_(1988)) is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to [Veshchevo](/source/Veshchevo) in the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union).{{cite web |year=1999 |title=ИЗ ИСТОРИИ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОГО ТЕРРОРИЗМА |trans-title=FROM THE HISTORY OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM |url=http://lib.znate.ru/docs/index-168665.html?page=15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212112620/http://lib.znate.ru/docs/index-168665.html?page=15 |archive-date=12 December 2013 |access-date=11 March 2013 |publisher=Lib.znate.ru |language=ru}} *[1994](/source/1994) – [A collision](/source/1994_Indira_Gandhi_Airport_collision) at [Indira Gandhi International Airport](/source/Indira_Gandhi_International_Airport) kills 9 people.{{ASN accident|id=19940308-0|access-date=21 June 2020}} *[2001](/source/2001) – [Space Shuttle ''Discovery''](/source/Space_Shuttle_Discovery) launches on [STS-102](/source/STS-102), carrying the [Expedition 2](/source/Expedition_2) crew to the [International Space Station](/source/International_Space_Station).{{Cite web |last=Uri |first=John |date=2021-03-24 |title=Space Station 20th: STS-102 Performs First International Space Station Crew Rotation, Returns Expedition 1 to Earth |url=https://www.nasa.gov/history/space-station-20th-sts-102-performs-first-international-space-station-crew-rotation-returns-expedition-1-to-earth/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=NASA}} *[2004](/source/2004) – A new [constitution](/source/Transitional_Administrative_Law_(Iraq)) is signed by [Iraq](/source/Iraq)'s [Governing Council](/source/Iraqi_Governing_Council).{{cite web |title=Iraqi interim constitution signed |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/08/iraq.simonjeffery |website=the Guardian |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en |date=8 March 2004 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126132548/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/08/iraq.simonjeffery |url-status=live}} *[2010](/source/2010) – Headlined by [Hulk Hogan](/source/Hulk_Hogan) and [Ric Flair](/source/Ric_Flair), [TNA Wrestling](/source/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling) moves its flagship program, ''[TNA Impact!](/source/TNA_Impact!)'', to Monday night. This effort to go "big time live" failed but is notable in the history of professional wrestling television.{{Cite web |last=Watry |first=Justin |title=WWE Raw vs. TNA Impact: A Look Back at Monday Nights Two Years Ago |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1098865-wwe-raw-vs-tna-impact-a-look-back-at-monday-nights-two-years-ago |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319215341/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1098865-wwe-raw-vs-tna-impact-a-look-back-at-monday-nights-two-years-ago |url-status=live}} *[2014](/source/2014) – In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, [Malaysia Airlines Flight 370](/source/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370), carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) to Beijing.{{cite web |title=Malaysia Airlines flight to Beijing vanishes |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26492748 |website=BBC News |access-date=10 December 2020 |date=8 March 2014 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112202331/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26492748 |url-status=live}} The fate of the flight remains unknown. *[2017](/source/2017) – The [Azure Window](/source/Azure_Window), a natural arch on the [Maltese](/source/Malta) island of [Gozo](/source/Gozo), collapses in stormy weather.{{cite web |title=Malta's Azure Window collapses into the sea |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39207196 |website=BBC News |access-date=16 November 2020 |date=8 March 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308143504/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39207196 |url-status=live}} *[2018](/source/2018) – The first [Aurat March](/source/Aurat_March) (social/political demonstration) is held on [International Women's Day](/source/International_Women's_Day) in [Karachi](/source/Karachi), Pakistan, since then held annually across Pakistan, and the feminist slogan "[Mera Jism Meri Marzi](/source/Mera_Jism_Meri_Marzi)" ([My body, my choice](/source/My_body%2C_my_choice)), in demand for [women's right](/source/women's_right) to [bodily autonomy](/source/bodily_autonomy) and against [gender-based violence](/source/gender-based_violence), came into vogue in Pakistan.{{Cite news|last=Chughtai|first=Alia|title=Pakistani women march for equality, gender justice|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/8/pakistani-women-hold-aurat-march-for-equality-gender-justice|access-date=2021-03-03|website=www.aljazeera.com|date=3 December 2018|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323182550/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/8/pakistani-women-hold-aurat-march-for-equality-gender-justice|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=2020-03-07|title=Aurat March: Pakistani women face violent threats ahead of rally|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51748152|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2021-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308010836/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51748152|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=Women's Day: Pakistani women demand bodily rights, gender equality {{!}} DW {{!}} 08.03.2020|url=https://www.dw.com/en/womens-day-pakistani-women-demand-bodily-rights-gender-equality/a-52685628|access-date=2021-03-03|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305155404/https://www.dw.com/en/womens-day-pakistani-women-demand-bodily-rights-gender-equality/a-52685628|url-status=live}} *[2021](/source/2021) – [International Women's Day](/source/International_Women's_Day) marches in [Mexico](/source/2021_in_Mexico) become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City) alone.{{cite news |title=Women's march in Mexico turns violent as protesters clash with police |url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210309-women-s-march-in-mexico-turns-violent-as-protesters-clash-with-police |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=France 24 |date=9 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310210306/https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210309-women-s-march-in-mexico-turns-violent-as-protesters-clash-with-police |url-status=live}} * 2021 – Twenty-eight political institutions in Myanmar establish the [National Unity Consultative Council](/source/National_Unity_Consultative_Council), a historic alliance of ethnic armed organizations and democratically elected leaders, in response to the [2021 Myanmar coup d'état](/source/2021_Myanmar_coup_d'%C3%A9tat).{{Cite web |date=2021-11-16 |title=Announcement of the National Unity Consultative Council - NUCC |url=https://www.womenofburma.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/NUCC-Statement-En.pdf |website=National Unity Consultative Council |access-date=2023-02-27 |archive-date=2023-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216044004/https://www.womenofburma.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/NUCC-Statement-En.pdf |url-status=live}} ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[1495](/source/1495) – [John of God](/source/John_of_God), Portuguese friar and saint (died 1550){{cite web |title=Saint John of God {{!}} Portuguese monk |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-of-God |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019091722/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-of-God |url-status=live }} ===1601–1900=== *[1712](/source/1712) – [John Fothergill](/source/John_Fothergill_(physician)), English physician and botanist (died 1780){{cite web |title=John Fothergill {{!}} RCP Museum |url=https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/john-fothergill |website=history.rcplondon.ac.uk |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415173034/https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/john-fothergill |url-status=live }} *[1714](/source/1714) – [Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach](/source/Carl_Philipp_Emanuel_Bach), German pianist and composer (died 1788){{cite web |title=Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach {{!}} German composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=10 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310033724/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach |url-status=live }} *[1726](/source/1726) – [Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe](/source/Richard_Howe%2C_1st_Earl_Howe), English admiral and politician, [Treasurer of the Navy](/source/Treasurer_of_the_Navy) (died 1799){{cite web |title=Richard Howe, Earl Howe {{!}} British admiral |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Howe-Earl-Howe-Baron-Howe-of-Langar |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525204535/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Howe-Earl-Howe-Baron-Howe-of-Langar |url-status=live }} *[1746](/source/1746) – [André Michaux](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Michaux), French botanist and explorer (died 1802){{cite web |title=André Michaux |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/andre-michaux |orig-date= May 27, 2008 |date= May 6, 2015 |first1= Judith F.m. |last1=Hoeniger |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126110113/https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/andre-michaux |url-status=live }} *[1748](/source/1748) – [William V, Prince of Orange](/source/William_V%2C_Prince_of_Orange) (died 1806){{cite web |title=William V {{!}} prince of Orange and Nassau |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-V-prince-of-Orange-and-Nassau |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806230401/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-V-prince-of-Orange-and-Nassau |url-status=live }} *[1761](/source/1761) – [Jan Potocki](/source/Jan_Potocki), Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author (died 1815){{cite web |title=Authors : Potocki, Jan : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/potocki_jan |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127234715/http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/potocki_jan |url-status=live }} *[1799](/source/1799) – [Simon Cameron](/source/Simon_Cameron), American journalist and politician, [United States Secretary of War](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_War) (died 1889){{cite web |title=Simon Cameron {{!}} United States secretary of war |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Simon-Cameron |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026065709/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Simon-Cameron |url-status=live }} *[1804](/source/1804) – [Alvan Clark](/source/Alvan_Clark), American astronomer and telescope maker (died 1887){{cite web |title=Clark Family {{!}} American astronomers and telescope makers |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Clark-family |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201001337/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Clark-family |url-status=live }} *[1822](/source/1822) – [Ignacy Łukasiewicz](/source/Ignacy_%C5%81ukasiewicz), Polish inventor and businessman, invented the [Kerosene lamp](/source/Kerosene_lamp) (died 1882){{cite journal |last1=Pabis-Braunstein |first1=Mirosława |title=Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822-1882) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41111254 |journal=Pharmacy in History |access-date=16 December 2020 |pages=174–176 |date=1989 |volume=31 |issue=4 |jstor=41111254 |pmid=11622038 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141942/https://www.jstor.org/stable/41111254 |url-status=live }} *[1827](/source/1827) – [Wilhelm Bleek](/source/Wilhelm_Bleek), German linguist and anthropologist (died 1875){{cite web |title=Wilhelm Bleek {{!}} German linguist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Bleek |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127021515/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Bleek |url-status=live }} *[1830](/source/1830) – [João de Deus](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Deus_de_Nogueira_Ramos), Portuguese poet and educator (died 1896){{cite web |title=João de Deus {{!}} Portuguese poet |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joao-de-Deus-Nogueira-Ramos |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028232930/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joao-de-Deus-Nogueira-Ramos |url-status=live }} *[1836](/source/1836) – [Harriet Samuel](/source/Harriet_Samuel), English businesswoman and founder the jewellery retailer [H. Samuel](/source/H._Samuel) (died 1908){{cite book |last1=Rubinstein |first1=William D. |last2=Jolles |first2=Michael |last3=Rubinstein |first3=Hilary L. |author-link1=William Rubinstein |author-link3=Hilary L. Rubinstein |title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History |date=22 February 2011 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-4039-3910-4 |page=852 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&pg=PA852 |language=en |access-date=25 September 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141959/https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&pg=PA852 |url-status=live }} *[1841](/source/1841) – [Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.](/source/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.), American lawyer and jurist (died 1935){{cite web |title=Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. {{!}} Biography, Jurisprudence, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Wendell-Holmes-Jr |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126224043/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Wendell-Holmes-Jr |url-status=live }} *[1851](/source/1851) – [Frank Avery Hutchins](/source/Frank_Avery_Hutchins), American librarian and educator (died 1914){{cite book |last1=Lyman |first1=Helen Huguenor |editor1-last=Wynas |editor1-first=Bohdan S. |title=Dictionary of American Library Biography |date=1978 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=9780872871809 |page=257 |chapter=HUTCHINS, FRANK AVERY (1851-1914)}} *[1856](/source/1856) – [Bramwell Booth](/source/Bramwell_Booth), English 2nd [General of The Salvation Army](/source/General_of_The_Salvation_Army) (died 1929){{cite web |title=William Bramwell Booth {{!}} British minister |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Bramwell-Booth |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127082946/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Bramwell-Booth |url-status=live }} * 1856 – [Colin Campbell Cooper](/source/Colin_Campbell_Cooper), American painter and academic (died 1937){{cite book |last1=Pennington |first1=Estill Curtis |last2=Severens |first2=Martha R. |title=Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from The Johnson Collection |date=16 December 2015 |publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press |isbn=978-1-61117-717-6 |page=209 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q8g0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT209 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141951/https://books.google.com/books?id=q8g0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT209 |url-status=live }} *[1858](/source/1858) – [Ida Hunt Udall](/source/Ida_Hunt_Udall), American diarist and homesteader (died 1915){{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Pauline U. |url=https://rsc.byu.edu/book/pioneer-women-arizona |title=Pioneer Women of Arizona |publisher=[Religious Studies Center](/source/Religious_Studies_Center) and [Deseret Book](/source/Deseret_Book) |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-9443-9409-7 |editor-last=Clayton |editor-first=Roberta Flake |edition=2nd |location=Provo and Salt Lake City |pages=741–747 |chapter=Ida Frances Hunt Udall |editor-last2=Ellis |editor-first2=Catherine H. |editor-last3=Boone |editor-first3=David F. |chapter-url=https://rsc.byu.edu/sites/default/files/pub_content/pdf/U.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007023022/https://rsc.byu.edu/sites/default/files/pub_content/pdf/U.pdf |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |url-status=live}} *[1859](/source/1859) – [Kenneth Grahame](/source/Kenneth_Grahame), British author (died 1932){{cite web |title=Kenneth Grahame {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-Grahame |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105063836/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-Grahame |url-status=live }} *[1865](/source/1865) – [Frederic Goudy](/source/Frederic_Goudy), American type designer (died 1947){{cite web |title=Frederic W. Goudy {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-W-Goudy |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415003139/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-W-Goudy |url-status=live }} *[1879](/source/1879) – [Otto Hahn](/source/Otto_Hahn), German chemist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (died 1968){{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1944 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1944/hahn/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117065125/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1944/hahn/facts/ |url-status=live }} *[1886](/source/1886) – [Edward Calvin Kendall](/source/Edward_Calvin_Kendall), American chemist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) laureate (died 1972){{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1950/kendall/biographical/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=16 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216052149/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1950/kendall/biographical/ |url-status=live }} *[1892](/source/1892) – [Juana de Ibarbourou](/source/Juana_de_Ibarbourou), Uruguayan poet and author (died 1979){{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Verity |title=Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature |date=26 March 1997 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-31425-5 |page=800 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TB2PAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA800 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141943/https://books.google.com/books?id=TB2PAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA800 |url-status=live }} *[1896](/source/1896) – [Charlotte Whitton](/source/Charlotte_Whitton), Canadian journalist and politician, 46th [Mayor of Ottawa](/source/Mayor_of_Ottawa) (died 1975){{cite book|first=Anne|last=Comrie|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=16|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale Group|year=2002|page=497|isbn=978-0-78764-075-0}} ===1901–present=== *[1902](/source/1902) – [Louise Beavers](/source/Louise_Beavers), American actress and singer (died 1962){{cite web |title=Louise Beavers {{!}} American actress |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louise-Beavers |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920180706/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louise-Beavers |url-status=live }} * 1902 – [Jennings Randolph](/source/Jennings_Randolph), American journalist and politician (died 1998){{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=22 August 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-7992-4 |page=613 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA613 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141952/https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA613 |url-status=live }} *[1907](/source/1907) – [Konstantinos Karamanlis](/source/Konstantinos_Karamanlis), Greek lawyer and politician, [President of Greece](/source/President_of_Greece) (died 1998){{cite web |title=Konstantinos Karamanlis {{!}} Greek statesman |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantinos-Karamanlis |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128090830/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantinos-Karamanlis |url-status=live }} *[1909](/source/1909) – [Beatrice Shilling](/source/Beatrice_Shilling), English motorcycle racer and engineer (died 1990){{cite web |title=Beatrice Shilling - Revolutionising the Spitfire |url=https://www.kenleyrevival.org/content/history/women-at-war/beatrice-shilling-revolutionising-spitfire |website=Kenley Revival |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308215331/https://www.kenleyrevival.org/content/history/women-at-war/beatrice-shilling-revolutionising-spitfire |url-status=live }} *[1910](/source/1910) – [Claire Trevor](/source/Claire_Trevor), American actress (died 2000){{cite web |title=Claire Trevor Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Claire-Trevor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128140813/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Claire-Trevor |url-status=live }} *[1911](/source/1911) – [Alan Hovhaness](/source/Alan_Hovhaness), Armenian-American pianist and composer (died 2000){{cite web |title=Alan Hovhaness {{!}} American composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Hovhaness |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026224600/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Hovhaness |url-status=live }} *[1912](/source/1912) – [Preston Smith](/source/Preston_Smith_(governor)), American businessman and politician, [Governor of Texas](/source/Governor_of_Texas) (died 2003){{cite web |title=TSHA {{!}} Smith, Preston Earnest |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/smith-preston-earnest |website=www.tshaonline.org |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130232103/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/smith-preston-earnest |url-status=live }} * 1912 – [Meldrim Thomson Jr.](/source/Meldrim_Thomson_Jr.), American publisher and politician, [Governor of New Hampshire](/source/Governor_of_New_Hampshire) (died 2001){{cite book |last1=Holloran |first1=Peter C. |title=Historical Dictionary of New England |date=May 2017 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-0219-0 |page=494 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJ2rDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA494 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141943/https://books.google.com/books?id=WJ2rDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA494 |url-status=live }} *[1914](/source/1914) – [Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich](/source/Yakov_Borisovich_Zel'dovich), Belarusian-Russian physicist and astronomer (died 1987){{cite book |last1=Scholz |first1=Fritz |title=Electrochemistry in a Divided World: Innovations in Eastern Europe in the 20th Century |date=13 October 2015 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-21221-0 |page=68 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XfXpCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA68 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308135204/https://books.google.com/books?id=XfXpCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA68#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }} *[1918](/source/1918) – [Eileen Herlie](/source/Eileen_Herlie), Scottish-American actress (died 2008){{cite web |title=Eileen Herlie |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb60010 |website=BFI |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126135546/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb60010 |url-status=dead }} *[1921](/source/1921) – [Alan Hale Jr.](/source/Alan_Hale_Jr.), American actor and restaurateur (died 1990){{cite web| url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9SF-VPSX?i=438&cc=2001287&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AWZ6G-TG2M|title=California Birth Certificate, Alan Hale Mackahan|work=Familysearch.org}} *[1922](/source/1922) – [Ralph H. Baer](/source/Ralph_H._Baer), German-American video game designer, created the [Magnavox Odyssey](/source/Magnavox_Odyssey) (died 2014){{cite web |title=Inventor Ralph Baer, The 'Father Of Video Games,' Dies At 92 |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/12/08/369405270/inventor-ralph-baer-the-father-of-video-games-dies-at-92?t=1608300194950 |website=NPR.org |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |last1=Mullis |first1=Steve |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420114323/https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/12/08/369405270/inventor-ralph-baer-the-father-of-video-games-dies-at-92?t=1608300194950 |url-status=live }} * 1922 – [Cyd Charisse](/source/Cyd_Charisse), American actress and dancer (died 2008){{cite web |title=TSHA {{!}} Finklea, Tula Ellice [Cyd Charisse] |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/finklea-tula-ellice-cyd-charisse |website=www.tshaonline.org |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128201825/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/finklea-tula-ellice-cyd-charisse |url-status=live }} * 1922 – [Carl Furillo](/source/Carl_Furillo), American baseball player (died 1989){{cite web |title=Carl Furillo Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Carl-Furillo |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923134854/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Carl-Furillo |url-status=live }} * 1922 – [Shigeru Mizuki](/source/Shigeru_Mizuki), Japanese author and illustrator (died 2015){{cite web |last1=Soble |first1=Jonathan |title=Shigeru Mizuki, Influential Japanese Cartoonist, Dies at 93 (Published 2015) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/arts/design/shigeru-mizuki-influential-japanese-cartoonist-dies-at-93.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=18 December 2020 |date=1 December 2015 |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110050219/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/arts/design/shigeru-mizuki-influential-japanese-cartoonist-dies-at-93.html |url-status=live }} *[1924](/source/1924) – [Anthony Caro](/source/Anthony_Caro), English sculptor and illustrator (died 2013){{cite web |title=Sir Anthony Caro {{!}} British sculptor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anthony-Caro |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105154041/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anthony-Caro |url-status=live }} * 1924 – [Sean McClory](/source/Sean_McClory), Irish-American actor and director (died 2003){{cite book |last1=Matheson |first1=Sue |title=The John Ford Encyclopedia |date=15 December 2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-0382-1 |page=209 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SvuzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA209 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308135040/https://books.google.com/books?id=SvuzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA209#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }} * 1924 – [Addie L. Wyatt](/source/Addie_L._Wyatt), American civil rights activist and labor leader (died 2012){{Cite web |title=Reverend Addie Wyatt and Reverend Claude Wyatt Papers |url=https://bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu/portal/view/?id=BMRC.HARSH.WYATT.xml#:~:text=Addie%20Wyatt%20was%20born%20Addie,Maggie%20Cameron%20in%20Brookhaven,%20Mississippi. |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu |archive-date=2023-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323203011/https://bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu/portal/view/?id=BMRC.HARSH.WYATT.xml#:~:text=Addie%20Wyatt%20was%20born%20Addie,Maggie%20Cameron%20in%20Brookhaven,%20Mississippi. |url-status=live }} *[1925](/source/1925) – [Warren Bennis](/source/Warren_Bennis), American scholar, author, and academic (died 2014){{cite book |last1=Antonakis |first1=John |last2=Day |first2=David V. |title=The Nature of Leadership |date=5 September 2017 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-1-5063-9499-2 |page=732 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=elQ0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT732 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142100/https://books.google.com/books?id=elQ0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT732 |url-status=live }} *[1926](/source/1926) – [Francisco Rabal](/source/Francisco_Rabal), Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2001){{cite web |title=Francisco Rabal |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/francisco-rabal-9131546.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=16 February 2014 |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724123817/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/francisco-rabal-9131546.html |url-status=live }} *[1927](/source/1927) – [Ramon Revilla Sr.](/source/Ramon_Revilla_Sr.), Filipino actor and politician (died 2020){{cite web |title=The 'agimat' is gone: Ramon Revilla Sr., 93 |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/06/27/news/national/the-agimat-is-gone-ramon-revilla-sr-93/735832/ |website=The Manila Times |access-date=18 December 2020 |date=27 June 2020 |archive-date=24 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224102708/https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/06/27/news/national/the-agimat-is-gone-ramon-revilla-sr-93/735832/ |url-status=live }} *[1928](/source/1928) – [Lore Segal](/source/Lore_Segal), American novelist (died 2024){{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=October 7, 2024 |title=Lore Segal, Mordant Novelist of Émigré Life, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/books/lore-segal-dead.html |access-date=October 9, 2024 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)}} *[1930](/source/1930) – [Bob Grim](/source/Bob_Grim_(baseball)), American baseball player (died 1996){{cite web |title=Bob Grim |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bob-grim/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117093911/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bob-grim/ |url-status=live }} * 1930 – [Douglas Hurd](/source/Douglas_Hurd), English politician{{cite web |title=Douglas Hurd |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba169408c |website=BFI |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=21 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221062742/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba169408c |url-status=dead }} *[1931](/source/1931) – [Neil Adcock](/source/Neil_Adcock), South African cricketer (died 2013){{Cite web |title=Neil Adcock |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/neil-adcock-154572 |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}} * 1931 – [John McPhee](/source/John_McPhee), American author and educator{{cite book |editor= |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |date=30 September 2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-264-1 |page=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142123/https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |url-status=live }} * 1931 – [Neil Postman](/source/Neil_Postman), American author and social critic (died 2003){{cite web |title=Neil Postman {{!}} American educator, media theorist, and social critic |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Neil-Postman |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724214959/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Neil-Postman |url-status=live }} * 1931 – [Gerald Potterton](/source/Gerald_Potterton), English-Canadian animator, director, and producer (died 2022){{cite web |title=Gerald Potterton |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gerald-potterton |date= December 16, 2013 |first1= Wyndham |last1=Wise |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417132758/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gerald-potterton |url-status=live }} *[1934](/source/1934) – [Marv Breeding](/source/Marv_Breeding), American baseball player and scout (died 2006){{cite web |title=Marv Breeding |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/marv-breeding/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123172930/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/marv-breeding/ |url-status=live }} *[1935](/source/1935) – [George Coleman](/source/George_Coleman), American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader{{cite web |title=George Coleman {{!}} Memphis Music Hall of Fame |url=https://memphismusichalloffame.com/inductee/georgecoleman/ |website=memphismusichalloffame.com |date=29 November 2012 |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120033857/https://memphismusichalloffame.com/inductee/georgecoleman/ |url-status=live }} *[1936](/source/1936) – [Panditrao Agashe](/source/Panditrao_Agashe), Indian businessman (died 1986){{cite book |last1=Rānaḍe |first1=Sadāśiva Bhāskara |author1-link=Sadashiv Ranade |title=Cittapāvana Kauśika gotrī Āgāśe-kula-vr̥ttānta |date=1974 |page=61 |url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg1=74903020&argType1=phrase&searchCode1=K010&searchType=2&combine2=and&searchArg2=&argType2=all&searchCode2=GKEY&combine3=and&searchArg3=&argType3=all&searchCode3=GKEY&location=all&place=all&type=all&language=all&recCount=10 |access-date=8 July 2022 |language=mr |archive-date=23 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123162455/https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg1=74903020&argType1=phrase&searchCode1=K010&searchType=2&combine2=and&searchArg2=&argType2=all&searchCode2=GKEY&combine3=and&searchArg3=&argType3=all&searchCode3=GKEY&location=all&place=all&type=all&language=all&recCount=10 |url-status=live }} * 1936 – [Sue Ane Langdon](/source/Sue_Ane_Langdon), American actress and singer{{cite book |last1=Lisanti |first1=Tom |last2=Paul |first2=Louis |title=Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973 |date=10 April 2002 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1194-8 |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VJCaXXANA0C&pg=PA171 |language=en}} *[1937](/source/1937) – [Richard Fariña](/source/Richard_Fari%C3%B1a), American singer-songwriter and author (died 1966){{cite book |last1=Lawlor |first1=William |title=Beat Culture: Lifestyles, Icons, and Impact |year=2005 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-400-4 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMZqLXP01e4C&pg=PA103 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142102/https://books.google.com/books?id=MMZqLXP01e4C&pg=PA103 |url-status=live }} * 1937 – [Juvénal Habyarimana](/source/Juv%C3%A9nal_Habyarimana), Rwandan politician, [President of Rwanda](/source/President_of_Rwanda) (died 1994){{cite web |title=Juvénal Habyarimana {{!}} president of Rwanda |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juvenal-Habyarimana |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=19 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121601/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juvenal-Habyarimana |url-status=live }} *[1939](/source/1939) – [Jim Bouton](/source/Jim_Bouton), American baseball player and journalist (died 2019){{cite news |title=Yankees pitcher and "Ball Four" author Jim Bouton dies at 80 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-jim-bouton-obit-20190710-lhcv7pgzwjdajlsdxprzzjszpm-story.html |access-date=March 8, 2020 |work=[New York Daily News](/source/New_York_Daily_News) |date=July 10, 2019 |archive-date=July 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710233406/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-jim-bouton-obit-20190710-lhcv7pgzwjdajlsdxprzzjszpm-story.html |url-status=live }} * 1939 – [Lynn Seymour](/source/Lynn_Seymour), Canadian ballerina and choreographer{{cite web |title=Lynn Seymour {{!}} Canadian ballerina |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lynn-Seymour |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028052513/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lynn-Seymour |url-status=live }} (died 2023) * 1939 – [Lidiya Skoblikova](/source/Lidiya_Skoblikova), Russian speed skater and coach{{cite web |title=Lidiya Skoblikova {{!}} Russian skater |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lidiya-Skoblikova |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202151003/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lidiya-Skoblikova |url-status=live }} * 1939 – [Robert Tear](/source/Robert_Tear), Welsh tenor and conductor (died 2011){{cite web |title=Robert Tear: Tenor celebrated for his interpretations of Handel |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robert-tear-tenor-celebrated-for-his-interpretations-of-handel-mozart-and-britten-2256581.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=22 October 2011 |archive-date=11 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011021857/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robert-tear-tenor-celebrated-for-his-interpretations-of-handel-mozart-and-britten-2256581.html |url-status=live }} *[1941](/source/1941) – [Norman Stone](/source/Norman_Stone), British historian, author, and academic (died 2019){{cite web |title=Norman Stone obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/25/norman-stone-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=25 June 2019 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126140247/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/25/norman-stone-obituary |url-status=live }} *[1942](/source/1942) – [Dick Allen](/source/Dick_Allen), American baseball player and tenor (died 2020){{cite web |title=Dick Allen |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dick-allen/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=22 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222001815/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dick-allen/ |url-status=live }} * 1942 – [Ann Packer](/source/Ann_Packer), English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper{{cite web |title= Ann Packer |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68748 |website=Olympedia |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=10 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010051845/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68748 |url-status=live }} *[1943](/source/1943) – [Susan Clark](/source/Susan_Clark), Canadian actress and producer{{cite web |title=Susan Clark |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/susan-clark |first1= Wyndham |last1=Wise |orig-date= December 8, 2010 |date= March 4, 2015 |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118180429/https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/susan-clark |url-status=live }} * 1943 – [Lynn Redgrave](/source/Lynn_Redgrave), English-American actress and singer (died 2010){{cite web |title=Lynn Redgrave obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/may/03/lynn-redgrave-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=3 May 2010 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119082117/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/may/03/lynn-redgrave-obituary |url-status=live }} *[1944](/source/1944) – [Carole Bayer Sager](/source/Carole_Bayer_Sager), American singer-songwriter * 1944 – [Sergey Nikitin](/source/Sergey_Nikitin_(musician)), Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture |date=28 October 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-78785-0 |page=423 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXz2okCSfq8C&pg=PA423 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142104/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_Contemporary_Russian_Cul/ZXz2okCSfq8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA423&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }} *[1945](/source/1945) – [Micky Dolenz](/source/Micky_Dolenz), American singer-songwriter and actor * 1945 – [Anselm Kiefer](/source/Anselm_Kiefer), German painter and sculptor{{cite web |title=Anselm Kieffer |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kief/hd_kief.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |date=October 2008 |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102095149/https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kief/hd_kief.htm |url-status=live }} *[1946](/source/1946) – [Randy Meisner](/source/Randy_Meisner), American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2023){{cite web |title=Randy Meisner {{!}} American musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Randy-Meisner |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008035933/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Randy-Meisner |url-status=live }} *[1947](/source/1947) – [Michael S. Hart](/source/Michael_S._Hart), American author, founded [Project Gutenberg](/source/Project_Gutenberg) (died 2011){{cite web |title=Michael Hart obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/13/michael-hart-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=13 September 2011 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022050526/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/13/michael-hart-obituary |url-status=live }} *[1948](/source/1948) – [Mel Galley](/source/Mel_Galley), English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008){{cite web |title=Mel Galley: Guitarist with Whitesnake |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mel-galley-guitarist-whitesnake-859965.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=23 October 2011 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309025522/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mel-galley-guitarist-whitesnake-859965.html |url-status=live }} * 1948 – [Peggy March](/source/Peggy_March), American singer-songwriter * 1948 – [Jonathan Sacks](/source/Jonathan_Sacks), English rabbi, philosopher, and scholar (died 2020){{cite web |title=Lord Jonathan Sacks, former chief rabbi, dies aged 72 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54857556 |website=BBC News |access-date=17 December 2020 |date=7 November 2020 |archive-date=16 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216222417/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54857556 |url-status=live }} *[1949](/source/1949) – [Teofilo Cubillas](/source/Teofilo_Cubillas), Peruvian footballer{{cite book |last1=Dunmore |first1=Tom |title=Historical Dictionary of Soccer |date=16 September 2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7188-5 |page=63 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9j1wbp2t1usC&pg=PA63 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302013303/https://books.google.com/books?id=9j1wbp2t1usC&pg=PA63 |url-status=live }} *[1951](/source/1951) – [Phil Edmonds](/source/Phil_Edmonds), Zambian-English cricketer{{cite web |title=March 8 down the years |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149300.html |work=ESPNcricinfo|date=8 March 2007 |access-date=12 August 2017}} * 1951 – [Dianne Walker](/source/Dianne_Walker), American tap dancer{{cite book |last1=Hill |first1=Constance Valis |title=Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History |date=12 November 2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-022538-4 |page=279 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HERDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA279 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142134/https://books.google.com/books?id=_HERDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA279 |url-status=live }} *[1953](/source/1953) – [Jim Rice](/source/Jim_Rice), American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster *[1954](/source/1954) – [Steve James](/source/Steve_James_(producer)), American documentary filmmaker{{cite tweet|user=Kartemquin|number=574580230041509888|date=8 March 2015|title=Happy birthday to this guy!|access-date=6 April 2019}} * 1954 – [David Wilkie](/source/David_Wilkie_(swimmer)), Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer (died 2024){{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/articles/c3ggndekv8lo |title=Olympic champion swimmer Wilkie dies aged 70 |publisher=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport) |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=23 May 2024 |archive-date=22 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522231727/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/articles/c3ggndekv8lo |url-status=live }} *[1956](/source/1956) – [Laurie Cunningham](/source/Laurie_Cunningham), English footballer (died 1989){{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Richard |title=Laurie Cunningham: the dancing footballer with eternal youth {{!}} Richard Williams |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/feb/26/laurie-cunningham-dancing-footballer-richard-williams |website=The Guardian |access-date=17 February 2020 |date=26 February 2016 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217110841/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/feb/26/laurie-cunningham-dancing-footballer-richard-williams |url-status=live }} * 1956 – [David Malpass](/source/David_Malpass), American economist and government official{{cite news |title=The Wall Street years of Donald Trump's World Bank pick |url=https://www.ft.com/content/de4c1016-2e86-11e9-8744-e7016697f225 |website=Financial Times |date=13 February 2019 |access-date=18 October 2020 |last1=Politi |first1=James |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021075847/https://www.ft.com/content/de4c1016-2e86-11e9-8744-e7016697f225 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}} *[1957](/source/1957) – [Clive Burr](/source/Clive_Burr), English rock drummer (died 2013){{cite web |title=Clive Burr: Drummer with Iron Maiden |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/clive-burr-drummer-iron-maiden-8552284.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 October 2020 |language=en |date=27 March 2013 |archive-date=12 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312074551/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/clive-burr-drummer-iron-maiden-8552284.html |url-status=live }} * 1957 – [Billy Childs](/source/Billy_Childs), American pianist and composer{{cite web |title=Browse In Jazz, Composer or Arranger {{!}} Grove Music Online {{!}} Grove Music |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/browse |website=Grove Music Online |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102002036/https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/browse |url-status=live }} *[1958](/source/1958) – [Gary Numan](/source/Gary_Numan), English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer{{cite web |title=Gary Numan |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba7b23465 |website=BFI |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129110340/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba7b23465 |url-status=dead }} *[1959](/source/1959) – [Lester Holt](/source/Lester_Holt), American journalist{{cite web |last1=Harper |first1=Holly |title=Happy Birthday Lester Holt! |url=https://www.wilx.com/2022/03/08/happy-birthday-lester-holt/ |publisher=[WILX](/source/WILX) |access-date=22 February 2023 |date=8 March 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222210028/https://www.wilx.com/2022/03/08/happy-birthday-lester-holt/ |url-status=live }} * 1959 – [Aidan Quinn](/source/Aidan_Quinn), American actor *[1960](/source/1960) – [Irek Mukhamedov](/source/Irek_Mukhamedov), Russian ballet dancer{{cite web |title=Irek Mukhamedov |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100214918 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en }} * 1960 – [Buck Williams](/source/Buck_Williams), American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Buck Williams |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/433 |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=30 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130234018/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/433 |url-status=live }} *[1961](/source/1961) – [Camryn Manheim](/source/Camryn_Manheim), American actress * 1961 – [Larry Murphy](/source/Larry_Murphy_(ice_hockey)), Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=DRAFT DAY MEMORIES WITH LARRY MURPHY |url=https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/draft-day-memories-with-larry-murphy/c-455885 |website=NHL.com |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142143/https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/draft-day-memories-with-larry-murphy/c-455885 |url-status=live }} *[1962](/source/1962) – [Leon Robinson](/source/Leon_Robinson), American actor{{cite web |last1=Rotter |first1=Joshua |title=Leon joins diverse cast of 'A Luv Tale' |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/leon-joins-diverse-cast-of-a-luv-tale/ |website=San Francisco Examiner |date=June 26, 2019 |access-date=February 4, 2021}} *[1965](/source/1965) – [Kenny Smith](/source/Kenny_Smith), American basketball player and sportscaster{{cite web |title=Kenny Smith |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/3494/kenny-smith |website=ESPN |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=30 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930024343/https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/3494/kenny-smith |url-status=live }} *[1966](/source/1966) – [Greg Barker, Baron Barker of Battle](/source/Greg_Barker%2C_Baron_Barker_of_Battle), English politician{{cite web |title=Gregory Barker |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2053265.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=17 December 2020 |date=21 October 2002 |archive-date=17 December 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031217084049/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2053265.stm |url-status=live }} *[1968](/source/1968) – [Michael Bartels](/source/Michael_Bartels), German race car driver{{cite web |title=Michael Bartels |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/1145.html |website=ESPN UK |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425050112/http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/1145.html |url-status=live }} * 1968 – [Shawn Mullins](/source/Shawn_Mullins), American singer-songwriter{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 8, 2023 includes celebrities Camryn Manheim, Micky Dolenz |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-8-2023-includes-celebrities-camryn-manheim-micky-dolenz.html |website=[The Plain Dealer](/source/The_Plain_Dealer) |publisher=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=8 March 2023 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421123241/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-8-2023-includes-celebrities-camryn-manheim-micky-dolenz.html |url-status=live }} *[1970](/source/1970) – [Jason Elam](/source/Jason_Elam), American football player{{cite web |title=Jason Elam Stats |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/453/jason-elam |website=ESPN |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308135606/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/453/jason-elam |url-status=live }} * 1970 – [Andrea Parker](/source/Andrea_Parker), American actress *[1972](/source/1972) – [Matt Nable](/source/Matt_Nable), Australian rugby league player and actor[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/matt-nable/summary.html Matt Nable] ''rugbyleagueproject.org'' * 1972 – [Lena Sundström](/source/Lena_Sundstr%C3%B6m), Swedish journalist and author{{cite web |title=Lena Sundström ny programledare i SVT |url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/medier/lena-sundstrom-till-svt-1 |website=SVT Nyheter |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=sv |date=16 November 2015 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411110330/https://www.svt.se/kultur/medier/lena-sundstrom-till-svt-1 |url-status=live }} *[1973](/source/1973) – [Boris Kodjoe](/source/Boris_Kodjoe), Austrian-German actor *[1976](/source/1976) – [Chris Clark](/source/Chris_Clark_(ice_hockey)), American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Chris Clark |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/chris-clark-8460567 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223111257/http://www.nhl.com/player/chris-clark-8460567 |url-status=live }} * 1976 – [Juan Encarnación](/source/Juan_Encarnaci%C3%B3n), Dominican baseball player{{cite web |title=Juan Encarnacion Stats, Highlights, Bio |url=https://www.milb.com/player/juan-encarnacion-113845 |website=Springfield Cardinals |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en}} * 1976 – [Freddie Prinze Jr.](/source/Freddie_Prinze_Jr.), American actor, producer, and screenwriter{{cite web |title=Freddie Prinze Jr. Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Freddie-Prinze-Jr |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027101319/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Freddie-Prinze-Jr |url-status=live }} * 1976 – [Hines Ward](/source/Hines_Ward), Korean-American football player{{cite web |title=Hines Ward |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1494/hines-ward |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222210046/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1494/hines-ward |url-status=live }} *[1977](/source/1977) – [James Van Der Beek](/source/James_Van_Der_Beek), American actor (died 2026){{cite web |last1=Hayward |first1=Anthony |title=James Van Der Beek obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/feb/12/james-van-der-beek-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=13 February 2026 |date=12 February 2026}} * 1977 – [Johann Vogel](/source/Johann_Vogel_(footballer)), Swiss footballer{{cite web |title=Johann Vogel |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/player/16332/johann-vogel |website=SkySports |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506173423/https://www.skysports.com/football/player/16332/johann-vogel |url-status=live }} *[1978](/source/1978) – [Nick Zano](/source/Nick_Zano), American actor *[1979](/source/1979) – [Tom Chaplin](/source/Tom_Chaplin), English singer-songwriter and musician *[1982](/source/1982) – [Erik Ersberg](/source/Erik_Ersberg), Swedish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Erik Ersberg |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/erik-ersberg-8473975 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819103936/https://www.nhl.com/player/erik-ersberg-8473975 |url-status=live }} * 1982 – [Leonidas Kampantais](/source/Leonidas_Kampantais), Greek footballer{{cite web |title=Leonidas Kampantais |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/player/55534/leonidas-kampantais |website=SkySports |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308135601/https://www.skysports.com/football/player/55534/leonidas-kampantais |url-status=live }} * 1982 – [Keemstar](/source/Keemstar), American YouTuber{{cite web |title=Thank you guys for the Birthday wishes. 39 , last 12 months of my 30's has started. I'm planning on getting a six pack , buying a Lamborghini, Getting a hair transplant & 7 new girlfriends. |url=https://twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/1368887198238539776 |website=Twitter |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307051123/https://twitter.com/keemstar/status/1368887198238539776 |url-status=live }} * 1982 – [Kat Von D](/source/Kat_Von_D), American tattoo artist and model{{cite web |last1=Koonse |first1=Emma |title=Kat Von D Celebrates 30th Birthday Today |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/kat-von-d-celebrates-30th-birthday-today.html |publisher=[The Christian Post](/source/The_Christian_Post) |access-date=22 February 2023 |date=9 March 2012 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222210047/https://www.christianpost.com/news/kat-von-d-celebrates-30th-birthday-today.html |url-status=live }} *[1983](/source/1983) – [André Santos](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Santos), Brazilian footballer{{cite news |title=Brazil defender moves to Arsenal |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14712232 |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112014150/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14712232 |url-status=live }} * 1983 – [Mark Worrell](/source/Mark_Worrell), American baseball player{{cite web |title=Mark Worrell |url=https://www.milb.com/player/mark-worrell-450312 |website=[Minor League Baseball](/source/Minor_League_Baseball) |access-date=16 November 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308140241/https://www.milb.com/player/mark-worrell-450312 |url-status=live }} *[1984](/source/1984) – [Yoshihisa Hirano](/source/Yoshihisa_Hirano_(baseball)), Japanese baseball player{{cite web |title=Yoshihisa Hirano |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/yoshihisa-hirano-673633 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404233716/https://www.mlb.com/player/yoshihisa-hirano-673633 |url-status=live }} * 1984 – [Ross Taylor](/source/Ross_Taylor), New Zealand cricketer{{cite web |title=Ross Taylor Biography |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/ross-taylor |website=www.sportskeeda.com |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en-us |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116051347/https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/ross-taylor |url-status=live }} * 1984 – [Sasha Vujačić](/source/Sasha_Vuja%C4%8Di%C4%87), Slovenian basketball player{{cite web |title=Sasha Vujacic |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2756/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=1 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201060555/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2756/career |url-status=live }} *[1985](/source/1985) – [Maria Ohisalo](/source/Maria_Ohisalo), Finnish politician and researcher{{Cite web|title=Sisäministeri|url=https://valtioneuvosto.fi/marinin-hallitus/sisaministeri|access-date=2021-03-24|website=Valtioneuvosto|language=fi-FI|archive-date=2021-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420095922/https://valtioneuvosto.fi/marinin-hallitus/sisaministeri|url-status=live}} *[1986](/source/1986) – [Chad Gable](/source/Chad_Gable), American wrestler{{cite web |title=Chad Gable |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17173084/wwe-profile-page-chad-gable |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=22 February 2023 |date=8 March 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222210027/https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17173084/wwe-profile-page-chad-gable |url-status=live }} * 1986 – [Thomas Morstead](/source/Thomas_Morstead), American football player{{cite web |title=Thomas Morstead |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/12701/thomas-morstead |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=29 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229110855/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/12701/thomas-morstead |url-status=live }} *[1987](/source/1987) – [Milana Vayntrub](/source/Milana_Vayntrub), Uzbekistani-American actress and comedian * 1987 – [Jonathan Wright](/source/Jonathan_Wright_(rugby_league)), Australian rugby league player[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jonathan-wright/summary.html Jonathan Wright] ''rugbyleagueproject.org'' *[1988](/source/1988) – [Benny Blanco](/source/Benny_Blanco), American record producer{{cite web |last1=Gibson |first1=Kelsie |title=Who Is Selena Gomez's New Boyfriend? All About Benny Blanco |url=https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/selena-gomezs-boyfriend-benny-blanco-000136147.html |website=Yahoo Movies Canada |date=8 December 2023 |access-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307191535/https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/selena-gomezs-boyfriend-benny-blanco-000136147.html |url-status=live }} * 1988 – [Tommy Pham](/source/Tommy_Pham), American baseball player{{cite web |title=Tommy Pham |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tommy-pham-502054 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014152000/https://www.mlb.com/player/tommy-pham-502054 |url-status=live }} *[1989](/source/1989) – [Robbie Hummel](/source/Robbie_Hummel), American basketball player and sportscaster{{cite web |title=Robbie Hummel |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203133/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211155658/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203133/career |url-status=live }} *[1990](/source/1990) – [Kristinia DeBarge](/source/Kristinia_DeBarge), American singer-songwriter and actress * 1990 – [Asier Illarramendi](/source/Asier_Illarramendi), Spanish footballer{{cite web |title=Summer Scout - Asier Illarramendi |url=https://www.skysports.com/transfer/news/15198/8796014/Summer-Scout-Asier-Illarramendi |website=SkySports |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021035709/http://www1.skysports.com/transfer/news/15198/8796014/summer-scout-asier-illarramendi |url-status=live }} * 1990 – [Brandon Kozun](/source/Brandon_Kozun), American-Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Brandon Kozun |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/brandon-kozun-8475295 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707222107/https://www.nhl.com/player/brandon-kozun-8475295 |url-status=live }} * 1990 – [Petra Kvitová](/source/Petra_Kvitov%C3%A1), Czech tennis player{{cite web |title=Petra Kvitova Bio {{!}} Bio & Career – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/314206/petra-kvitova/bio |website=Women's Tennis Association |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=12 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112062324/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/314206/petra-kvitova/bio |url-status=live }} * 1990 – [Kevin Zeitler](/source/Kevin_Zeitler), American football player{{cite web |title=Kevin Zeitler |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14931/kevin-zeitler |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=1 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301163012/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14931/kevin-zeitler |url-status=live }} *[1991](/source/1991) – [Yoon Ji-sung](/source/Yoon_Ji-sung), South Korean singer and actor{{Cite web |date=2017-08-17 |title=Jisung (Wanna One) profile, age & facts (2024 updated) |url=https://kpopping.com/profiles/idol/Jisung |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=kpopping.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114174210/https://kpopping.com/profiles/idol/Jisung |url-status=live }} *[1993](/source/1993) – [Rui Machida](/source/Rui_Machida), Japanese basketball player{{cite web |title=Rui Machida |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/1630957 |publisher=[WNBA](/source/WNBA) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308140251/https://www.wnba.com/player/1630957 |url-status=live }} *[1994](/source/1994) – [Claire Emslie](/source/Claire_Emslie), Scottish footballer{{cite web |title=Orlando Pride Sign Scotland Women's National Team Forward Claire Emslie |url=https://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2019/05/30/orlando-pride-sign-scotland-women-s-national-team-forward-claire-emslie |website=Orlando City |access-date=28 April 2020 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804030237/https://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2019/05/30/orlando-pride-sign-scotland-women-s-national-team-forward-claire-emslie |url-status=live }} *[1995](/source/1995) – [Marko Gudurić](/source/Marko_Guduri%C4%87), Serbian basketball player{{cite web |title=Marko Guduric |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629741/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211024543/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629741/career |url-status=live }} * 1995 – [Isaiah Whitehead](/source/Isaiah_Whitehead), American basketball player{{cite web |title=Isaiah Whitehead |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627785/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=10 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210145135/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627785/career |url-status=live }} *[1996](/source/1996) – [Kyle Allen](/source/Kyle_Allen_(American_football)), American football player{{cite web |title=Kyle Allen |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3115293/kyle-allen |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103232858/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3115293/kyle-allen |url-status=live }} *[1997](/source/1997) – [Tijana Bošković](/source/Tijana_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87), Serbian volleyball player{{cite web |title=Tijana Bošković |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/131716 |website=[Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905153038/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/131716 |url-status=live }} *[1999](/source/1999) – [Nathan McSweeney](/source/Nathan_McSweeney), Australian cricketer{{Cite web |title=Nathan McSweeney |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/1124290.html |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}} *[2003](/source/2003) – [Montana Jordan](/source/Montana_Jordan), American actor{{cite news|title=Ore City student to co-star in Josh Brolin Movie|url=https://www.news-journal.com/news/local/ore-city-student-to-co-star-in-josh-brolin-movie/article_4bafd25d-be94-541e-81b1-f564a775dabf.html|accessdate=April 21, 2018|work=Longview News-Journal|date=November 9, 2015|archive-date=September 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923160903/https://www.news-journal.com/news/local/ore-city-student-to-co-star-in-josh-brolin-movie/article_4bafd25d-be94-541e-81b1-f564a775dabf.html|url-status=live}} *[2004](/source/2004) – [Kit Connor](/source/Kit_Connor), English actor{{cite AV media |people=Strong, Louis |date=3 May 2022 |title=Kit Connor |type=Podcast |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kit-connor/id1464449203?i=1000559430643 |access-date=22 May 2022 |time=30:57 |publisher=Headstrong |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522070929/https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kit-connor/id1464449203?i=1000559430643 |url-status=live}} ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[1126](/source/1126) – [Urraca of León and Castile](/source/Urraca_of_Le%C3%B3n_and_Castile) (born 1079){{cite web |title=Urraca {{!}} queen of León |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Urraca |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803195910/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Urraca |url-status=live }} *[1137](/source/1137) – [Adela of Normandy](/source/Adela_of_Normandy), by marriage [countess](/source/countess) of [Blois](/source/Blois) (born {{Circa|1067}}){{cite book |last1=Schaus |first1=Margaret |title=Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia |year=2006 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-96944-4 |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aDhOv6hgN2IC&pg=PA6 |language=en |access-date=2020-10-27 |archive-date=2015-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415190636/http://books.google.com/books?id=aDhOv6hgN2IC&pg=PA6 |url-status=live }} *[1144](/source/1144) – [Pope Celestine II](/source/Pope_Celestine_II){{cite book |last1=Curtis |first1=Edmund |editor1-last=Davis |editor1-first=Henry W. C. |title=Roger of Sicily and the Normans in Lower Italy, 1016-1154 |date=1912 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |pages=277–278}} *[1403](/source/1403) – [Bayezid I](/source/Bayezid_I), Ottoman sultan (born 1360){{cite web |title=Bayezid I {{!}} Ottoman sultan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bayezid-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802084721/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bayezid-I |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last1=Somel |first1=Selcuk Aksin |title=The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire |year=2010 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8108-7579-1 |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBoyoNNKh78C&pg=PR26 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2024-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308141824/https://books.google.com/books?id=tBoyoNNKh78C&pg=PR26#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }} *[1466](/source/1466) – [Francesco I Sforza](/source/Francesco_I_Sforza), Duke of Milan (born 1401){{cite web |title=Francesco Sforza {{!}} duke of Milan [1401–1466] |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francesco-Sforza-duke-of-Milan-1401-1466 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107144121/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francesco-Sforza-duke-of-Milan-1401-1466 |url-status=live }} *[1550](/source/1550) – [John of God](/source/John_of_God), Portuguese friar and saint (born 1495) ===1601–1900=== *[1619](/source/1619) – [Veit Bach](/source/Veit_Bach), German baker and miller{{cite book |last1=Spitta |first1=Philipp |title=Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685-1750 |date=January 1992 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=978-0-486-27412-6 |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9CJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2024-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308141722/https://books.google.com/books?id=j9CJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }} *[1641](/source/1641) – [Xu Xiake](/source/Xu_Xiake), Chinese geographer and explorer (born 1587){{cite book |last1=Christensen |first1=Thomas |title=1616: The World in Motion |date=March 2012 |publisher=Catapult |isbn=978-1-61902-046-7 |page=480 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q8pL8ar8GzcC&pg=PT480 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[1702](/source/1702) – [William III of England](/source/William_III_of_England) (born 1650){{cite web |title=William III {{!}} Biography, Mary II, & Prince of Orange |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-III-king-of-England-Scotland-and-Ireland |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=17 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617013151/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-III-king-of-England-Scotland-and-Ireland |url-status=live }} *[1717](/source/1717) – [Abraham Darby I](/source/Abraham_Darby_I), English blacksmith (born 1678){{cite web |title=Abraham Darby {{!}} British ironmaster |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Darby |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026230405/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Darby |url-status=live }} *[1723](/source/1723) – [Povel Juel](/source/Povel_Juel), Norwegian civil servant (born c.1673){{cite encyclopedia |title=Povel Juel |first=Magnus A. |last=Mardal |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon) |date=22 December 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Povel_Juel |language=no |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324051701/https://snl.no/Povel_Juel |url-status=live }} * 1723 – [Christopher Wren](/source/Christopher_Wren), English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (born 1632){{cite web |title=Christopher Wren {{!}} Biography, Education, Buildings, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Wren |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629012815/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Wren |url-status=live }} *[1844](/source/1844) – [Charles XIV John of Sweden](/source/Charles_XIV_John_of_Sweden) (born 1763){{cite web |title=Charles XIV John {{!}} king of Sweden and Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-XIV-John |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032859/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-XIV-John |url-status=live }} *[1869](/source/1869) – [Hector Berlioz](/source/Hector_Berlioz), French composer, conductor, and critic (born 1803){{cite web |title=Hector Berlioz {{!}} French composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hector-Berlioz |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201000305/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hector-Berlioz |url-status=live }} *[1872](/source/1872) – [Priscilla Susan Bury](/source/Priscilla_Susan_Bury), British botanist (born 1799){{cite book|first=Bernard|last=Lightman|title=Dictionary Of Nineteenth-Century of British Scientists Vol.1|location=Bristol|publisher=Thoemmes|date=2004|page=356|isbn=978-1-85506-999-2}} * 1872 – [Cornelius Krieghoff](/source/Cornelius_Krieghoff), Dutch-Canadian painter (born 1815){{cite web |title=Cornelius Krieghoff {{!}} Dutch-Canadian painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cornelius-Krieghoff |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230183830/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cornelius-Krieghoff |url-status=live }} *[1874](/source/1874) – [Millard Fillmore](/source/Millard_Fillmore), American lawyer and politician, 13th [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States) (born 1800){{cite web |title=Millard Fillmore {{!}} Presidency, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Millard-Fillmore |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126012031/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Millard-Fillmore |url-status=live }} *[1887](/source/1887) – [Henry Ward Beecher](/source/Henry_Ward_Beecher), American minister and activist (born 1813){{cite web |title=Henry Ward Beecher {{!}} American minister |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Ward-Beecher |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116193332/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Ward-Beecher |url-status=live }} * 1887 – [James Buchanan Eads](/source/James_Buchanan_Eads), American engineer, designed the [Eads Bridge](/source/Eads_Bridge) (born 1820){{cite web |title=James B. Eads {{!}} American engineer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-B-Eads |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=11 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211122556/https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-B-Eads |url-status=live }} *[1889](/source/1889) – [John Ericsson](/source/John_Ericsson), Swedish-American engineer (born 1803){{cite web |title=John Ericsson {{!}} Swedish-American engineer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Ericsson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=18 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118003527/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Ericsson |url-status=live }} ===1901–present=== *[1917](/source/1917) – [Ferdinand von Zeppelin](/source/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin), German general and businessman (born 1838){{cite web |title=Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Graf-von-Zeppelin |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029084054/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Graf-von-Zeppelin |url-status=live }} *[1923](/source/1923) – [Johannes Diderik van der Waals](/source/Johannes_Diderik_van_der_Waals), Dutch physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (born 1837){{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1910 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1910/waals/biographical/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=4 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604025941/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1910/waals/biographical/ |url-status=live }} *[1930](/source/1930) – [William Howard Taft](/source/William_Howard_Taft), American politician, 27th [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States) (born 1857){{cite web |title=William Howard Taft {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, Presidency, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Howard-Taft |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129121336/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Howard-Taft |url-status=live }} * 1930 – [Edward Terry Sanford](/source/Edward_Terry_Sanford), American jurist and politician, [United States Assistant Attorney General](/source/United_States_Assistant_Attorney_General) (born 1865){{cite web |title=Edward T. Sanford {{!}} United States jurist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-T-Sanford |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923013302/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-T-Sanford |url-status=live }} *[1932](/source/1932) – [Minna Craucher](/source/Minna_Craucher), Finnish socialite and [spy](/source/spy) (born 1891)Venla Sainio: ''[https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8452 Craucher, Minna (1891-1932)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725111409/https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8452 |date=2021-07-25 }}'' - Kansallisbiografia (in Finnish){{cite news|title=Minna Craucher|date=1932-03-21|work=[Time Magazine](/source/Time_Magazine)|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743386,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027061756/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743386,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2010|accessdate=2008-08-09}} *[1937](/source/1937) – [Howie Morenz](/source/Howie_Morenz), Canadian ice hockey player (born 1902){{cite web |title=Howie Morenz |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/howie-morenz |orig-date= January 23, 2008 |date= March 4, 2015 |first1= James H. |last1=Marsh |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126192005/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/howie-morenz |url-status=live }} *[1941](/source/1941) – [Sherwood Anderson](/source/Sherwood_Anderson), American novelist and short story writer (born 1876){{cite web |title=Sherwood Anderson {{!}} American author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sherwood-Anderson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122031139/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sherwood-Anderson |url-status=live }} *[1942](/source/1942) – [José Raúl Capablanca](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Ra%C3%BAl_Capablanca), Cuban chess player (born 1888){{cite web |title=José Raúl Capablanca {{!}} Cuban chess player |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Raul-Capablanca |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=14 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114044905/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Raul-Capablanca |url-status=live }} *[1943](/source/1943) – [Cipto Mangunkusumo](/source/Cipto_Mangunkusumo), Indonesian independence leader (born 1886){{cite web |last1=VOI |first1=VOI |title=Memory Of March 8, 1943: National Hero, Doctor Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo Dies In Batavia |url=https://voi.id/en/memori/142517 |website=voi.id |publisher=VOI |access-date=8 March 2024 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308141834/https://voi.id/en/memori/142517 |url-status=live }} *[1944](/source/1944) – [Fredy Hirsch](/source/Fredy_Hirsch), German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (born 1916){{cite book |last1=Bartrop |first1=Paul R. |last2=Grimm |first2=Eve E. |title=Children of the Holocaust |date=31 October 2020 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-6853-5 |page=119 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fjz_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA119 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142314/https://books.google.com/books?id=Fjz_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA119 |url-status=live }} *[1948](/source/1948) – [Hulusi Behçet](/source/Hulusi_Beh%C3%A7et), Turkish dermatologist and scientist (born 1889){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5C-JNL0edQC&pg=PA84 |title=Behçet's Disease: A Guide to its Clinical Understanding Textbook and Atlas |last1=Bang |first1=Dongsik |last2=Lee |first2=Eun-So |last3=Sohn |first3=Seonghyang |date=2001-03-08 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=9783540667612 |pages=84 |access-date=2019-02-28 |archive-date=2020-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805153021/https://books.google.com/books?id=e5C-JNL0edQC&pg=PA84 |url-status=live }} *[1957](/source/1957) – [Othmar Schoeck](/source/Othmar_Schoeck), Swiss composer and conductor (born 1886){{cite web |title=Othmar Schoeck {{!}} Swiss composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Othmar-Schoeck |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423062730/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Othmar-Schoeck |url-status=live }} *[1961](/source/1961) – [Thomas Beecham](/source/Thomas_Beecham), English conductor and composer (born 1879){{cite web |title=Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet {{!}} British conductor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-Thomas-Beecham-2nd-Baronet |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125003316/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-Thomas-Beecham-2nd-Baronet |url-status=live }} *[1971](/source/1971) – [Harold Lloyd](/source/Harold_Lloyd), American actor, director, and producer (born 1893){{cite web |title=Harold Lloyd {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-Lloyd |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109001931/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-Lloyd |url-status=live }} *[1973](/source/1973) – [Ron "Pigpen" McKernan](/source/Ron_%22Pigpen%22_McKernan), American keyboard player and songwriter (born 1945){{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=27 May 2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8 |page=1515 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA1515 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142303/https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA1515 |url-status=live }} *[1975](/source/1975) – [George Stevens](/source/George_Stevens), American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1904){{cite web |title=George Stevens {{!}} American director |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Stevens |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120220941/https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Stevens |url-status=live }} *[1982](/source/1982) – [Hatem Ali Jamadar](/source/Hatem_Ali_Jamadar), Bengali politician (born 1872){{cite news|url=http://www.mathbariaprotidin.com/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE|title=জননন্দিত খান সাহেব হাতেম আলী জমাদ্দার|work=Mathbaria Protidin|date=1 November 2017|access-date=12 December 2017|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001040908/https://www.mathbariaprotidin.com/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE/|url-status=live}} *[1983](/source/1983) – [Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton](/source/Alan_Lennox-Boyd%2C_1st_Viscount_Boyd_of_Merton), English lieutenant and politician (born 1904){{cite web |title=Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG85660 |website=www.britishmuseum.org |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420022059/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG85660 |url-status=live }} * 1983 – [William Walton](/source/William_Walton), English composer (born 1902){{cite web |title=Sir William Walton {{!}} British composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Walton |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218082345/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Walton |url-status=live }} *[1993](/source/1993) – [Billy Eckstine](/source/Billy_Eckstine), American jazz singer (born 1914){{cite web |last1=Granshaw |first1=Michelle |title=Billy Eckstine (1914-1993) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/eckstine-billy-1914-1993/ |website=blackpast.org |date=18 October 2010 |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128091028/https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/eckstine-billy-1914-1993/ |url-status=live }} *[1996](/source/1996) – [Jack Churchill](/source/Jack_Churchill), British colonel (born 1906){{cite web |title=Lt-Col Jack Churchill |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12049531.lt-col-jack-churchill/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=30 March 1996 |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417194724/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12049531.lt-col-jack-churchill/ |url-status=live }} *[1998](/source/1998) – [Ray Nitschke](/source/Ray_Nitschke), American football player (born 1936){{cite web |title=Ray Nitschke Facts & Stats |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Ray-Nitschke |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142245/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Ray-Nitschke |url-status=live }} *[1999](/source/1999) – [Adolfo Bioy Casares](/source/Adolfo_Bioy_Casares), Argentinian journalist and author (born 1914){{cite web |last1=Caistor |first1=Nick |title=Adolfo Casares obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/mar/19/guardianobituaries2 |website=the Guardian |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=19 March 1999 |archive-date=9 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609214522/https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/mar/19/guardianobituaries2 |url-status=live }} * 1999 – [Peggy Cass](/source/Peggy_Cass), American actress and comedian (born 1924){{cite web |title=Obituary: Peggy Cass |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-peggy-cass-1080192.html |website=The Independent |access-date=17 February 2020 |language=en |date=13 March 1999 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217112654/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-peggy-cass-1080192.html |url-status=live }} * 1999 – [Joe DiMaggio](/source/Joe_DiMaggio), American baseball player and coach (born 1914){{cite web |title=Joe DiMaggio {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-DiMaggio |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=14 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514220313/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-DiMaggio |url-status=live }} *[2003](/source/2003) – [Adam Faith](/source/Adam_Faith), English singer (born 1940){{cite web |title=Adam Faith |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/adam-faith-36330.html |website=The Independent |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=21 November 2013 |archive-date=24 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624092955/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/adam-faith-36330.html |url-status=live }} * 2003 – [Karen Morley](/source/Karen_Morley), American actress (born 1909){{cite web |title=Karen Morley |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/karen-morley-36479.html |website=The Independent |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=12 December 2013 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142317/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/karen-morley-36479.html |url-status=live }} *[2004](/source/2004) – [Muhammad Zaidan](/source/Muhammad_Zaidan), Syrian militant, founded the [Palestinian Liberation Front](/source/Palestinian_Liberation_Front) (born 1948){{cite book |last1=Conley |first1=Richard S. |title=The A to Z of the Reagan-Bush Era |date=28 September 2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7036-9 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xSrzGmismQMC&pg=PA1 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142250/https://books.google.com/books?id=xSrzGmismQMC&pg=PA1 |url-status=live }} *[2005](/source/2005) – [César Lattes](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Lattes), Brazilian physicist and academic (born 1924){{cite web |title=Césare Mansueto Giulio Lattes {{!}} Brazilian physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cesare-Mansueto-Giulio-Lattes |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=12 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012145659/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cesare-Mansueto-Giulio-Lattes |url-status=live }} * 2005 – [Aslan Maskhadov](/source/Aslan_Maskhadov), Chechen commander and politician, [President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria](/source/President_of_the_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria) (born 1951){{cite web |title=Chechen rebel leader killed in Russian assault |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/mar/09/chechnya.russia1 |website=the Guardian |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=9 March 2005 |archive-date=18 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918025642/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/mar/09/chechnya.russia1 |url-status=live }} *[2007](/source/2007) – [John Inman](/source/John_Inman), English actor (born 1935){{cite web |title=John Inman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/08/guardianobituaries.broadcasting |website=the Guardian |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=8 March 2007 |archive-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202171955/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/08/guardianobituaries.broadcasting |url-status=live }} * 2007 – [John Vukovich](/source/John_Vukovich), American baseball player and coach (born 1947){{cite web |title=John Vukovich |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/john-vukovich/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=23 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123220510/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/john-vukovich/ |url-status=live }} *[2009](/source/2009) – [Hank Locklin](/source/Hank_Locklin), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918){{cite web |title=Obituary: Hank Locklin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/apr/14/hank-locklin-obituary-country-music |website=the Guardian |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=13 April 2009 |archive-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330143747/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/apr/14/hank-locklin-obituary-country-music |url-status=live }} *[2012](/source/2012) – [Simin Daneshvar](/source/Simin_Daneshvar), Iranian author and academic (born 1921){{cite web |title=Simin Daneshvar obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/22/simin-daneshvar |website=the Guardian |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=22 March 2012 |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414131626/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/22/simin-daneshvar |url-status=live }} *[2013](/source/2013) – [John O'Connell](/source/John_O'Connell_(Dublin_politician)), Irish politician, [Irish Minister of Health](/source/Minister_for_Health_(Ireland)) (born 1927){{cite news |title=Obituary: Dr John O'Connell |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/obituary-dr-john-o-connell-1.1327690 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402041638/http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/obituary-dr-john-o-connell-1.1327690 |url-status=live }} * 2013 – [Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin](/source/Ewald-Heinrich_von_Kleist-Schmenzin), German soldier and publisher (born 1922){{cite web |title=Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/13/ewald-heinrich-von-kleist |website=the Guardian |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=13 March 2013 |archive-date=4 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704213231/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/13/ewald-heinrich-von-kleist |url-status=live }} *[2014](/source/2014) – [Leo Bretholz](/source/Leo_Bretholz), Austrian-American [Holocaust](/source/Holocaust) survivor and author (born 1921){{cite web |title=Leo Bretholz: Holocaust survivor who made a daring escape from a train |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/leo-bretholz-holocaust-survivor-who-made-daring-escape-train-and-later-campaigned-reparations-french-railway-9240083.html |website=The Independent |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=5 April 2014 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142244/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/leo-bretholz-holocaust-survivor-who-made-a-daring-escape-from-a-train-and-later-campaigned-for-reparations-from-french-railway-9240083.html |url-status=live }} * 2014 – [William Guarnere](/source/William_Guarnere), American sergeant (born 1923){{cite web |title='Wild Bill'Guarnere: Bemedalled soldier whose exploits in Europe |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wild-bill-guarnere-bemedalled-soldier-whose-exploits-europe-were-dramatised-hbo-series-band-brothers-9185161.html |website=The Independent |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |date=11 March 2014 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142300/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wild-bill-guarnere-bemedalled-soldier-whose-exploits-in-europe-were-dramatised-in-the-hbo-series-band-of-brothers-9185161.html |url-status=live }} *[2015](/source/2015) – [Sam Simon](/source/Sam_Simon), American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955){{cite web |title=Sam Simon obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/09/sam-simon-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |date=9 March 2015 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308155116/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/09/sam-simon-obituary |url-status=live }} *[2016](/source/2016) – [George Martin](/source/George_Martin), English composer, conductor, and producer (born 1926){{cite web |title=George Martin: Producer who oversaw The Beatles' best work |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-martin-groundbreaking-producer-who-oversaw-beatles-best-work-and-elevated-art-album-making-a6921766.html |website=The Independent |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |date=10 March 2016 |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129102517/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-martin-groundbreaking-producer-who-oversaw-beatles-best-work-and-elevated-art-album-making-a6921766.html |url-status=live }} *[2018](/source/2018) – [Kate Wilhelm](/source/Kate_Wilhelm), American author (born 1928){{cite web |title=SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/news/kate-wilhelm-(1928-2018)/ |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=16 November 2020 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518082952/http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/news/kate-wilhelm-(1928-2018)/ |url-status=dead }} *[2019](/source/2019) – [Marshall Brodien](/source/Marshall_Brodien), American actor (born 1934){{cite news |last1=O'Donnell |first1=Maureen |title=Marshall Brodien, 'TV Magic' pitchman, Wizzo the Wizard on 'Bozo,' dead at 84 |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/marshall-brodien-wizzo-wizard-bozo-tv-magic-magician-clown-infomercials-zanzibar-stone/ |access-date=8 March 2019 |agency=[Chicago Sun-Times](/source/Chicago_Sun-Times) |date=8 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091347/https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/marshall-brodien-wizzo-wizard-bozo-tv-magic-magician-clown-infomercials-zanzibar-stone/ |url-status=live }} * 2019 – [Cedrick Hardman](/source/Cedrick_Hardman), American football player and actor (born 1948){{cite web |title=Former 49ers All-Pro defensive end Cedrick Hardman dies at 70 |url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001021647/article/former-49ers-allpro-defensive-end-cedrick-hardman-dies-at-70 |website=NFL.com |access-date=March 10, 2019 |language=en}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} *[2020](/source/2020) – [Max von Sydow](/source/Max_von_Sydow), Swedish actor (born 1929){{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Adam |title=Max von Sydow, brooding star of Ingmar Bergman's torment-ridden dramas, dies at 90 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/max-von-sydow-brooding-star-of-ingmar-bergmans-torment-ridden-dramas-dies-at-90/2020/03/09/14a7af2a-6203-11ea-845d-e35b0234b136_story.html |access-date=9 March 2020 |newspaper=[Washington Post](/source/Washington_Post) |date=9 March 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309165046/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/max-von-sydow-brooding-star-of-ingmar-bergmans-torment-ridden-dramas-dies-at-90/2020/03/09/14a7af2a-6203-11ea-845d-e35b0234b136_story.html |url-status=live }} *[2025](/source/2025) – [Athol Fugard](/source/Athol_Fugard), South African actor, director, and playwright (born 1932){{Cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=March 9, 2025 |title=Athol Fugard, 92, Playwright Who Exposed Torments of Apartheid, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/obituaries/athol-fugard-dead.html |access-date=March 21, 2025 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [feast day](/source/feast_day): **[Edward King](/source/Edward_King_(bishop_of_Lincoln)) ([Church of England](/source/Church_of_England)){{cite web |title=Lesser Festivals |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/lesser-festivals |website=The Church of England |access-date=1 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=5 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205224537/https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/lesser-festivals |url-status=live }} **[Felix of Burgundy](/source/Felix_of_Burgundy){{cite book |last1=Hutchison-Hall |first1=Dr John (Ellsworth) |title=Orthodox Saints of the British Isles: Volume I — January - March |date=5 December 2013 |publisher=St. Eadfrith Press |isbn=978-0-615-92580-6 |page=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3logAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |language=en |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142324/https://books.google.com/books?id=3logAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |url-status=live }} **[John of God](/source/John_of_God) **[Philemon the actor](/source/Philemon_the_actor){{cite book |last1=Watkins |first1=Basil |title=The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary |date=19 November 2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-567-66456-3 |page=65 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kE6TCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA65 |language=en |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142319/https://books.google.com/books?id=kE6TCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA65 |url-status=live }} **[March 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)](/source/March_8_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)) *[International Women's Day](/source/International_Women's_Day),{{cite web |title=Background {{!}} International Women's Day |url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day/background |website=United Nations |access-date=1 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308132802/https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day/background |url-status=live }} and its related observances: **[International Women's Collaboration Brew Day](/source/International_Women's_Collaboration_Brew_Day){{cite web |title=IWD: International Women's Collaboration Brew Day |url=https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Activity/11941/A |website=International Women's Day |access-date=1 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142253/https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Events |url-status=live }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/8/ BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=3|day=8}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/8 Historical Events on March 8] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621212408/https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/8 |date=2020-06-21 }} {{months}} Category:Days of March --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [March 8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_8) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_8?action=history)). 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