A truce between the Salvadoran government and gangs in the country goes into effect when 30 gang leaders are transferred to lower security prisons. Date: March 9, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)

Two Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopters collide in mid-air over Villa Castelli, Argentina, killing all 10 people on board both aircraft, including French athletes Florence Arthaud, Camille Muffat and Alexis Vastine, as well as producers and guests for the French TV show Dropped. Date: March 9, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…

Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy, announces in a televised address and signs the decree imposing the first nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in the world. Date: March 9, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On This Day (Today)

A shooting in the Alsterdorf quarter of Hamburg, Germany, kills eight people and injures another eight. Date: March 9, 2023 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 2023 📅 On This Day (Today)

French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license. Date: March 8, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila. Date: March 8, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule. Date: March 8, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)

International Women's Day protests in Petrograd mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23 in the Julian calendar). Date: March 8, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)

Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while on his way home from the parliament building in Madrid. Date: March 8, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)

A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah. Date: March 8, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1924 📅 On This Day (Today)