March 8th, 1948

Born on March 8th, 1948

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 202 days, exactly on November 4th, 2024, people who were born on March 8th, 1948 will be 28,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 8th?

March 8th, 2017

The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor

March 8th, 1983

Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".

March 8th, 1979

Images taken by Voyager 1 proved the existence of volcanoes on Io (pictured), a moon of Jupiter.

March 8th, 1978

BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.

March 8th, 1966

Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.

March 8th, 1963

The Ba'ath Party came to power in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Revolutionary Command.

March 8th, 1919

During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.

March 8th, 1910

French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.

March 8th, 1736

Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.

March 8th, 1702

Anne (pictured) became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding her brother-in-law William III.

March 8th, 1658

After a devastating defeat in the Second Northern War, King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway was forced to give up nearly half his Danish territory to Sweden to save the remainder.

March 8th, 1655

The court of Northampton County, Virginia, issued a ruling that made John Casor the first person of African descent in the Thirteen Colonies to be declared a slave for life as a result of a civil suit.

March 8th, 1576

A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King Philip II containing the first mention of the Maya ruins of Copán in present-day Honduras.

March 8th, 2018

The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) was held being International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then annually held across Pakistan and feminist slogan Mera Jism Meri Marzi (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence came into vogue in Pakistan.

March 8th, 2017

The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 8th

Born on March 8th, 1948

76

Peggy March

American singer

*March 8th, 1948, Lansdale

76

Kiyomi Kato

Olympic wrestler

*March 8th, 1948, Asahikawa

76

Serge Tisseron

French psychologist

*March 8th, 1948, Valence

76

Christian Cambon

French politician

*March 8th, 1948, Saint-Mandé

76

Francisco Azuela

Mexican writer and diplomat

*March 8th, 1948, León de Los Aldama

76

Gyles Brandreth

British writer and broadcaster (born 1948)

*March 8th, 1948, Wuppertal

76

Sinta Nuriyah

4th First Lady of Indonesia

*March 8th, 1948, Jombang

76

Stephen Selkowitz

Building scientist

*March 8th, 1948, Boston

72

Jonathan Sacks

British rabbi

*March 8th, 1948, Lambeth †November 7th, 2020, London

60

Mel Galley

British guitarist (1948–2008)

*March 8th, 1948, Cannock †July 1st, 2008, Heath Hayes and Wimblebury

76

Robert W. Boyd

American physicist

*March 8th, 1948, Buffalo

76

Warwick Cathro

Librarian

*March 8th, 1948, Newtown

74

Ryuji Yamane

Japanese politician

*March 8th, 1948, Toshima-ku †December 10th, 2022

76

M. Shivanna

Indian politician

*March 8th, 1948, Chamarajanagar

76

Diane Allen

Member of the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly

*March 8th, 1948, Newark

76

Charles Vernon

American musician

*March 8th, 1948, Asheville

76

Alexander Shakarov

Soviet chess player

*March 8th, 1948, Baku

67

Gerd Hauser

German university teacher (1948-2015)

*March 8th, 1948, Bad Kissingen †August 10th, 2015

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 8th?

66

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

75

Antonello Venditti

Italian recording artist and singer-songwriter (1949-)

*March 8th, 1949, Rome

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

79

Micky Dolenz

American actor and musician

*March 8th, 1945, Los Angeles

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

67

Lynn Redgrave

British actress (1943–2010)

*March 8th, 1943, Marylebone †May 2nd, 2010, Kent

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

77

Florentino Perez

Spanish businessman, president of Real Madrid

*March 8th, 1947, Madrid

65

Aidan Quinn

American actor

*March 8th, 1959, Chicago

42

Petra Overzier

German badminton player

*March 8th, 1982, Cologne

75

Teófilo Cubillas

Peruvian footballer

*March 8th, 1949, Lima

29

Sinan Zorlu

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1995, Osmangazi

22

Christo Popov

Badminton player

*March 8th, 2002, Sofia

48

Hines Ward

American football player, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers

*March 8th, 1976, Seoul

83

Areta Koopu

New Zealand social worker and Māori activist

*March 8th, 1941, Gisborne

79

Holger Hocke

German coxswain

*March 8th, 1945, Hamburg

64

Michael S. Hart

American author, founder of Project Gutenberg (1947–2011)

*March 8th, 1947, Tacoma †September 6th, 2011, Urbana

42

Marjorie Estiano

Brazilian actress and singer

*March 8th, 1982, Curitiba

75

Karel Lismont

Belgian long-distance runner (born 1949)

*March 8th, 1949, Borgloon

Same year
Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, International Women's Day, and its related observances) which are celebrated on March 8th.

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Born on March 8th, 1948
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Leap year

Yes: 1948 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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