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{{for|the Lebanese political coalition|March 8 Alliance}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1010]] – [[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]] – 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]] – [[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]] – 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]] – [[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]] – [[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]] – 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]] – [[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]] – 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]] – [[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]] – [[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]] – 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 – 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]] – [[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]] – 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]] – [[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]] – [[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 – 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]] – 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]] – 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]] – [[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]] – [[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]] – [[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 – 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]] – 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]] – 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]] – 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]] – [[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 – [[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]] – [[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]] – [[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 – 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]] – [[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]] – 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]] – [[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]] – 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]] – [[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]] – 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]] – 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]] – 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]] – 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]] – 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]] – [[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 – 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> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1495]] – [[John of God]], Portuguese friar and saint (died 1550)<ref name=John>{{cite web |title=Saint John of God {{!}} Portuguese monk |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-of-God |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019091722/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-of-God |url-status=live }}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1712]] – [[John Fothergill (physician)|John Fothergill]], English physician and botanist (died 1780)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Fothergill {{!}} RCP Museum |url=https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/john-fothergill |website=history.rcplondon.ac.uk |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415173034/https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/john-fothergill |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1714]] – [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]], German pianist and composer (died 1788)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach {{!}} German composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=10 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310033724/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1726]] – [[Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe]], English admiral and politician, [[Treasurer of the Navy]] (died 1799)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Howe, Earl Howe {{!}} British admiral |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Howe-Earl-Howe-Baron-Howe-of-Langar |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525204535/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Howe-Earl-Howe-Baron-Howe-of-Langar |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1746]] – [[André Michaux]], French botanist and explorer (died 1802)<ref>{{cite web |title=André Michaux |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/andre-michaux |orig-date= May 27, 2008 |date= May 6, 2015 |first1= Judith F.m. |last1=Hoeniger |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126110113/https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/andre-michaux |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1748]] – [[William V, Prince of Orange]] (died 1806)<ref>{{cite web |title=William V {{!}} prince of Orange and Nassau |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-V-prince-of-Orange-and-Nassau |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806230401/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-V-prince-of-Orange-and-Nassau |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1761]] – [[Jan Potocki]], Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author (died 1815)<ref>{{cite web |title=Authors : Potocki, Jan : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/potocki_jan |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127234715/http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/potocki_jan |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1799]] – [[Simon Cameron]], American journalist and politician, [[United States Secretary of War]] (died 1889)<ref>{{cite web |title=Simon Cameron {{!}} United States secretary of war |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Simon-Cameron |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026065709/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Simon-Cameron |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1804]] – [[Alvan Clark]], American astronomer and optician (died 1887)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clark Family {{!}} American astronomers and telescope makers |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Clark-family |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201001337/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Clark-family |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1822]] – [[Ignacy Łukasiewicz]], Polish inventor and businessman, invented the [[Kerosene lamp]] (died 1882)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pabis-Braunstein |first1=Mirosława |title=Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822-1882) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41111254 |journal=Pharmacy in History |access-date=16 December 2020 |pages=174–176 |date=1989 |volume=31 |issue=4 |jstor=41111254 |pmid=11622038 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141942/https://www.jstor.org/stable/41111254 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1827]] – [[Wilhelm Bleek]], German linguist and anthropologist (died 1875)<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilhelm Bleek {{!}} German linguist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Bleek |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127021515/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Bleek |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1830]] – [[João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos|João de Deus]], Portuguese poet and educator (died 1896)<ref>{{cite web |title=João de Deus {{!}} Portuguese poet |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joao-de-Deus-Nogueira-Ramos |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028232930/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joao-de-Deus-Nogueira-Ramos |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1836]] – [[Harriet Samuel]], English businesswoman and founder the jewellery retailer [[H. Samuel]] (died 1908)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rubinstein |first1=William D. |last2=Jolles |first2=Michael |last3=Rubinstein |first3=Hilary L. |author-link1=William Rubinstein |author-link3=Hilary L. Rubinstein |title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History |date=22 February 2011 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-4039-3910-4 |page=852 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&pg=PA852 |language=en |access-date=25 September 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141959/https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&pg=PA852 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1841]] – [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.]], American lawyer and jurist (died 1935)<ref>{{cite web |title=Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. {{!}} Biography, Jurisprudence, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Wendell-Holmes-Jr |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126224043/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Wendell-Holmes-Jr |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1851]] – [[Frank Avery Hutchins]], American librarian and educator (died 1914)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lyman |first1=Helen Huguenor |editor1-last=Wynas |editor1-first=Bohdan S. |title=Dictionary of American Library Biography |date=1978 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=9780872871809 |page=257 |chapter=HUTCHINS, FRANK AVERY (1851-1914)}}</ref> *[[1856]] – [[Bramwell Booth]], English 2nd [[General of The Salvation Army]] (died 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Bramwell Booth {{!}} British minister |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Bramwell-Booth |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127082946/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Bramwell-Booth |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1856 – [[Colin Campbell Cooper]], American painter and academic (died 1937)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pennington |first1=Estill Curtis |last2=Severens |first2=Martha R. |title=Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from The Johnson Collection |date=16 December 2015 |publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press |isbn=978-1-61117-717-6 |page=209 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q8g0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT209 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141951/https://books.google.com/books?id=q8g0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT209 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1858]] – [[Ida Hunt Udall]], American diarist and homesteader (died 1915)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Pauline U. |url=https://rsc.byu.edu/book/pioneer-women-arizona |title=Pioneer Women of Arizona |publisher=[[Religious Studies Center]] and [[Deseret Book]] |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-9443-9409-7 |editor-last=Clayton |editor-first=Roberta Flake |edition=2nd |location=Provo and Salt Lake City |pages=741–747 |chapter=Ida Frances Hunt Udall |editor-last2=Ellis |editor-first2=Catherine H. |editor-last3=Boone |editor-first3=David F. |chapter-url=https://rsc.byu.edu/sites/default/files/pub_content/pdf/U.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007023022/https://rsc.byu.edu/sites/default/files/pub_content/pdf/U.pdf |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1859]] – [[Kenneth Grahame]], British author (died 1932)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenneth Grahame {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-Grahame |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105063836/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-Grahame |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Frederic Goudy]], American type designer (died 1947)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederic W. Goudy {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-W-Goudy |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415003139/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-W-Goudy |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[Otto Hahn]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1968)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1944 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1944/hahn/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117065125/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1944/hahn/facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Edward Calvin Kendall]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1972)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1950/kendall/biographical/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=16 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216052149/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1950/kendall/biographical/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[Juana de Ibarbourou]], Uruguayan poet and author (died 1979)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Verity |title=Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature |date=26 March 1997 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-31425-5 |page=800 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TB2PAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA800 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141943/https://books.google.com/books?id=TB2PAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA800 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1896]] – [[Charlotte Whitton]], Canadian journalist and politician, 46th [[Mayor of Ottawa]] (died 1975)<ref>{{cite book|first=Anne|last=Comrie|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=16|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale Group|year=2002|page=497|isbn=978-0-78764-075-0}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Louise Beavers]], American actress and singer (died 1962)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louise Beavers {{!}} American actress |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louise-Beavers |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920180706/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louise-Beavers |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1902 – [[Jennings Randolph]], American journalist and politician (died 1998)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=22 August 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-7992-4 |page=613 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA613 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141952/https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA613 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1907]] – [[Konstantinos Karamanlis]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[President of Greece]] (died 1998)<ref>{{cite web |title=Konstantinos Karamanlis {{!}} Greek statesman |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantinos-Karamanlis |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128090830/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantinos-Karamanlis |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Beatrice Shilling]], English motorcycle racer and engineer (died 1990)<ref>{{cite web |title=Beatrice Shilling - Revolutionising the Spitfire |url=https://www.kenleyrevival.org/content/history/women-at-war/beatrice-shilling-revolutionising-spitfire |website=Kenley Revival |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308215331/https://www.kenleyrevival.org/content/history/women-at-war/beatrice-shilling-revolutionising-spitfire |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Claire Trevor]], American actress (died 2000)<ref>{{cite web |title=Claire Trevor Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Claire-Trevor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128140813/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Claire-Trevor |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Alan Hovhaness]], Armenian-American pianist and composer (died 2000)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Hovhaness {{!}} American composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Hovhaness |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026224600/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Hovhaness |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[Preston Smith (governor)|Preston Smith]], American businessman and politician, [[Governor of Texas]] (died 2003)<ref>{{cite web |title=TSHA {{!}} Smith, Preston Earnest |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/smith-preston-earnest |website=www.tshaonline.org |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130232103/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/smith-preston-earnest |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1912 – [[Meldrim Thomson Jr.]], American publisher and politician, [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (died 2001)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holloran |first1=Peter C. |title=Historical Dictionary of New England |date=May 2017 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-0219-0 |page=494 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJ2rDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA494 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141943/https://books.google.com/books?id=WJ2rDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA494 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich]], Belarusian-Russian physicist and astronomer (died 1987)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scholz |first1=Fritz |title=Electrochemistry in a Divided World: Innovations in Eastern Europe in the 20th Century |date=13 October 2015 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-21221-0 |page=68 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XfXpCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA68 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308135204/https://books.google.com/books?id=XfXpCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA68#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1918]] – [[Eileen Herlie]], Scottish-American actress (died 2008)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eileen Herlie |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb60010 |website=BFI |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126135546/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb60010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Alan Hale Jr.]], American actor and restaurateur (died 1990)<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9SF-VPSX?i=438&cc=2001287&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AWZ6G-TG2M|title=California Birth Certificate, Alan Hale Mackahan|work=Familysearch.org}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Ralph H. Baer]], German-American video game designer, created the [[Magnavox Odyssey]] (died 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Inventor Ralph Baer, The 'Father Of Video Games,' Dies At 92 |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/12/08/369405270/inventor-ralph-baer-the-father-of-video-games-dies-at-92?t=1608300194950 |website=NPR.org |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |last1=Mullis |first1=Steve |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420114323/https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/12/08/369405270/inventor-ralph-baer-the-father-of-video-games-dies-at-92?t=1608300194950 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1922 – [[Cyd Charisse]], American actress and dancer (died 2008)<ref>{{cite web |title=TSHA {{!}} Finklea, Tula Ellice [Cyd Charisse] |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/finklea-tula-ellice-cyd-charisse |website=www.tshaonline.org |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128201825/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/finklea-tula-ellice-cyd-charisse |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1922 – [[Carl Furillo]], American baseball player (died 1989)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Furillo Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Carl-Furillo |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923134854/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Carl-Furillo |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1922 – [[Shigeru Mizuki]], Japanese author and illustrator (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Soble |first1=Jonathan |title=Shigeru Mizuki, Influential Japanese Cartoonist, Dies at 93 (Published 2015) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/arts/design/shigeru-mizuki-influential-japanese-cartoonist-dies-at-93.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=18 December 2020 |date=1 December 2015 |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110050219/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/arts/design/shigeru-mizuki-influential-japanese-cartoonist-dies-at-93.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Anthony Caro]], English sculptor and illustrator (died 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Anthony Caro {{!}} British sculptor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anthony-Caro |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105154041/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anthony-Caro |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1924 – [[Sean McClory]], Irish-American actor and director (died 2003)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Matheson |first1=Sue |title=The John Ford Encyclopedia |date=15 December 2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-0382-1 |page=209 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SvuzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA209 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308135040/https://books.google.com/books?id=SvuzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA209#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1924 – [[Addie L. Wyatt]], American civil rights activist and labor leader (died 2012)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reverend Addie Wyatt and Reverend Claude Wyatt Papers |url=https://bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu/portal/view/?id=BMRC.HARSH.WYATT.xml#:~:text=Addie%20Wyatt%20was%20born%20Addie,Maggie%20Cameron%20in%20Brookhaven,%20Mississippi. |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu |archive-date=2023-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323203011/https://bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu/portal/view/?id=BMRC.HARSH.WYATT.xml#:~:text=Addie%20Wyatt%20was%20born%20Addie,Maggie%20Cameron%20in%20Brookhaven,%20Mississippi. |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Warren Bennis]], American scholar, author, and academic (died 2014)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Antonakis |first1=John |last2=Day |first2=David V. |title=The Nature of Leadership |date=5 September 2017 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-1-5063-9499-2 |page=732 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=elQ0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT732 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142100/https://books.google.com/books?id=elQ0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT732 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Francisco Rabal]], Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2001)<ref>{{cite web |title=Francisco Rabal |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/francisco-rabal-9131546.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=16 February 2014 |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724123817/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/francisco-rabal-9131546.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Ramon Revilla Sr.]], Filipino actor and politician (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=The 'agimat' is gone: Ramon Revilla Sr., 93 |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/06/27/news/national/the-agimat-is-gone-ramon-revilla-sr-93/735832/ |website=The Manila Times |access-date=18 December 2020 |date=27 June 2020 |archive-date=24 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224102708/https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/06/27/news/national/the-agimat-is-gone-ramon-revilla-sr-93/735832/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Lore Segal]], American novelist (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=October 7, 2024 |title=Lore Segal, Mordant Novelist of Émigré Life, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/books/lore-segal-dead.html |access-date=October 9, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Bob Grim (baseball)|Bob Grim]], American baseball player (died 1996)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Grim |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bob-grim/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117093911/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bob-grim/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1930 – [[Douglas Hurd]], English politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Douglas Hurd |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba169408c |website=BFI |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=21 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221062742/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba169408c |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Neil Adcock]], South African cricketer (died 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neil Adcock |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/neil-adcock-154572 |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> * 1931 – [[John McPhee]], American author and educator<ref name=Chase2019>{{cite book |last1=Chase's |first1=Editors of |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |date=30 September 2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-264-1 |page=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142123/https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1931 – [[Neil Postman]], American author and social critic (died 2003)<ref>{{cite web |title=Neil Postman {{!}} American educator, media theorist, and social critic |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Neil-Postman |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724214959/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Neil-Postman |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1931 – [[Gerald Potterton]], English-Canadian animator, director, and producer (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerald Potterton |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gerald-potterton |date= December 16, 2013 |first1= Wyndham |last1=Wise |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417132758/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gerald-potterton |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Marv Breeding]], American baseball player and scout (died 2006)<ref>{{cite web |title=Marv Breeding |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/marv-breeding/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123172930/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/marv-breeding/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[George Coleman]], American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader<ref>{{cite web |title=George Coleman {{!}} Memphis Music Hall of Fame |url=https://memphismusichalloffame.com/inductee/georgecoleman/ |website=memphismusichalloffame.com |date=29 November 2012 |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120033857/https://memphismusichalloffame.com/inductee/georgecoleman/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Panditrao Agashe]], Indian businessman (died 1986)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rānaḍe |first1=Sadāśiva Bhāskara |author1-link=Sadashiv Ranade |title=Cittapāvana Kauśika gotrī Āgāśe-kula-vr̥ttānta |date=1974 |page=61 |url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg1=74903020&argType1=phrase&searchCode1=K010&searchType=2&combine2=and&searchArg2=&argType2=all&searchCode2=GKEY&combine3=and&searchArg3=&argType3=all&searchCode3=GKEY&location=all&place=all&type=all&language=all&recCount=10 |access-date=8 July 2022 |language=mr |archive-date=23 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123162455/https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg1=74903020&argType1=phrase&searchCode1=K010&searchType=2&combine2=and&searchArg2=&argType2=all&searchCode2=GKEY&combine3=and&searchArg3=&argType3=all&searchCode3=GKEY&location=all&place=all&type=all&language=all&recCount=10 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1936 – [[Sue Ane Langdon]], American actress and singer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lisanti |first1=Tom |last2=Paul |first2=Louis |title=Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973 |date=10 April 2002 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1194-8 |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VJCaXXANA0C&pg=PA171 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[Richard Fariña]], American singer-songwriter and author (died 1966)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lawlor |first1=William |title=Beat Culture: Lifestyles, Icons, and Impact |year=2005 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-400-4 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMZqLXP01e4C&pg=PA103 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142102/https://books.google.com/books?id=MMZqLXP01e4C&pg=PA103 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1937 – [[Juvénal Habyarimana]], Rwandan politician, [[President of Rwanda]] (died 1994)<ref>{{cite web |title=Juvénal Habyarimana {{!}} president of Rwanda |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juvenal-Habyarimana |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=19 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121601/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juvenal-Habyarimana |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1939]] – [[Jim Bouton]], American baseball player and journalist (died 2019)<ref>{{cite news |title=Yankees pitcher and "Ball Four" author Jim Bouton dies at 80 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-jim-bouton-obit-20190710-lhcv7pgzwjdajlsdxprzzjszpm-story.html |access-date=March 8, 2020 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=July 10, 2019 |archive-date=July 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710233406/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-jim-bouton-obit-20190710-lhcv7pgzwjdajlsdxprzzjszpm-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1939 – [[Lynn Seymour]], Canadian ballerina and choreographer<ref>{{cite web |title=Lynn Seymour {{!}} Canadian ballerina |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lynn-Seymour |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028052513/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lynn-Seymour |url-status=live }}</ref> (died 2023) * 1939 – [[Lidiya Skoblikova]], Russian speed skater and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Lidiya Skoblikova {{!}} Russian skater |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lidiya-Skoblikova |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202151003/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lidiya-Skoblikova |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1939 – [[Robert Tear]], Welsh tenor and conductor (died 2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Tear: Tenor celebrated for his interpretations of Handel |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robert-tear-tenor-celebrated-for-his-interpretations-of-handel-mozart-and-britten-2256581.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=22 October 2011 |archive-date=11 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011021857/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robert-tear-tenor-celebrated-for-his-interpretations-of-handel-mozart-and-britten-2256581.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Norman Stone]], British historian, author, and academic (died 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Norman Stone obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/25/norman-stone-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=25 June 2019 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126140247/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/25/norman-stone-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Dick Allen]], American baseball player and tenor (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dick Allen |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dick-allen/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=22 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222001815/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dick-allen/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1942 – [[Ann Packer]], English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper<ref>{{cite web |title= Ann Packer |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68748 |website=Olympedia |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=10 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010051845/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68748 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Susan Clark]], Canadian actress and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Susan Clark |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/susan-clark |first1= Wyndham |last1=Wise |orig-date= December 8, 2010 |date= March 4, 2015 |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118180429/https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/susan-clark |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1943 – [[Lynn Redgrave]], English-American actress and singer (died 2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lynn Redgrave obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/may/03/lynn-redgrave-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=3 May 2010 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119082117/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/may/03/lynn-redgrave-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Carole Bayer Sager]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1944 – [[Sergey Nikitin (musician)|Sergey Nikitin]], Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture |date=28 October 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-78785-0 |page=423 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXz2okCSfq8C&pg=PA423 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142104/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_Contemporary_Russian_Cul/ZXz2okCSfq8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA423&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Micky Dolenz]], American singer-songwriter and actor<ref name=Chase2019 /> * 1945 – [[Anselm Kiefer]], German painter and sculptor<ref>{{cite web |title=Anselm Kieffer |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kief/hd_kief.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |date=October 2008 |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102095149/https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kief/hd_kief.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Randy Meisner]], American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Randy Meisner {{!}} American musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Randy-Meisner |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008035933/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Randy-Meisner |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Michael S. Hart]], American author, founded [[Project Gutenberg]] (died 2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Hart obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/13/michael-hart-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=13 September 2011 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022050526/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/13/michael-hart-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Mel Galley]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mel Galley: Guitarist with Whitesnake |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mel-galley-guitarist-whitesnake-859965.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=23 October 2011 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309025522/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mel-galley-guitarist-whitesnake-859965.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1948 – [[Peggy March]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1948 – [[Jonathan Sacks]], English rabbi, philosopher, and scholar (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lord Jonathan Sacks, former chief rabbi, dies aged 72 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54857556 |website=BBC News |access-date=17 December 2020 |date=7 November 2020 |archive-date=16 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216222417/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54857556 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Teofilo Cubillas]], Peruvian footballer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunmore |first1=Tom |title=Historical Dictionary of Soccer |date=16 September 2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7188-5 |page=63 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9j1wbp2t1usC&pg=PA63 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302013303/https://books.google.com/books?id=9j1wbp2t1usC&pg=PA63 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Phil Edmonds]], Zambian-English cricketer<ref name=march8>{{cite web |title=March 8 down the years |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149300.html |work=ESPNcricinfo|date=8 March 2007 |access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref> * 1951 – [[Dianne Walker]], American tap dancer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hill |first1=Constance Valis |title=Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History |date=12 November 2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-022538-4 |page=279 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HERDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA279 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142134/https://books.google.com/books?id=_HERDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA279 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Jim Rice]], American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster<ref name=Chase2019 /> *[[1954]] – [[Steve James (producer)|Steve James]], American documentary filmmaker<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Kartemquin|number=574580230041509888|date=8 March 2015|title=Happy birthday to this guy!|access-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> * 1954 – [[David Wilkie (swimmer)|David Wilkie]], Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/articles/c3ggndekv8lo |title=Olympic champion swimmer Wilkie dies aged 70 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=23 May 2024 |archive-date=22 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522231727/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/articles/c3ggndekv8lo |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Laurie Cunningham]], English footballer (died 1989)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Richard |title=Laurie Cunningham: the dancing footballer with eternal youth {{!}} Richard Williams |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/feb/26/laurie-cunningham-dancing-footballer-richard-williams |website=The Guardian |access-date=17 February 2020 |date=26 February 2016 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217110841/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/feb/26/laurie-cunningham-dancing-footballer-richard-williams |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1956 – [[David Malpass]], American economist and government official<ref>{{cite news |title=The Wall Street years of Donald Trump's World Bank pick |url=https://www.ft.com/content/de4c1016-2e86-11e9-8744-e7016697f225 |website=Financial Times |date=13 February 2019 |access-date=18 October 2020 |last1=Politi |first1=James |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021075847/https://www.ft.com/content/de4c1016-2e86-11e9-8744-e7016697f225 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Clive Burr]], English rock drummer (died 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clive Burr: Drummer with Iron Maiden |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/clive-burr-drummer-iron-maiden-8552284.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 October 2020 |language=en |date=27 March 2013 |archive-date=12 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312074551/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/clive-burr-drummer-iron-maiden-8552284.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1957 – [[Billy Childs]], American pianist and composer<ref>{{cite web |title=Browse In Jazz, Composer or Arranger {{!}} Grove Music Online {{!}} Grove Music |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/browse |website=Grove Music Online |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102002036/https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/browse |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Gary Numan]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Gary Numan |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba7b23465 |website=BFI |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129110340/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba7b23465 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Lester Holt]], American journalist<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harper |first1=Holly |title=Happy Birthday Lester Holt! |url=https://www.wilx.com/2022/03/08/happy-birthday-lester-holt/ |publisher=[[WILX]] |access-date=22 February 2023 |date=8 March 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222210028/https://www.wilx.com/2022/03/08/happy-birthday-lester-holt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1959 – [[Aidan Quinn]], American actor<ref name=Chase2019 /> *[[1960]] – [[Irek Mukhamedov]], Russian ballet dancer<ref>{{cite web |title=Irek Mukhamedov |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100214918 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en }}</ref> * 1960 – [[Buck Williams]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Buck Williams |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/433 |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=30 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130234018/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/433 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Camryn Manheim]], American actress<ref name=Chase2019 /> * 1961 – [[Larry Murphy (ice hockey)|Larry Murphy]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=DRAFT DAY MEMORIES WITH LARRY MURPHY |url=https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/draft-day-memories-with-larry-murphy/c-455885 |website=NHL.com |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142143/https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/draft-day-memories-with-larry-murphy/c-455885 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Leon Robinson]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rotter |first1=Joshua |title=Leon joins diverse cast of 'A Luv Tale' |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/leon-joins-diverse-cast-of-a-luv-tale/ |website=San Francisco Examiner |date=June 26, 2019 |access-date=February 4, 2021}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Kenny Smith]], American basketball player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenny Smith |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/3494/kenny-smith |website=ESPN |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=30 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930024343/https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/3494/kenny-smith |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Greg Barker, Baron Barker of Battle]], English politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Gregory Barker |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2053265.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=17 December 2020 |date=21 October 2002 |archive-date=17 December 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031217084049/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2053265.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Michael Bartels]], German race car driver<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Bartels |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/1145.html |website=ESPN UK |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425050112/http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/1145.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1968 – [[Shawn Mullins]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 8, 2023 includes celebrities Camryn Manheim, Micky Dolenz |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-8-2023-includes-celebrities-camryn-manheim-micky-dolenz.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=8 March 2023 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421123241/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-8-2023-includes-celebrities-camryn-manheim-micky-dolenz.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Jason Elam]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Elam Stats |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/453/jason-elam |website=ESPN |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308135606/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/453/jason-elam |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1970 – [[Andrea Parker]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1972]] – [[Matt Nable]], Australian rugby league player and actor<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/matt-nable/summary.html Matt Nable] ''rugbyleagueproject.org''</ref> * 1972 – [[Lena Sundström]], Swedish journalist and author<ref>{{cite web |title=Lena Sundström ny programledare i SVT |url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/medier/lena-sundstrom-till-svt-1 |website=SVT Nyheter |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=sv |date=16 November 2015 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411110330/https://www.svt.se/kultur/medier/lena-sundstrom-till-svt-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Boris Kodjoe]], Austrian-German actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1976]] – [[Chris Clark (ice hockey)|Chris Clark]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Clark |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/chris-clark-8460567 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223111257/http://www.nhl.com/player/chris-clark-8460567 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1976 – [[Juan Encarnación]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Juan Encarnacion Stats, Highlights, Bio |url=https://www.milb.com/player/juan-encarnacion-113845 |website=Springfield Cardinals |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Freddie Prinze Jr.]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddie Prinze Jr. Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Freddie-Prinze-Jr |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027101319/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Freddie-Prinze-Jr |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1976 – [[Hines Ward]], Korean-American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Hines Ward |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1494/hines-ward |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222210046/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1494/hines-ward |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[James Van Der Beek]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=James Van Der Beek |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb500911c |website=BFI |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119193329/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb500911c |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1977 – [[Johann Vogel (footballer)|Johann Vogel]], Swiss footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Johann Vogel |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/player/16332/johann-vogel |website=SkySports |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506173423/https://www.skysports.com/football/player/16332/johann-vogel |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Nick Zano]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1979]] – [[Tom Chaplin]], English singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"/> *[[1982]] – [[Erik Ersberg]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Erik Ersberg |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/erik-ersberg-8473975 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819103936/https://www.nhl.com/player/erik-ersberg-8473975 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1982 – [[Leonidas Kampantais]], Greek footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Leonidas Kampantais |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/player/55534/leonidas-kampantais |website=SkySports |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308135601/https://www.skysports.com/football/player/55534/leonidas-kampantais |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1982 – [[Keemstar]], American YouTuber<ref>{{cite web |title=Thank you guys for the Birthday wishes. 39 , last 12 months of my 30's has started. I'm planning on getting a six pack , buying a Lamborghini, Getting a hair transplant & 7 new girlfriends. |url=https://twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/1368887198238539776 |website=Twitter |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307051123/https://twitter.com/keemstar/status/1368887198238539776 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1982 – [[Kat Von D]], American tattoo artist and model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Koonse |first1=Emma |title=Kat Von D Celebrates 30th Birthday Today |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/kat-von-d-celebrates-30th-birthday-today.html |publisher=[[The Christian Post]] |access-date=22 February 2023 |date=9 March 2012 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222210047/https://www.christianpost.com/news/kat-von-d-celebrates-30th-birthday-today.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[André Santos]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite news |title=Brazil defender moves to Arsenal |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14712232 |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112014150/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14712232 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1983 – [[Mark Worrell]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Worrell |url=https://www.milb.com/player/mark-worrell-450312 |website=[[Minor League Baseball]] |access-date=16 November 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308140241/https://www.milb.com/player/mark-worrell-450312 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Yoshihisa Hirano (baseball)|Yoshihisa Hirano]], Japanese baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Yoshihisa Hirano |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/yoshihisa-hirano-673633 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404233716/https://www.mlb.com/player/yoshihisa-hirano-673633 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1984 – [[Ross Taylor]], New Zealand cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ross Taylor Biography |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/ross-taylor |website=www.sportskeeda.com |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en-us |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116051347/https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/ross-taylor |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1984 – [[Sasha Vujačić]], Slovenian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sasha Vujacic |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2756/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=1 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201060555/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2756/career |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Maria Ohisalo]], Finnish politician and researcher<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sisäministeri|url=https://valtioneuvosto.fi/marinin-hallitus/sisaministeri|access-date=2021-03-24|website=Valtioneuvosto|language=fi-FI|archive-date=2021-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420095922/https://valtioneuvosto.fi/marinin-hallitus/sisaministeri|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Chad Gable]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Chad Gable |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17173084/wwe-profile-page-chad-gable |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 February 2023 |date=8 March 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222210027/https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17173084/wwe-profile-page-chad-gable |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1986 – [[Thomas Morstead]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Morstead |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/12701/thomas-morstead |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=29 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229110855/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/12701/thomas-morstead |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Milana Vayntrub]], Uzbekistani-American actress and comedian<ref name="AP"/> * 1987 – [[Jonathan Wright (rugby league)|Jonathan Wright]], Australian rugby league player<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jonathan-wright/summary.html Jonathan Wright] ''rugbyleagueproject.org''</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Benny Blanco]], American record producer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gibson |first1=Kelsie |title=Who Is Selena Gomez's New Boyfriend? All About Benny Blanco |url=https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/selena-gomezs-boyfriend-benny-blanco-000136147.html |website=Yahoo Movies Canada |date=8 December 2023 |access-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307191535/https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/selena-gomezs-boyfriend-benny-blanco-000136147.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1988 – [[Tommy Pham]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tommy Pham |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tommy-pham-502054 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014152000/https://www.mlb.com/player/tommy-pham-502054 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Robbie Hummel]], American basketball player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Robbie Hummel |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203133/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211155658/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203133/career |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Kristinia DeBarge]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1990 – [[Asier Illarramendi]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Summer Scout - Asier Illarramendi |url=https://www.skysports.com/transfer/news/15198/8796014/Summer-Scout-Asier-Illarramendi |website=SkySports |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021035709/http://www1.skysports.com/transfer/news/15198/8796014/summer-scout-asier-illarramendi |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1990 – [[Brandon Kozun]], American-Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Kozun |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/brandon-kozun-8475295 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707222107/https://www.nhl.com/player/brandon-kozun-8475295 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1990 – [[Petra Kvitová]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Petra Kvitova Bio {{!}} Bio & Career – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/314206/petra-kvitova/bio |website=Women's Tennis Association |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=12 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112062324/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/314206/petra-kvitova/bio |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1990 – [[Kevin Zeitler]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Zeitler |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14931/kevin-zeitler |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=1 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301163012/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14931/kevin-zeitler |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Yoon Ji-sung]], South Korean singer and actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-17 |title=Jisung (Wanna One) profile, age & facts (2024 updated) |url=https://kpopping.com/profiles/idol/Jisung |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=kpopping.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114174210/https://kpopping.com/profiles/idol/Jisung |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Rui Machida]], Japanese basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rui Machida |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/1630957 |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308140251/https://www.wnba.com/player/1630957 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Claire Emslie]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Orlando Pride Sign Scotland Women's National Team Forward Claire Emslie |url=https://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2019/05/30/orlando-pride-sign-scotland-women-s-national-team-forward-claire-emslie |website=Orlando City |access-date=28 April 2020 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804030237/https://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2019/05/30/orlando-pride-sign-scotland-women-s-national-team-forward-claire-emslie |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Marko Gudurić]], Serbian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marko Guduric |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629741/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211024543/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629741/career |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1995 – [[Isaiah Whitehead]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Isaiah Whitehead |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627785/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=10 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210145135/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627785/career |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Kyle Allen (American football)|Kyle Allen]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyle Allen |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3115293/kyle-allen |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103232858/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3115293/kyle-allen |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Tijana Bošković]], Serbian volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tijana Bošković |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/131716 |website=[[Olympedia]] |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905153038/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/131716 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Nathan McSweeney]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nathan McSweeney |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/1124290.html |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Montana Jordan]], American actor<ref>{{cite news|title=Ore City student to co-star in Josh Brolin Movie|url=https://www.news-journal.com/news/local/ore-city-student-to-co-star-in-josh-brolin-movie/article_4bafd25d-be94-541e-81b1-f564a775dabf.html|accessdate=April 21, 2018|work=Longview News-Journal|date=November 9, 2015|archive-date=September 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923160903/https://www.news-journal.com/news/local/ore-city-student-to-co-star-in-josh-brolin-movie/article_4bafd25d-be94-541e-81b1-f564a775dabf.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Kit Connor]], English actor<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Strong, Louis |date=3 May 2022 |title=Kit Connor |type=Podcast |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kit-connor/id1464449203?i=1000559430643 |access-date=22 May 2022 |time=30:57 |publisher=Headstrong |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522070929/https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kit-connor/id1464449203?i=1000559430643 |url-status=live}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1126]] – [[Urraca of León and Castile]] (born 1079)<ref>{{cite web |title=Urraca {{!}} queen of León |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Urraca |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803195910/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Urraca |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1137]] – [[Adela of Normandy]], by marriage [[countess]] of [[Blois]] (born {{Circa|1067}})<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schaus |first1=Margaret |title=Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia |year=2006 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-96944-4 |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aDhOv6hgN2IC&pg=PA6 |language=en |access-date=2020-10-27 |archive-date=2015-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415190636/http://books.google.com/books?id=aDhOv6hgN2IC&pg=PA6 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1144]] – [[Pope Celestine II]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Curtis |first1=Edmund |editor1-last=Davis |editor1-first=Henry W. C. |title=Roger of Sicily and the Normans in Lower Italy, 1016-1154 |date=1912 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |pages=277–278}}</ref> *[[1403]] – [[Bayezid I]], Ottoman sultan (born 1360)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bayezid I {{!}} Ottoman sultan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bayezid-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802084721/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bayezid-I |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Somel |first1=Selcuk Aksin |title=The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire |year=2010 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8108-7579-1 |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBoyoNNKh78C&pg=PR26 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2024-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308141824/https://books.google.com/books?id=tBoyoNNKh78C&pg=PR26#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1466]] – [[Francesco I Sforza]], Duke of Milan (born 1401)<ref>{{cite web |title=Francesco Sforza {{!}} duke of Milan [1401–1466] |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francesco-Sforza-duke-of-Milan-1401-1466 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107144121/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francesco-Sforza-duke-of-Milan-1401-1466 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1550]] – [[John of God]], Portuguese friar and saint (born 1495)<ref name=John /> ===1601–1900=== *[[1619]] – [[Veit Bach]], German baker and miller<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spitta |first1=Philipp |title=Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685-1750 |date=January 1992 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=978-0-486-27412-6 |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9CJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2024-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308141722/https://books.google.com/books?id=j9CJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1641]] – [[Xu Xiake]], Chinese geographer and explorer (born 1587)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Christensen |first1=Thomas |title=1616: The World in Motion |date=March 2012 |publisher=Catapult |isbn=978-1-61902-046-7 |page=480 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q8pL8ar8GzcC&pg=PT480 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *[[1702]] – [[William III of England]] (born 1650)<ref>{{cite web |title=William III {{!}} Biography, Mary II, & Prince of Orange |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-III-king-of-England-Scotland-and-Ireland |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=17 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617013151/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-III-king-of-England-Scotland-and-Ireland |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1717]] – [[Abraham Darby I]], English blacksmith (born 1678)<ref>{{cite web |title=Abraham Darby {{!}} British ironmaster |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Darby |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026230405/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Darby |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1723]] – [[Povel Juel]], Norwegian civil servant (born c.1673)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Povel Juel |first=Magnus A. |last=Mardal |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 December 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Povel_Juel |language=no |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324051701/https://snl.no/Povel_Juel |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1723 – [[Christopher Wren]], English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (born 1632)<ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Wren {{!}} Biography, Education, Buildings, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Wren |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629012815/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Wren |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1844]] – [[Charles XIV John of Sweden]] (born 1763)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles XIV John {{!}} king of Sweden and Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-XIV-John |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032859/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-XIV-John |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1869]] – [[Hector Berlioz]], French composer, conductor, and critic (born 1803)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hector Berlioz {{!}} French composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hector-Berlioz |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201000305/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hector-Berlioz |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1872]] – [[Priscilla Susan Bury]], British botanist (born 1799)<ref>{{cite book|first=Bernard|last=Lightman|title=Dictionary Of Nineteenth-Century of British Scientists Vol.1|location=Bristol|publisher=Thoemmes|date=2004|page=356|isbn=978-1-85506-999-2}}</ref> * 1872 – [[Cornelius Krieghoff]], Dutch-Canadian painter (born 1815)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cornelius Krieghoff {{!}} Dutch-Canadian painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cornelius-Krieghoff |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230183830/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cornelius-Krieghoff |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1874]] – [[Millard Fillmore]], American lawyer and politician, 13th [[President of the United States]] (born 1800)<ref>{{cite web |title=Millard Fillmore {{!}} Presidency, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Millard-Fillmore |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126012031/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Millard-Fillmore |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1887]] – [[Henry Ward Beecher]], American minister and activist (born 1813)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Ward Beecher {{!}} American minister |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Ward-Beecher |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116193332/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Ward-Beecher |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1887 – [[James Buchanan Eads]], American engineer, designed the [[Eads Bridge]] (born 1820)<ref>{{cite web |title=James B. Eads {{!}} American engineer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-B-Eads |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=11 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211122556/https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-B-Eads |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[John Ericsson]], Swedish-American engineer (born 1803)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Ericsson {{!}} Swedish-American engineer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Ericsson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=18 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118003527/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Ericsson |url-status=live }}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1917]] – [[Ferdinand von Zeppelin]], German general and businessman (born 1838)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Graf-von-Zeppelin |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029084054/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Graf-von-Zeppelin |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Johannes Diderik van der Waals]], Dutch physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1837)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1910 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1910/waals/biographical/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=4 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604025941/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1910/waals/biographical/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[William Howard Taft]], American politician, 27th [[President of the United States]] (born 1857)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Howard Taft {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, Presidency, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Howard-Taft |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129121336/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Howard-Taft |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1930 – [[Edward Terry Sanford]], American jurist and politician, [[United States Assistant Attorney General]] (born 1865)<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward T. Sanford {{!}} United States jurist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-T-Sanford |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923013302/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-T-Sanford |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Minna Craucher]], Finnish socialite and [[spy]] (born 1891)<ref>Venla Sainio: ''[https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8452 Craucher, Minna (1891-1932)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725111409/https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8452 |date=2021-07-25 }}'' - Kansallisbiografia (in Finnish)</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Minna Craucher|date=1932-03-21|work=[[Time Magazine]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743386,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027061756/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743386,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2010|accessdate=2008-08-09}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[Howie Morenz]], Canadian ice hockey player (born 1902)<ref>{{cite web |title=Howie Morenz |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/howie-morenz |orig-date= January 23, 2008 |date= March 4, 2015 |first1= James H. |last1=Marsh |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126192005/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/howie-morenz |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Sherwood Anderson]], American novelist and short story writer (born 1876)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sherwood Anderson {{!}} American author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sherwood-Anderson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122031139/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sherwood-Anderson |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[José Raúl Capablanca]], Cuban chess player (born 1888)<ref>{{cite web |title=José Raúl Capablanca {{!}} Cuban chess player |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Raul-Capablanca |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=14 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114044905/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Raul-Capablanca |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Cipto Mangunkusumo]], Indonesian independence leader (born 1886)<ref>{{cite web |last1=VOI |first1=VOI |title=Memory Of March 8, 1943: National Hero, Doctor Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo Dies In Batavia |url=https://voi.id/en/memori/142517 |website=voi.id |publisher=VOI |access-date=8 March 2024 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308141834/https://voi.id/en/memori/142517 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Fredy Hirsch]], German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (born 1916)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bartrop |first1=Paul R. |last2=Grimm |first2=Eve E. |title=Children of the Holocaust |date=31 October 2020 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-6853-5 |page=119 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fjz_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA119 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142314/https://books.google.com/books?id=Fjz_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA119 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Hulusi Behçet]], Turkish dermatologist and scientist (born 1889)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5C-JNL0edQC&pg=PA84 |title=Behçet's Disease: A Guide to its Clinical Understanding Textbook and Atlas |last1=Bang |first1=Dongsik |last2=Lee |first2=Eun-So |last3=Sohn |first3=Seonghyang |date=2001-03-08 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=9783540667612 |pages=84 |access-date=2019-02-28 |archive-date=2020-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805153021/https://books.google.com/books?id=e5C-JNL0edQC&pg=PA84 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Othmar Schoeck]], Swiss composer and conductor (born 1886)<ref>{{cite web |title=Othmar Schoeck {{!}} Swiss composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Othmar-Schoeck |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423062730/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Othmar-Schoeck |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Thomas Beecham]], English conductor and composer (born 1879)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet {{!}} British conductor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-Thomas-Beecham-2nd-Baronet |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125003316/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-Thomas-Beecham-2nd-Baronet |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Harold Lloyd]], American actor, director, and producer (born 1893)<ref>{{cite web |title=Harold Lloyd {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-Lloyd |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109001931/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-Lloyd |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Ron "Pigpen" McKernan]], American keyboard player and songwriter (born 1945)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=27 May 2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8 |page=1515 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA1515 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142303/https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA1515 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[George Stevens]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1904)<ref>{{cite web |title=George Stevens {{!}} American director |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Stevens |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120220941/https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Stevens |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Hatem Ali Jamadar]], Bengali politician (born 1872)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mathbariaprotidin.com/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE|title=জননন্দিত খান সাহেব হাতেম আলী জমাদ্দার|work=Mathbaria Protidin|date=1 November 2017|access-date=12 December 2017|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001040908/https://www.mathbariaprotidin.com/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton]], English lieutenant and politician (born 1904)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG85660 |website=www.britishmuseum.org |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420022059/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG85660 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1983 – [[William Walton]], English composer (born 1902)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir William Walton {{!}} British composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Walton |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218082345/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Walton |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Billy Eckstine]], American jazz singer (born 1914)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Granshaw |first1=Michelle |title=Billy Eckstine (1914-1993) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/eckstine-billy-1914-1993/ |website=blackpast.org |date=18 October 2010 |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128091028/https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/eckstine-billy-1914-1993/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Jack Churchill]], British colonel (born 1906)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lt-Col Jack Churchill |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12049531.lt-col-jack-churchill/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=30 March 1996 |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417194724/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12049531.lt-col-jack-churchill/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Ray Nitschke]], American football player (born 1936)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ray Nitschke Facts & Stats |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Ray-Nitschke |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142245/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Ray-Nitschke |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Adolfo Bioy Casares]], Argentinian journalist and author (born 1914)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caistor |first1=Nick |title=Adolfo Casares obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/mar/19/guardianobituaries2 |website=the Guardian |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=19 March 1999 |archive-date=9 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609214522/https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/mar/19/guardianobituaries2 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1999 – [[Peggy Cass]], American actress and comedian (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Peggy Cass |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-peggy-cass-1080192.html |website=The Independent |access-date=17 February 2020 |language=en |date=13 March 1999 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217112654/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-peggy-cass-1080192.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1999 – [[Joe DiMaggio]], American baseball player and coach (born 1914)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joe DiMaggio {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-DiMaggio |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=14 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514220313/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-DiMaggio |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Adam Faith]], English singer (born 1940)<ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Faith |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/adam-faith-36330.html |website=The Independent |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=21 November 2013 |archive-date=24 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624092955/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/adam-faith-36330.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2003 – [[Karen Morley]], American actress (born 1909)<ref>{{cite web |title=Karen Morley |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/karen-morley-36479.html |website=The Independent |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=12 December 2013 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142317/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/karen-morley-36479.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Muhammad Zaidan]], Syrian terrorist, founded the [[Palestine Liberation Front]] (born 1948)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Conley |first1=Richard S. |title=The A to Z of the Reagan-Bush Era |date=28 September 2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7036-9 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xSrzGmismQMC&pg=PA1 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142250/https://books.google.com/books?id=xSrzGmismQMC&pg=PA1 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[César Lattes]], Brazilian physicist and academic (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web |title=Césare Mansueto Giulio Lattes {{!}} Brazilian physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cesare-Mansueto-Giulio-Lattes |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=12 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012145659/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cesare-Mansueto-Giulio-Lattes |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2005 – [[Aslan Maskhadov]], Chechen commander and politician, [[President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]] (born 1951)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chechen rebel leader killed in Russian assault |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/mar/09/chechnya.russia1 |website=the Guardian |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=9 March 2005 |archive-date=18 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918025642/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/mar/09/chechnya.russia1 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[John Inman]], English actor (born 1935)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Inman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/08/guardianobituaries.broadcasting |website=the Guardian |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=8 March 2007 |archive-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202171955/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/08/guardianobituaries.broadcasting |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2007 – [[John Vukovich]], American baseball player and coach (born 1947)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Vukovich |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/john-vukovich/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=23 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123220510/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/john-vukovich/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Hank Locklin]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Hank Locklin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/apr/14/hank-locklin-obituary-country-music |website=the Guardian |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=13 April 2009 |archive-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330143747/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/apr/14/hank-locklin-obituary-country-music |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Simin Daneshvar]], Iranian author and academic (born 1921)<ref>{{cite web |title=Simin Daneshvar obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/22/simin-daneshvar |website=the Guardian |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=22 March 2012 |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414131626/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/22/simin-daneshvar |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[John O'Connell (Dublin politician)|John O'Connell]], Irish politician, [[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Irish Minister of Health]] (born 1927)<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Dr John O'Connell |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/obituary-dr-john-o-connell-1.1327690 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402041638/http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/obituary-dr-john-o-connell-1.1327690 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2013 – [[Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin]], German soldier and publisher (born 1922)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/13/ewald-heinrich-von-kleist |website=the Guardian |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=13 March 2013 |archive-date=4 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704213231/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/13/ewald-heinrich-von-kleist |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Leo Bretholz]], Austrian-American [[Holocaust]] survivor and author (born 1921)<ref>{{cite web |title=Leo Bretholz: Holocaust survivor who made a daring escape from a train |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/leo-bretholz-holocaust-survivor-who-made-daring-escape-train-and-later-campaigned-reparations-french-railway-9240083.html |website=The Independent |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=5 April 2014 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142244/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/leo-bretholz-holocaust-survivor-who-made-a-daring-escape-from-a-train-and-later-campaigned-for-reparations-from-french-railway-9240083.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2014 – [[William Guarnere]], American sergeant (born 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title='Wild Bill'Guarnere: Bemedalled soldier whose exploits in Europe |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wild-bill-guarnere-bemedalled-soldier-whose-exploits-europe-were-dramatised-hbo-series-band-brothers-9185161.html |website=The Independent |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |date=11 March 2014 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142300/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wild-bill-guarnere-bemedalled-soldier-whose-exploits-in-europe-were-dramatised-in-the-hbo-series-band-of-brothers-9185161.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Sam Simon]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sam Simon obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/09/sam-simon-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |date=9 March 2015 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308155116/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/09/sam-simon-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[George Martin]], English composer, conductor, and producer (born 1926)<ref>{{cite web |title=George Martin: Producer who oversaw The Beatles' best work |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-martin-groundbreaking-producer-who-oversaw-beatles-best-work-and-elevated-art-album-making-a6921766.html |website=The Independent |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en |date=10 March 2016 |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129102517/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-martin-groundbreaking-producer-who-oversaw-beatles-best-work-and-elevated-art-album-making-a6921766.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Kate Wilhelm]], American author (born 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/news/kate-wilhelm-(1928-2018)/ |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=16 November 2020 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518082952/http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/news/kate-wilhelm-(1928-2018)/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Marshall Brodien]], American actor (born 1934)<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Donnell |first1=Maureen |title=Marshall Brodien, 'TV Magic' pitchman, Wizzo the Wizard on 'Bozo,' dead at 84 |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/marshall-brodien-wizzo-wizard-bozo-tv-magic-magician-clown-infomercials-zanzibar-stone/ |access-date=8 March 2019 |agency=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=8 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091347/https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/marshall-brodien-wizzo-wizard-bozo-tv-magic-magician-clown-infomercials-zanzibar-stone/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2019 – [[Cedrick Hardman]], American football player and actor (born 1948)<ref>{{cite web |title=Former 49ers All-Pro defensive end Cedrick Hardman dies at 70 |url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001021647/article/former-49ers-allpro-defensive-end-cedrick-hardman-dies-at-70 |website=NFL.com |access-date=March 10, 2019 |language=en}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Max von Sydow]], Swedish actor (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Adam |title=Max von Sydow, brooding star of Ingmar Bergman's torment-ridden dramas, dies at 90 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/max-von-sydow-brooding-star-of-ingmar-bergmans-torment-ridden-dramas-dies-at-90/2020/03/09/14a7af2a-6203-11ea-845d-e35b0234b136_story.html |access-date=9 March 2020 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=9 March 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309165046/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/max-von-sydow-brooding-star-of-ingmar-bergmans-torment-ridden-dramas-dies-at-90/2020/03/09/14a7af2a-6203-11ea-845d-e35b0234b136_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Athol Fugard]], South African actor, director, and playwright (born 1932)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=March 9, 2025 |title=Athol Fugard, 92, Playwright Who Exposed Torments of Apartheid, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/obituaries/athol-fugard-dead.html |access-date=March 21, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Edward King (bishop of Lincoln)|Edward King]] ([[Church of England]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Lesser Festivals |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/lesser-festivals |website=The Church of England |access-date=1 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=5 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205224537/https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/lesser-festivals |url-status=live }}</ref> **[[Felix of Burgundy]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hutchison-Hall |first1=Dr John (Ellsworth) |title=Orthodox Saints of the British Isles: Volume I — January - March |date=5 December 2013 |publisher=St. Eadfrith Press |isbn=978-0-615-92580-6 |page=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3logAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |language=en |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142324/https://books.google.com/books?id=3logAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |url-status=live }}</ref> **[[John of God]]<ref name=John /> **[[Philemon the actor]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Watkins |first1=Basil |title=The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary |date=19 November 2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-567-66456-3 |page=65 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kE6TCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA65 |language=en |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142319/https://books.google.com/books?id=kE6TCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA65 |url-status=live }}</ref> **[[March 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[International Women's Day]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Background {{!}} International Women's Day |url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day/background |website=United Nations |access-date=1 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308132802/https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day/background |url-status=live }}</ref> and its related observances: **[[International Women's Collaboration Brew Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=IWD: International Women's Collaboration Brew Day |url=https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Activity/11941/A |website=International Women's Day |access-date=1 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309142253/https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Events |url-status=live }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/8 BBC: On This Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301054715/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/8 |date=2023-03-01 }} * {{NYT On this day|month=3|day=8}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/8 Historical Events on March 8] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621212408/https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/8 |date=2020-06-21 }} {{months}} [[Category:Days of March]]
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