Aeroflot Flight 3379 is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to Veshchevo in the Soviet Union. Date: March 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
A collision at Indira Gandhi International Airport kills 9 people. Date: March 8, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-102, carrying the Expedition 2 crew to the International Space Station. Date: March 8, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council. Date: March 8, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Headlined by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, TNA Wrestling moves 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. Date: March 8, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this…
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. The fate of the flight remains unknown. Date: March 8, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On…
The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather. Date: March 8, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) is held on International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then held annually across Pakistan, and the 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. Date: March 8, 2018 Read…
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. Date: March 8, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This…
International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone. Date: March 8, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)