March 8th, 1968

Born on March 8th, 1968

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1968

56

Shawn Mullins

American recording artist; musician

*March 8th, 1968, Atlanta

56

Luc Goiris

Belgian rower

*March 8th, 1968, Bornem

56

Marina Köhncke

German equestrian

*March 8th, 1968, Hamburg

56

Rob Dukes

American vocalist

*March 8th, 1968, Florida

56

David Berger

German theologian

*March 8th, 1968, Würzburg

56

Antonio Gerardi

Italian actor

*March 8th, 1968, Potenza

56

Ruth Seopedi Motau

South African photographer

*March 8th, 1968, Soweto

56

Xavier Pascual Fuertes

Spanish handball player

*March 8th, 1968, Barcelona

56

Cliff Warren

American basketball player-coach

*March 8th, 1968, Silver Spring

56

Ravil Sabitov

Russian footballer

*March 8th, 1968, Moscow

56

Wolfram Köhler

German politician

*March 8th, 1968, Templin

56

Angela Drexl

German alpine skier

*March 8th, 1968, Bayrischzell

56

Michael Bartels

German racecar driver

*March 8th, 1968, Plettenberg

56

Clare Wood

British tennis player

*March 8th, 1968, Zululand District Municipality

56

Iryna Merkuschina

Ukrainian biathlete

*March 8th, 1968, Smyshlyayevka

56

Paul Stokell

Australian racing driver

*March 8th, 1968, Tasmania

56

Pelo Madueño

Peruvian singer-songwriter, singer and actor

*March 8th, 1968, Lima

56

Hans Zomer

Dutch-Irish humanitarian

*March 8th, 1968, Leiden

56

Ellen Forney

American cartoonist and illustrator

*March 8th, 1968, Philadelphia

41

Cristina Pereira

Portuguese beach volleyball player

*March 8th, 1968, Porto †October 30th, 2009

56

Gordon Kennedy

Scottish-born Danish actor and comedian

*March 8th, 1968, Scotland

56

Sandy Jimenez

American comic artist

*March 8th, 1968, Manhattan

56

Lana Ogilvie

Canadian model

*March 8th, 1968, Toronto

56

Hideki Matsuoka

Japanese Go player

*March 8th, 1968, Ichinomiya

56

Babis Stokas

Singer

*March 8th, 1968, Wuppertal

56

Mike Maroney

American politician

*March 8th, 1968, Wheeling

56

João Carlos Hatoa Nunes

Mozambican Catholic archbishop

*March 8th, 1968, Beira

56

Nick Rush

Virginia Republician politician, House Delegate

*March 8th, 1968, Christiansburg

56

Rob Zettler

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

*March 8th, 1968, Sept-Îles

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

66

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

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

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

42

Petra Overzier

German badminton player

*March 8th, 1982, Cologne

48

Hines Ward

American football player, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers

*March 8th, 1976, Seoul

65

Aidan Quinn

American actor

*March 8th, 1959, Chicago

29

Sinan Zorlu

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1995, Osmangazi

46

Nick Zano

Actor, television producer

*March 8th, 1978, Nutley

51

Cameron Brewer

New Zealand politician

*March 8th, 1973, Hāwera

22

Christo Popov

Badminton player

*March 8th, 2002, Sofia

42

Marjorie Estiano

Brazilian actress and singer

*March 8th, 1982, Curitiba

67

Lynn Redgrave

British actress (1943–2010)

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

79

Micky Dolenz

American actor and musician

*March 8th, 1945, Los Angeles

75

Antonello Venditti

Italian recording artist and singer-songwriter (1949-)

*March 8th, 1949, Rome

43

Timo Boll

German table tennis player

*March 8th, 1981, Erbach

57

José Luis Aguirre

Basque rower

*March 8th, 1967, Orio

47

Peter Schep

Dutch cyclist

*March 8th, 1977, Lopik

55

Oula Jääskeläinen

Figure skater

*March 8th, 1969, Espoo

Same year
Born in 1968

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

55

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

56

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

55

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

55

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

55

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

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.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on March 8th, 1968
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1968 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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