History Events on March 08
![Egypt](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2Ffilter6gFLl6u8H4gJV0tSQdeT.png?generation=1608808451060949&alt=media)
Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
#Egypt
Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
#Gnadenhutten_massacre
![Charles de Gaulle Airport](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2Ffilter8KCihUDsiMwXg5KbyJMz.png?generation=1608808452244701&alt=media)
Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
#Charles_de_Gaulle_Airport
![Johannes Kepler](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2Ffilter8RrIiL3YeBkxsUSlDPT5.jpg?generation=1608808452623495&alt=media)
Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
#Johannes_Kepler
![Germans in the American Revolution](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2Ffilter8i60c0eF9m2MRCJ3Kqey.jpeg?generation=1608808452995754&alt=media)
Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
#Germans_in_the_American_Revolution
![Nelson's Pillar](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterAIKqj0uE4E4Igl2FO8HY.jpg?generation=1608808453361620&alt=media)
Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb.
#Nelson's_Pillar
![Spanish Civil War](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterB2q7ar45fsYngqlAQgEZ.png?generation=1608808454138738&alt=media)
Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
#Spanish_Civil_War
![Anne, Queen of Great Britain](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterBBd5xnHaRGdkNFR7Vnj5.jpg?generation=1608808454525938&alt=media)
Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
#Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain
![Castle Gate Mine disaster](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterBRHuY4fDbKDZYi0T1Byf.jpg?generation=1608808454898928&alt=media)
A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
#Castle_Gate_Mine_disaster
![American Civil War](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterCQxaDa8H4IUMr9GrMoU3.png?generation=1608808455655241&alt=media)
American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
#American_Civil_War
![Republic of China Army](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterCV2zhtWzd0nr1L9Lpu5p.png?generation=1608808457041736&alt=media)
Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
#Republic_of_China_Army
![War of the Second Coalition](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterCyeu6evdexJjnIdUlUDO.jpg?generation=1608808457443812&alt=media)
War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.
#War_of_the_Second_Coalition
![Sakai incident](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterDBDDtWJnIYBNdj9BzXKA.jpg?generation=1608808457833692&alt=media)
Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
#Sakai_incident
![New York Stock Exchange](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterFcPTy7mwArovAx908C4S.png?generation=1608808458579338&alt=media)
The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
#New_York_Stock_Exchange
![Cold War](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterNqdfoAaIiItxysacmoyn.png?generation=1608808459823910&alt=media)
Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
#Cold_War
![President of France](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterQ7LyKZYb54nntV1EbjoG.png?generation=1608808460153233&alt=media)
President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam B?o ??i sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
#President_of_France
![Ba'ath Party](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterR63ZIkAfj8HpjzLLFU1r.png?generation=1608808460506377&alt=media)
The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
#Ba'ath_Party
![Oscar I of Sweden](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterUhjfmU2lCialkKpJFWSx.jpg?generation=1608808460887664&alt=media)
King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
#Oscar_I_of_Sweden
![World War II](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterXl3ivvcurRuXFbJ1NjHe.jpg?generation=1608808461329245&alt=media)
World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces gave ultimatum to Dutch East Indies Governor General Jonkheer Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer and KNIL Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Hein Ter Poorten, to unconditionally surrender.
#World_War_II
![Royal Thai Air Force](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilteraxmFzKgCr8phwVUB5B12.png?generation=1608808462139069&alt=media)
First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
#Royal_Thai_Air_Force
![Battle of Hausbergen](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterbjQpqbGq6PHza6nyFyHB.jpg?generation=1608808462548279&alt=media)
Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg.
#Battle_of_Hausbergen
![Alfonso VII of León and Castile](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilteriTUFGKTGe8imvU3cIEtd.jpg?generation=1608808462966220&alt=media)
Following the death of his mother Urraca, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
#Alfonso_VII_of_León_and_Castile
The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapsed in stormy weather.
#Azure_Window
![World War I](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2Ffilterl0pQjI5iW0QhnWeWuHn1.jpg?generation=1608808463851667&alt=media)
World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
#World_War_I
![Yangon](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterlRHWvuyCWIXpfru61fDh.jpg?generation=1608808464233724&alt=media)
World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.
#Yangon
![Philips](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterpIgErubQT2DcTCQ6lFWU.jpg?generation=1608808464608514&alt=media)
Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
#Philips
![United States Senate](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterqzSMCHoLBEmRzmPZTOgd.png?generation=1608808465968793&alt=media)
The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
#United_States_Senate
![Treaty of Roskilde](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterrWvQI9qcLUUEy7RR5vwT.gif?generation=1608808466478089&alt=media)
Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655-1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest.
#Treaty_of_Roskilde
![Nader Shah](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilteruQ3uKAfLic4Q8D7yQ3RJ.jpg?generation=1608808466833168&alt=media)
Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
#Nader_Shah
![Daytona Beach and Road Course](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterurC85srV1kXbKnUevCyR.jpg?generation=1608808467228478&alt=media)
Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
#Daytona_Beach_and_Road_Course
![Thomas Paine](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfiltervGipDfLw9xGO8v8NtHxX.jpg?generation=1608808467624437&alt=media)
An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
#Thomas_Paine
![Ferdowsi](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfiltervLFrnuKz9f4shL1HNUqP.jpg?generation=1608808468014072&alt=media)
Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh.
#Ferdowsi
![Malaysia Airlines Flight 370](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterwWHkenMM7j7DIJUZS5Dr.jpg?generation=1608808468380853&alt=media)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
#Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370
![Arab Kingdom of Syria](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2Ffilteryv1UurXMldZ6nPd7DW6M.png?generation=1608808468786477&alt=media)
The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
#Arab_Kingdom_of_Syria
![John Casor](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterzalF8MgsxtrafE4T0h4e.png?generation=1608808469562670&alt=media)
John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed.
#John_Casor
![Maya civilization](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FMarch_08%2FfilterzlmNjUvpNvfYCex4kDkS.jpg?generation=1608808469955772&alt=media)
Spanish explorer Diego García de Palacio first sights the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copán.
#Maya_civilization