This day in History - March 8

389 Historic Events for March 8
1994 Event Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces
1994 Event B737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed
1994 Death Knut Haukelid, Norway/US resistance fighter (Rjukan 1943), dies at 82
1994 Death Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at 69
1995 Death Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan, novelist, dies at 91
1995 Death Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83
1995 Event -44øF (-42.2øC) in Chosedacharad, Komi-district, on 67øN
1995 Event Costis Stephanopoulos becomes president of Greece
1995 Event -26øF (-32.2øC) in Bismarck, North Dakota
1995 Event Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections
1996 Death Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner, dies at 45
1996 Death Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, commando, dies at 89
1996 Death Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38
1997 Death Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman), dies at 75