On This Day in History - March 8

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What Happened On This Day In History - March 8

1618 March 8

1618-03-08

Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.

1817 March 8

1817-03-08

The New York Stock Exchange is founded.

1844 March 8

1844-03-08

King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.

1911 March 8

1911-03-08

Women's Day was celebrated for the first time.

1917 March 8

1917-03-08

International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (so named because it was February on the Julian calendar).

1920 March 8

1920-03-08

The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.

1936 March 8

1936-03-08

Daytona Beach Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.

1942 March 8

1942-03-08

World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java.

1961 March 8

1961-03-08

Thomas Creighton dies after having three heart transplants in a 46-hour period.

1965 March 8

1965-03-08

More than 4,000 Marines land at Da Nang in South Vietnam and become the first U.S. combat troops in Vietnam.

1966 March 8

1966-03-08

World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java.

1973 March 8

1973-03-08

Two bombs explode near Trafalgar Square in Great Britain injuring 234 people.

1978 March 8

1978-03-08

The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.

1979 March 8

1979-03-08

Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time.

1982 March 8

1982-03-08

The United States accuses the Soviets of killing 3,000 Afghans with poison gas.

1985 March 8

1985-03-08

Thomas Creighton dies after having three heart transplants in a 46-hour period.