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Events on March 8

• 1669 The volcano Mount Etna erupts. The eruption will last until 11 July and is regarded as the largest in history. The city of Catania is partially destroyed, and some villages are completely destroyed by masses of lava.
• 1917 A hunger revolt in Petrograd develops into the February Revolution (Julian date: 23 February) against the Tsarist regime under Nicholas II in Russia, which had been weakened by defeats in the First World War.
• 1921 International Women's Day is definitively established on 8 March by a resolution of the Second International Conference of Communist Women in Moscow.
• 1929 In the history of German television, the Witzleben transmitter broadcasts the first television pictures for test purposes to the Reichspost research laboratory in Berlin.
• 1940 The Nazi decrees concerning Poles require Polish forced laborers in the German Reich, the so-called "civilian workers", among other things, to wear a "P" on their clothing.
• 1951 With the Federal Criminal Police Office Act, the Federal Criminal Police Office is established in the Federal Republic of Germany. Its tasks are to coordinate national crime-fighting, conduct investigations in serious areas of crime with international connections, and protect the federal constitutional organs.
• 1971 At Madison Square Garden, the "Fight of the Century" takes place: In the matchup of two undefeated world boxing champions, Joe Frazier successfully defends his heavyweight title against Muhammad Ali by a decision.
• 1976 The first episode of the Loriot television series, by the humorist of the same name, is broadcast on German television, featuring sketches such as "Studiointerview" and "Der Lottogewinner".
• 1983 In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Ronald Reagan describes the Soviet Union as the "evil empire".
• 1983 The IBM Personal Computer XT is introduced.
• 2005 The biathlete Andrea Henkel, who competed at the World Championships in Hochfilzen only as a replacement for the ill Martina Glagow, celebrates her second major victory after her 2002 Olympic victory and becomes world champion over the 15-km course.
• 2014 A Boeing 777 on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears without a trace and has been missing ever since.

Born on March 8

• 1873 Mathilde Jacob, German socialist, confidante of Rosa Luxemburg
• 1890 Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologian, Jesuit, economist and social philosopher, co-founder of Catholic social teaching
• 1900 Howard Hathaway Aiken, American computer designer and developer
• 1900 Otto Peltzer, German track and field athlete and coach
• 1930 Lonny Kellner, German actress and singer
• 1931 Heinz Mack, German sculptor, painter and object artist, co-founder of the ZERO group
• 1960 Birgit Lechtermann, German television presenter
• 1980 Mohamadou Idrissou, Cameroonian football player
• 1980 Lavinia Wilson, German actress
• 1990 Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „8. März“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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