On This Day - March 8th

Featured Event:

International Women's Day ♀️

Other Events:

1702: On this day in 1702, Anne became the last Stuart monarch of Great Britain. 👑

1971: American boxer Joe Frazier retained his world heavyweight championship by winning a 15-round decision over former champion Muhammad Ali 🥊

2014: During a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared, prompting a massive search effort that was finally called off in early 2017. 🛩️

2020: A police report is filed against Brian Ortega for allegedly slapping rapper Jay Park at UFC 248 🗂️

Holidays:

Oregon Day 🇺🇸

Featured Birthdays:

1859: Kenneth Grahame 🇬🇧 (Author)

1879: Otto Hahn 🇩🇪 (Chemist)

1945: Micky Dolenz 🇺🇸 (The Monkees singer)

1988: Benny Blanco 🇺🇸 (Producer)

Featured Deaths:

1930: William Howard Taft 🇺🇸 (27th President)

1942: José Raul Capablanca 🇨🇺 (Chess Player)

1999: Joe DiMaggio 🇺🇸 (Baseball Player)

2020: Max von Sydow 🇸🇪 (Actor)