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March 8

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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

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.
1999	Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died at age 84.
1999	The Clinton administration directed the firing of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee from his job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory because of alleged security violations.
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 to gain information from suspected terrorists.

Current Birthdays

Actor Aidan Quinn turns 52 years old today.

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Actress Camryn Manheim ("Ghost Whisperer," "The Practice") turns 50 years old today.

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1939	Jim Bouton, Baseball player, author, turns 72
1945	Micky Dolenz, Rock musician, actor (The Monkees), turns 66
1952	George Allen, Former U.S. senator, R-Va., turns 59
1953	Jim Rice, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 58
1958	Gary Numan, Rock singer, turns 53
1959	Lester Holt, News anchor ("Today"), turns 52
1970	Jason Elam, Football player, turns 41
1976	Freddie Prinze Jr., Actor, turns 35
1976	Hines Ward, Football player, turns 35
1977	James Van Der Beek, Actor ("Dawson's Creek"), turns 34

Historic Birthdays

Oliver Wendell Holmes3/8/1841 - 3/6/1935American 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