Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race. Date: March 8, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)

Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins. Date: March 8, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces capture Rangoon, Burma from the British. Date: March 8, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The Dutch East Indies surrender Java to the Imperial Japanese Army. Date: March 8, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-Vietnamese emperor Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Date: March 8, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in…

The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 "Bus" begins production. Date: March 8, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)

A Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes into Mount Medetsiz in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey, killing all 11 people on board. Date: March 8, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état. Date: March 8, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today)

Aeroflot Flight 513 crashes during takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport, killing 30 and injuring 9. Date: March 8, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)

Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang. Date: March 8, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)