March 8
1618 - German astronomer Johannes Kepler devised his third law of planetary motion.
1702 - England's Queen Anne ascended the throne upon the death of King William III.
1782 - A peaceful settlement of Delaware Indians were massacred by militia at Gnadenhutten in Ohio for riots carried out by other Indians.
1817 - The New York Stock & Exchange Board, which had its beginnings in 1792, was formally organized; it later became known as the New York Stock Exchange.
1874 - Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States (1850-1853), died in Buffalo, New York at age 74.
1917 - Russia's February Revolution (so called because of the Old Style calendar used by Russians at the time), which eventually led to the overthrow of the csarist government, began.
1917 - The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
1930 - William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States (1909-1913) and a former chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, died in Washington, D.C. at age 72.
1945 - Phyllis Mae Daley, the first African-American nurse to serve in World War II, received her U.S. Navy commission.
1948 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in McCollum v. Board of Education, struck down voluntary religious education classes in Champaign, Illinois, public schools, saying the program violated separation of church and state.
1950 - The Soviet Union announced it had developed its own atomic bomb.
1965 - The first U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam.
1983 - President Ronald Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an "evil empire" during a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals convention in Orlando.
2000 - President Bill Clinton submitted to Congress legislation to establish permanent normal trade relations with China. (The U.S. and China signed a trade pact in November 2000.)
2004 - Iraq’s Governing Council signed a landmark interim constitution.
2008 - President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods on suspected terrorists.
2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board, vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, setting off a massive and ultimately unsuccessful search.
2017 - Hawaii became the first state to sue to stop President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban (the state had previously sued over Trump’s initial travel ban, but that lawsuit was put on hold while other cases played out across the country).
2021 - According to some long-awaited guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fully vaccinated Americans could now gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing.
Birthdays
24 - Annie Marie (model)
29 - Stephanie Davis (actress)
32 - Kristinia DeBarge (singer)
35 - Milana Vayntrub (actress)
36 - Chad Gable (professional wrestler)
39 - Jessica Collins (actress)
40 - Kat Von D (tatoo artist)
44 - Nick Zano (actor)
44 - Kameelah Williams (singer)
45 - James Van Der Beek (actor)
45 - Laura Main (actress)
46 - Freddie Prinze Jr. (actor)
52 - Andrea Parker (actress)
57 - Kenny Smith (basketball player)
61 - Camryn Manheim (actress)
63 - Aidan Quinn (actor)
63 - Lester Holt (news anchor)
69 - Jim Rice (baseball player)
74 - Peggy March (singer)
76 - Randy Meisner (singer)
84 - Pete Dawkins (football player)
86 - Sue Ane Langdon (actress)
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Today in Sports History - March 8
1930 - The New York Yankees signed Babe Ruth to a two-year contract worth $160,000; Yankees general manager Ed Barrow wrongly predicts, "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth."
1954 - The Milwaukee Hawks and the Baltimore Bullets played the first double header in NBA history.
1966 - Casey Stengel is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1971 - Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali by decision at Madison Square Garden in New York in the first of three bouts between the heavyweights.
1986 - Martina Navratilova became the first woman tennis player to win more than $10 million in her career.
1999 - Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died at age 84.
2004 - Todd Bertuzzi (Vancouver Canucks) hit Steve Moore (Colorado Avalanche) in the side of the head from behind and drove his head into the ice. Moore landed face-first with Bertuzzi on top of him. Moore suffered a broken neck, a concussion and deep cuts on his face. On March 11, the NHL suspended Bertuzzi for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs and announced that his eligibility would be assessed the following season and would take into account Moore's health and the progression of his recovery.
2012 - Jesse Owens was posthumously made an inaugural member of the IAAF Hall of Fame more than 75 years after he won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (Owens, Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and nine others were the first athletes to be honored by the IAAF in its newly created Hall of Fame.)
2021 - Novak Djokovic surpassed Roger Federer for the most weeks at No. 1 in the ATP rankings; it was his 311th week in the top spot.
1618 - German astronomer Johannes Kepler devised his third law of planetary motion.
1702 - England's Queen Anne ascended the throne upon the death of King William III.
1782 - A peaceful settlement of Delaware Indians were massacred by militia at Gnadenhutten in Ohio for riots carried out by other Indians.
1817 - The New York Stock & Exchange Board, which had its beginnings in 1792, was formally organized; it later became known as the New York Stock Exchange.
1874 - Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States (1850-1853), died in Buffalo, New York at age 74.
1917 - Russia's February Revolution (so called because of the Old Style calendar used by Russians at the time), which eventually led to the overthrow of the csarist government, began.
1917 - The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
1930 - William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States (1909-1913) and a former chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, died in Washington, D.C. at age 72.
1945 - Phyllis Mae Daley, the first African-American nurse to serve in World War II, received her U.S. Navy commission.
1948 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in McCollum v. Board of Education, struck down voluntary religious education classes in Champaign, Illinois, public schools, saying the program violated separation of church and state.
1950 - The Soviet Union announced it had developed its own atomic bomb.
1965 - The first U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam.
1983 - President Ronald Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an "evil empire" during a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals convention in Orlando.
2000 - President Bill Clinton submitted to Congress legislation to establish permanent normal trade relations with China. (The U.S. and China signed a trade pact in November 2000.)
2004 - Iraq’s Governing Council signed a landmark interim constitution.
2008 - President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods on suspected terrorists.
2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board, vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, setting off a massive and ultimately unsuccessful search.
2017 - Hawaii became the first state to sue to stop President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban (the state had previously sued over Trump’s initial travel ban, but that lawsuit was put on hold while other cases played out across the country).
2021 - According to some long-awaited guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fully vaccinated Americans could now gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing.
Birthdays
24 - Annie Marie (model)
29 - Stephanie Davis (actress)
32 - Kristinia DeBarge (singer)
35 - Milana Vayntrub (actress)
36 - Chad Gable (professional wrestler)
39 - Jessica Collins (actress)
40 - Kat Von D (tatoo artist)
44 - Nick Zano (actor)
44 - Kameelah Williams (singer)
45 - James Van Der Beek (actor)
45 - Laura Main (actress)
46 - Freddie Prinze Jr. (actor)
52 - Andrea Parker (actress)
57 - Kenny Smith (basketball player)
61 - Camryn Manheim (actress)
63 - Aidan Quinn (actor)
63 - Lester Holt (news anchor)
69 - Jim Rice (baseball player)
74 - Peggy March (singer)
76 - Randy Meisner (singer)
84 - Pete Dawkins (football player)
86 - Sue Ane Langdon (actress)
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Today in Sports History - March 8
1930 - The New York Yankees signed Babe Ruth to a two-year contract worth $160,000; Yankees general manager Ed Barrow wrongly predicts, "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth."
1954 - The Milwaukee Hawks and the Baltimore Bullets played the first double header in NBA history.
1966 - Casey Stengel is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1971 - Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali by decision at Madison Square Garden in New York in the first of three bouts between the heavyweights.
1986 - Martina Navratilova became the first woman tennis player to win more than $10 million in her career.
1999 - Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died at age 84.
2004 - Todd Bertuzzi (Vancouver Canucks) hit Steve Moore (Colorado Avalanche) in the side of the head from behind and drove his head into the ice. Moore landed face-first with Bertuzzi on top of him. Moore suffered a broken neck, a concussion and deep cuts on his face. On March 11, the NHL suspended Bertuzzi for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs and announced that his eligibility would be assessed the following season and would take into account Moore's health and the progression of his recovery.
2012 - Jesse Owens was posthumously made an inaugural member of the IAAF Hall of Fame more than 75 years after he won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (Owens, Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and nine others were the first athletes to be honored by the IAAF in its newly created Hall of Fame.)
2021 - Novak Djokovic surpassed Roger Federer for the most weeks at No. 1 in the ATP rankings; it was his 311th week in the top spot.
