On This Day: March 8

Updated March 8, 2012, 1:28 pm

On March 8, 1917, Russia’s February Revolution (so called because of the Old Style calendar used by Russians at the time) began with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg.

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On March 8, 1841, Oliver Wendell Holmes, the United States Supreme Court justice, was born. Following his death on March 6, 1935, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1702 England’s Queen Anne ascended the throne upon the death of King William III.

1782 The Gnadenhutten massacre took place as some 90 Indians were slain by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.

1841 Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was born in Boston.

1874 Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, died in Buffalo, N.Y., at age 74.

1917 The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.

1930 William Howard Taft, the 27th president and a former chief justice of the United States, died in Washington, D.C., at age 72.

1965 The United States landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam.

1971 Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali by decision at Madison Square Garden in New York in the first of three bouts between the heavyweights.

1999 Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died at age 84.

2005 Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov was killed in northern Chechnya during a raid by Russian forces.

2008 President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods on suspected terrorists.

Current Birthdays

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Rock musician-actor Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) turns 67 years old today.

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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward turns 36 years old today.

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1939 Jim Bouton, Baseball player, author, turns 73

1952 George Allen, Former U.S. senator, R-Va., turns 60

1953 Jim Rice, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 59

1958 Gary Numan, Rock singer, turns 54

1959 Lester Holt, News anchor (“Today”), turns 53

1959 Aidan Quinn, Actor, turns 53

1961 Camryn Manheim, Actress (“Ghost Whisperer,” “The Practice”), turns 51

1976 Freddie Prinze Jr., Actor, turns 36

1977 James Van Der Beek, Actor (“Dawson’s Creek”), turns 35

Historic Birthdays

Oliver Wendell Holmes 3/8/1841 – 3/6/1935 American Supreme Court justice and philosopher.Go to obituary »

45 Giovanni Rosso 3/8/1495 – 11/14/1540
Italian painter and decorator

74 Carl P. E. Bach 3/8/1714 – 12/14/1788
German composer and son of J. S. Bach

62 John Crerar 3/8/1827 – 10/19/1889
American railway industrialist

73 William B. Booth 3/8/1856 – 6/16/1929
American general of the Salvation Army (1912-29)

62 Ruggero Leoncavallo 3/8/1857 – 8/9/1919
Italian opera composer

82 Frederic Goudy 3/8/1865 – 5/11/1947
American printer and typographer

89 Otto Hahn 3/8/1879 – 7/28/1968
German Nobel Prize-winning chemist

86 Edward Calvin Kendall 3/8/1886 – 5/4/1972
American Nobel Prize-winning chemist

60 Louise Beavers 3/8/1902 – 10/26/1962
American film and television actress

1702	England’s Queen Anne ascended the throne upon the death of King William III.
1782	The Gnadenhutten massacre took place as some 90 Indians were slain by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
1841	Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was born in Boston.
1874	Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, died in Buffalo, N.Y., at age 74.
1917	The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
1930	William Howard Taft, the 27th president and a former chief justice of the United States, died in Washington, D.C., at age 72.
1965	The United States landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam.
1971	Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali by decision at Madison Square Garden in New York in the first of three bouts between the heavyweights.
1999	Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died at age 84.
2005	Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov was killed in northern Chechnya during a raid by Russian forces.
2008	President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods on suspected terrorists.

1939	Jim Bouton, Baseball player, author, turns 73
1952	George Allen, Former U.S. senator, R-Va., turns 60
1953	Jim Rice, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 59
1958	Gary Numan, Rock singer, turns 54
1959	Lester Holt, News anchor (“Today”), turns 53
1959	Aidan Quinn, Actor, turns 53
1961	Camryn Manheim, Actress (“Ghost Whisperer,” “The Practice”), turns 51
1976	Freddie Prinze Jr., Actor, turns 36
1977	James Van Der Beek, Actor (“Dawson’s Creek”), turns 35

45	Giovanni Rosso 3/8/1495 – 11/14/1540 Italian painter and decorator
74	Carl P. E. Bach 3/8/1714 – 12/14/1788 German composer and son of J. S. Bach
62	John Crerar 3/8/1827 – 10/19/1889 American railway industrialist
73	William B. Booth 3/8/1856 – 6/16/1929 American general of the Salvation Army (1912-29)
62	Ruggero Leoncavallo 3/8/1857 – 8/9/1919 Italian opera composer
82	Frederic Goudy 3/8/1865 – 5/11/1947 American printer and typographer
89	Otto Hahn 3/8/1879 – 7/28/1968 German Nobel Prize-winning chemist
86	Edward Calvin Kendall 3/8/1886 – 5/4/1972 American Nobel Prize-winning chemist
60	Louise Beavers 3/8/1902 – 10/26/1962 American film and television actress