Interesting things that happened March 8th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1787 Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, helped create modern plastic surgery
In 1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, famous Supreme Court Justice
In 1859 Kenneth Grahame, author (The Wind in the Willows)
In 1879 Otto Hahn, co-discoverer of nuclear fission
In 1909 Claire Trevor, actor (Key Largo, Stagecoach), "Queen of Film
Noir"
In 1921 Cyd Charisse (in Amarillo, Texas), actor, dancer
In 1939 Jim Bouton, baseball player (Yankees)
In 1943 Lynn Redgrave (in London, England), actor, political activist
In 1947 Carole Bayer Sager (in New York), lyricist
Events worth noting:
In 1862 The Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack)
launched after conversion.
+ Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate Withdrawal.
In 1910 Baroness de Laroche of Paris becomes first licensed female
pilot.
In 1917 Russia's February Revolution begins (Feb. 23, in Julian
calendar.)
In 1945 First U.N. observance of International Women's Day.
In 1946 First helicopter licensed for commercial use - New York city.
In 1950 First woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel - B. R.
Walters.
In 1959 Groucho, Chico and Harpo's final TV appearance together.
In 1972 First flight of the Goodyear blimp.
In 1983 IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0.
In 1999 Joe "The Yankee Clipper" DiMaggio dies in Hollywood, FL, at age
84.
And remember ...
Foot Health Month
International Hamburger and Pickle Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Furniture Refini****ng Month
National Nutrition Month (US)
National Peanut Month
National Women's History Month
Red Cross Month
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