March 8: International Women's Day
Nelson's Pillar before it was destroyed
- 1576 – A letter to King Philip II of Spain contained the first European mention of the Mayan ruins of Copán in modern Honduras.
- 1702 – Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding William III.
- 1919 – During the Egyptian revolution of 1919, British authorities arrested Saad Zaghloul and two others, exiling them to Malta.
- 1966 – Nelson's Pillar (pictured), a large granite pillar with a statue of Lord Nelson on top in Dublin, Ireland, was destroyed by a bomb.
- 1978 – BBC Radio 4 began transmitting Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other media formats.
Beatrice of Castile (b. 1293) · Haseeb Ahsan (d. 2013)
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