Editing March 8 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1010]] &ndash; [[Ferdowsi]] completes his epic poem ''[[Shahnameh]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Melville |first1=Charles |last2=Berg |first2=Gabrielle van den |title=Shahnama Studies II: The Reception of Firdausi's Shahnama |date=2012 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-21127-8 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WGvWp5XDuikC&pg=PA50 |language=en |access-date=2020-09-25 |archive-date=2021-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026001721/https://books.google.com/books?id=WGvWp5XDuikC&pg=PA50 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1126]] &ndash; Following the death of his mother, queen [[Urraca of León]], [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile|Alfonso VII]] is proclaimed king of [[Kingdom of León|León]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alfonso VII {{!}} king of Leon and Castile |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfonso-VII#ref254772 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529105851/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfonso-VII#ref254772 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1262]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hausbergen]] between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of [[Strasbourg]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Hausbergen |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095924549 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141941/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095924549 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1558]] &ndash; The city of [[Pori]] ({{langx|sv|Björneborg}}) is founded by [[Duke John (Sweden)|Duke John]] on the shores of the [[Gulf of Bothnia]].<ref>{{cite book | author = J. W. Ruuth| title = Porin kaupungin historia II| year = 1958| chapter = Kaupungin perustamiskirje | page = 269| publisher = City of Pori | language = fi}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Roskilde]]: After a devastating defeat in the [[Northern Wars]] (1655–1661), [[Frederick III of Denmark|Frederick III]], the King of [[Denmark–Norway]] is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lockhart |first1=Paul Douglas |title=Sweden in the Seventeenth Century |date=13 February 2004 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=978-0-230-80255-1 |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNYcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA98 |language=en |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141949/https://books.google.com/books?id=nNYcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA98 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1702]] &ndash; [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]], the younger sister of [[Mary II of England|Mary II]], becomes [[Queen regnant]] of [[Kingdom of England|England]], [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]], and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Anne: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/anne.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=17 February 2020 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217141409/https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/anne.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1722]] &ndash; The [[Safavid Empire]] of [[Iran]] is defeated by an army from [[History of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] at the [[Battle of Gulnabad]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Kaushik |title=Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships |date=22 May 2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-78093-800-4 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KyVnAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 |language=en |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141936/https://books.google.com/books?id=KyVnAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[Nader Shah]], founder of the [[Afsharid dynasty]], is crowned [[Shah of Iran]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Daniel |first1=Elton L. |title=The History of Iran |year=2001 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-30731-7 |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AzqbYf9Q_2UC&pg=PA95 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-14 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141937/https://books.google.com/books?id=AzqbYf9Q_2UC&pg=PA95 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1775]] &ndash; An anonymous writer, thought by some to be [[Thomas Paine]], publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the [[abolitionism in the United States|emancipation]] of slaves and the abolition of slavery.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=David A. |title=Paine and Cobbett: The Transatlantic Connection |year=1988 |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |isbn=978-0-7735-1013-5 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FQy1E17_Y3wC&pg=PA37 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141945/https://books.google.com/books?id=FQy1E17_Y3wC&pg=PA37 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Gnadenhutten massacre]]: Ninety-six [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] in [[Gnadenhutten, Ohio]], who had converted to [[Christianity]], are killed by [[Pennsylvania]] militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gnadenhütten Massacre {{!}} United States history [1782] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Gnadenhutten-Massacre |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101040123/https://www.britannica.com/event/Gnadenhutten-Massacre |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[War of the Second Coalition]]: At the [[Battle of Abukir (1801)|Battle of Abukir]], a British force under Sir [[Ralph Abercromby]] lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ross |first1=Steven T. |title=The A to Z of the Wars of the French Revolution |date=7 June 2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4616-7238-8 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yHFQUyoPuR8C&pg=PA12 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141944/https://books.google.com/books?id=yHFQUyoPuR8C&pg=PA12 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1844]] &ndash; King [[Oscar I of Sweden|Oscar I]] ascends to the thrones of [[Union between Sweden and Norway|Sweden and Norway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Oscar I {{!}} king of Sweden and Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027152838/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-I |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1844   &ndash; The [[Althing]], the parliament of [[Iceland]], was reopened after 45 years of closure.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sigurðardóttir|first1=Heiða María|last2=Emilsson|first2=Páll Emil|title=Hvenær var Alþingi stofnað?|url=https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=5268|website=visindavefur.is|publisher=Vísindavefurinn|access-date=September 3, 2021|archive-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830193855/https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=5268|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Sakai incident]]: Japanese [[samurai]] kill 11 French sailors in the port of [[Sakai, Osaka]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. VII |date=23 September 2010 |publisher=Global Oriental |isbn=978-90-04-21803-1 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1fV5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141950/https://books.google.com/books?id=1fV5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1910]] &ndash; French [[aviator]] [[Raymonde de Laroche]] becomes the first woman to receive a [[Pilot licensing and certification|pilot's license]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Air University Review |year=1983 |publisher=Department of the Air Force |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AykD_rZvMroC&pg=RA3-PA37 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2022-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227142431/https://books.google.com/books?id=AykD_rZvMroC&pg=RA3-PA37 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of [[Kut]] (present-day [[Iraq]]) in the [[Battle of Dujaila]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burg |first1=David F. |last2=Purcell |first2=L. Edward |title=Almanac of World War I |date=12 September 2010 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-2745-3 |page=105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwhzE57Q0eUC&pg=PA105 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[International Women's Day]] protests in [[Petrograd]] mark the beginning of the [[February Revolution]] (February 23 in the [[Julian calendar]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=The women's protest that sparked the Russian Revolution |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/08/womens-protest-sparked-russian-revolution-international-womens-day |website=the Guardian |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |date=8 March 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308072035/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/08/womens-protest-sparked-russian-revolution-international-womens-day |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1917   &ndash; The [[United States Senate]] votes to limit [[filibuster]]s by adopting the [[cloture rule]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wawro |first1=Gregory J. |last2=Schickler |first2=Eric |title=Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate |date=24 October 2013 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-4947-5 |page=222 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TeEDAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA222 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142018/https://books.google.com/books?id=TeEDAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA222 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; Spanish Prime Minister [[Eduardo Dato|Eduardo Dato Iradier]] is assassinated while on his way home from the [[Cortes Generales|parliament]] building in [[Madrid]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SPANISH PREMIER IS ASSASSINATED, LEAVING CONGRESS (Published 1921) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1921/03/09/archives/spanish-premier-is-assassinated-leaving-congress-eduardo-dato.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=15 December 2020 |date=9 March 1921 |archive-date=25 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225044829/https://www.nytimes.com/1921/03/09/archives/spanish-premier-is-assassinated-leaving-congress-eduardo-dato.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; A [[Castle Gate Mine disaster|mine disaster]] kills 172 coal miners near [[Castle Gate, Utah]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Castle Gate Mine disaster |url=https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/c/CASTLE_GATE_MINE_DISASTER.shtml |website=www.uen.org |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130174659/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/c/CASTLE_GATE_MINE_DISASTER.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Daytona Beach and Road Course]] holds its first oval [[stock car racing|stock car]] race.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Close |first1=John |title=1001 NASCAR Facts: Cars, Tracks, Milestones, Personalities |date=15 May 2017 |publisher=CarTech Inc |isbn=978-1-61325-310-6 |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7YvODgAAQBAJ&pg=PA40 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141940/https://books.google.com/books?id=7YvODgAAQBAJ&pg=PA40 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Guadalajara]] begins.<ref>{{cite book |title=War |date=October 2009 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited |isbn=978-1-4053-4778-5 |page=465 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Llw8JSZEXYC&pg=PA465 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142012/https://books.google.com/books?id=8Llw8JSZEXYC&pg=PA465 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Dutch East Indies]] surrender [[Java]] to the [[Imperial Japanese Army]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fujita |first1=Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUr8SPflgJMC&pg=PA85 |title=Foo, a Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun: The Secret Prison Diary of Frank "Foo" Fujita |date=December 2000 |publisher=University of North Texas Press |isbn=978-1-57441-131-7 |page=85 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141941/https://books.google.com/books?id=WUr8SPflgJMC&pg=PA85 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured [[Yangon|Rangoon]], [[Myanmar|Burma]] from [[United Kingdom|British]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - World Wars: Burma Campaign |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff4_burmacampaign.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105171552/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff4_burmacampaign.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; The iconic [[Volkswagen Type 2]] "Bus" begins production.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kindy |first1=David |title=How the Volkswagen Bus Became a Symbol of Counterculture |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-volkswagen-bus-became-symbol-counterculture-180974354/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220003307/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-volkswagen-bus-became-symbol-counterculture-180974354/ |archive-date=2021-12-20 |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; A [[Turkish Airlines]] [[Fokker F27 Friendship]] [[1962 Taurus Mountains Turkish Airlines F-27 crash|crashes]] into [[Mount Medetsiz]] in the [[Taurus Mountains]] of Turkey, killing all 11 people on board.<ref name="ASN2">{{Cite web |title=1962 Tarsus Crash |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620308-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403122048/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620308-1 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=22 August 2022 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=[[Flight Safety Foundation]]}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; The [[Ba'ath Party]] comes to power in [[Syria]] in [[1963 Syrian coup d'état|a coup d'état]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jessup |first1=John E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hP7jJAkTd9MC&pg=PA50 |title=An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-313-28112-9 |page=50 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126111106/https://books.google.com/books?id=hP7jJAkTd9MC&pg=PA50 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[United States Marine Corps|US Marines]] arrive at [[Da Nang]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-08 |title=A Look Back at the Marine Landing at Da Nang |url=https://www.historynet.com/a-look-back-at-the-marine-landing-at-da-nang/ |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Historynet |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308065914/https://www.historynet.com/a-look-back-at-the-marine-landing-at-da-nang/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*1965   &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 513]] crashes during takeoff from [[Kurumoch International Airport|Kuybyshev Airport]], killing 30 and injuring 9.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 124V СССР-45028 Kuybyshev Airport (KUF) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650308-1 |access-date=2017-04-24 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation |archive-date=2017-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812133653/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650308-1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Nelson's Pillar]] in Dublin, Ireland, is destroyed by a bomb.<ref>{{cite web |title=Demolition Of Nelson Pillar |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2013/0308/375076-demolition-of-nelsons-pillar/ |website=RTÉ Archives |access-date=16 November 2020 |language=en |archive-date=4 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004115748/https://www.rte.ie/archives/2013/0308/375076-demolition-of-nelsons-pillar/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Philips]] demonstrates the [[compact disc]] publicly for the first time.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peek |first1=J. B. H. |last2=Bergmans |first2=J. W. M. |last3=Haaren |first3=J. A. M. M. van |last4=Toolenaar |first4=Frank |last5=Stan |first5=S. G. |title=Origins and Successors of the Compact Disc: Contributions of Philips to Optical Storage |date=28 December 2008 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-1-4020-9553-5 |page=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OdcETNEfFAkC&pg=PA54 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141941/https://books.google.com/books?id=OdcETNEfFAkC&pg=PA54 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; Images taken by [[Voyager 1]] prove the [[Volcanism on Io|existence of volcanoes]] on [[Io (moon)|Io]], a [[moon of Jupiter]].<ref name="Morabito1979">{{cite journal |title=Discovery of currently active extraterrestrial volcanism |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |last1=Morabito |first1=L. A. |pages=972 |volume=204 |issue=4396 |date=1979 |doi=10.1126/science.204.4396.972 |pmid=17800432 |bibcode=1979Sci...204..972M |display-authors=1 |last2=Synnott |first2=S. P. |last3=Kupferman |first3=P. N. |last4=Collins |first4=S. A.|s2cid=45693338 }}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: While addressing [[National Association of Evangelicals|a convention of Evangelicals]], U.S. [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] labels the Soviet Union an "[[Evil Empire speech|evil empire]]".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Donaldson |first1=Robert H. |title=Modern America: A Documentary History of the Nation Since 1945: A Documentary History of the Nation Since 1945 |date=18 December 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-46469-3 |page=273 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0TfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA273 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141944/https://books.google.com/books?id=t0TfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA273 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; A [[1985 Beirut car bombings|supposed failed assassination attempt]] on Islamic cleric [[Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah|Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah]] in [[Beirut|Beirut, Lebanon]] kills 80 and injures 200 others.<ref name="nyt2">{{Cite news|last=Ap|date=1985-05-23|title=CIA Denies Part in Bombing|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/07/23/cia-denies-part-in-bombing/49955967-2ce9-4b0b-bedc-540ba39f9026/|access-date=2021-05-03|issn=}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1988)|Aeroflot Flight 3379]] is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to [[Veshchevo]] in the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="lib2">{{cite web |year=1999 |title=ИЗ ИСТОРИИ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОГО ТЕРРОРИЗМА |trans-title=FROM THE HISTORY OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM |url=http://lib.znate.ru/docs/index-168665.html?page=15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212112620/http://lib.znate.ru/docs/index-168665.html?page=15 |archive-date=12 December 2013 |access-date=11 March 2013 |publisher=Lib.znate.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; A [[1994 Indira Gandhi Airport collision|collision]] at [[Indira Gandhi International Airport]] kills 9 people.<ref name="ASN">{{ASN accident|id=19940308-0|accessdate=21 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] launches on [[STS-102]], carrying the [[Expedition 2]] crew to the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Uri |first=John |date=2021-03-24 |title=Space Station 20th: STS-102 Performs First International Space Station Crew Rotation, Returns Expedition 1 to Earth |url=https://www.nasa.gov/history/space-station-20th-sts-102-performs-first-international-space-station-crew-rotation-returns-expedition-1-to-earth/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=NASA}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; A new [[Transitional Administrative Law (Iraq)|constitution]] is signed by [[Iraq]]'s [[Iraqi Governing Council|Governing Council]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Iraqi interim constitution signed |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/08/iraq.simonjeffery |website=the Guardian |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en |date=8 March 2004 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126132548/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/08/iraq.simonjeffery |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; Headlined by [[Hulk Hogan]] and [[Ric Flair]], [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA Wrestling]] moved its flagship program, [[TNA Impact!]], to Monday night. This effort to go "big time live" failed but is notable in the history of professional wrestling television.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watry |first=Justin |title=WWE Raw vs. TNA Impact: A Look Back at Monday Nights Two Years Ago |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1098865-wwe-raw-vs-tna-impact-a-look-back-at-monday-nights-two-years-ago |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319215341/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1098865-wwe-raw-vs-tna-impact-a-look-back-at-monday-nights-two-years-ago |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]], carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from [[Kuala Lumpur]] to Beijing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Malaysia Airlines flight to Beijing vanishes |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26492748 |website=BBC News |access-date=10 December 2020 |date=8 March 2014 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112202331/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26492748 |url-status=live }}</ref> The fate of the flight remains unknown. 
*[[2017]] &ndash; The [[Azure Window]], a natural arch on the [[Malta|Maltese]] island of [[Gozo]], collapses in stormy weather.<ref>{{cite web |title=Malta's Azure Window collapses into the sea |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39207196 |website=BBC News |access-date=16 November 2020 |date=8 March 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308143504/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39207196 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chughtai|first=Alia|title=Pakistani women march for equality, gender justice|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/8/pakistani-women-hold-aurat-march-for-equality-gender-justice|access-date=2021-03-03|website=www.aljazeera.com|date=3 December 2018 |language=en|archive-date=2021-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323182550/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/8/pakistani-women-hold-aurat-march-for-equality-gender-justice|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-03-07|title=Aurat March: Pakistani women face violent threats ahead of rally|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51748152|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2021-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308010836/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51748152|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=Women's Day: Pakistani women demand bodily rights, gender equality {{!}} DW {{!}} 08.03.2020|url=https://www.dw.com/en/womens-day-pakistani-women-demand-bodily-rights-gender-equality/a-52685628|access-date=2021-03-03|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305155404/https://www.dw.com/en/womens-day-pakistani-women-demand-bodily-rights-gender-equality/a-52685628|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[International Women's Day]] marches in [[2021 in Mexico|Mexico]] become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in [[Mexico City]] alone.<ref>{{cite news |title=Women's march in Mexico turns violent as protesters clash with police |url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210309-women-s-march-in-mexico-turns-violent-as-protesters-clash-with-police |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=France 24 |date=9 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310210306/https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210309-women-s-march-in-mexico-turns-violent-as-protesters-clash-with-police |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; Twenty-eight political institutions in Myanmar establish the [[National Unity Consultative Council]], a historic alliance of ethnic armed organizations and democratically elected leaders in response to the [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]]<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=2021-11-16 |title=Announcement of the National Unity Consultative Council - NUCC |url=https://www.womenofburma.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/NUCC-Statement-En.pdf |website=National Unity Consultative Council |access-date=2023-02-27 |archive-date=2023-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216044004/https://www.womenofburma.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/NUCC-Statement-En.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>