Daily Calendar for Thursday, March 8, 2029
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Thursday, March 8, 2029
Died
- King William III –
- Millard Fillmore (13th U.S. president) –
- William Howard Taft (27th U.S. president) –
- Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees center fielder and Hall of Famer, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history; died in Hollywood, Florida) –
- Elliott Jaques (scientist who coined the term midlife crisis”“) –
- Robert Pastorelli (actor) –
- John Inman (actor) –
- Victor Manuel Blanco (astronomer who helped build the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile) –
Born
- Simon Cameron (Pennsylvania political boss, U.S. senator, Secretary of War) –
- Oliver Wendell Holmes (Supreme Court justice) –
- Kenneth Grahame (author) –
- Joseph Lee (American philanthropist) –
- Sam Jaffee (journalist) –
- Johnny Dollar (country singer) –
- Lew DeWitt (singer, Statler Brothers) –
- Lynn Redgrave (actress) –
- Micky Dolenz (musician, actor, & director) –
- Jim Rice (baseball player) –
- Aidan Quinn (actor) –
- Kathy Ireland (model & actress) –
- Freddie Prinze Jr. (actor) –
- James Van Der Beek (actor) –
- Bob, Dave, & Clint Moffatt (musicians, of The Moffatts) –
- Devon Werkheiser (actor) –
Events
- First train crossed Niagara Railway Suspension bridge –
- Confederate ironclad frigate Virginia (formerly Merrimack) sunk Union ship Cumberland at Hampton Roads, Virginia (U.S. Civil War) –
- Everett Horton patented a fishing rod with telescoping metal tubes –
- The first state dog licensing law in the United States was passed in New York state –
- Yankee slugger Babe Ruth signed an $80,000 per year (2-year, $160,000) contract –
- U.S. Supreme Court ruled in McCollum v. Board of Education that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional –
- Whirlwind I’s Director, precursor to computer operating system, demonstrated –
- First U.S. ground combat troops arrived in Vietnam –
- First year free for students from Newfoundland at Memorial University, N.L. –
- Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight boxing championship in New York –
- Meteorites fell in northeastern China, with the largest fragment, weighing about 3,902 pounds, falling in Jilin Province. –
- Daily artillery barrages between Christian and Syrian forces and their militia allies began in Beirut. At least 930 died before cease-fire took hold in September –
- Wheeled suitcase with collapsible towing handle patented –
- The body of actor-writer Spalding Gray was pulled from New York’s East River, two months after he walked out of his Manhattan apartment and disappeared –
Weather
- 1.6-inch-diameter hail fell in Erin, Ontario –
- A tornado in Arkansas killed 64 people –
- A winter storm brought high winds, heavy rains, and snow to southern British Columbia –
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire, had a record high temperature of 69 degrees Fahrenheit –