389 Historic Events for March 8
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| 1931 |
Birth |
John McPhee, author (Back to ----)
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| 1931 |
Death |
Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Neil Adcock, cricketer (South African pace bowler, 104 wkts 1953-62)
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| 1932 |
Death |
Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Johnny Dollar, singer
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Ron Taylor, Sydney Australia, cinematographer (Those Amazing Animals)
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| 1934 |
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Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Christian Wolff, composer
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Sue Ane Langdon, Paterson NJ, actress (Bachelor Father, Arnie)
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| 1936 |
Death |
Peter H J "Piet" van Doorne, director BOVA Red Peppers, executed at 52
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Juvenal Hayarimana, president of Rwanda (1973-94)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Raynoma Gordy, [Mayberry], US orchestra leader (Rayber Voices)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Pamela McEvoy-Johnston, psychotherapist-board member (WIC)
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| 1937 |
Death |
Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Lew DeWitt, Va, country singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall)
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| 1939 |
Event |
Lenore Coffee and William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Yannis Vlachopoulos, composer
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Mike Lowry, (Rep-D-WA, 1979- )
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Lydia Skoblikova, USSR, speed skater (Olympics-6 gold-1960, 64)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Robert Tear, Barry Wales, tenor (Welsh Natl Opera 1970)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
George William Reed, astronomy writer/cartoonist (Dark Sky Legacy)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Jim Bouton, Newark NJ, pitcher (NY Yankees)/author (Ball Four)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Theo Laseroms, [The Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Susan Clark, Sarnia Ontario, actress (Night Moves, Webster)
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