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Today is Monday, March 8, the 67th day of 2021. There are 298 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board, vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, setting off a massive and ultimately unsuccessful search.
On this date:
In 1618, German astronomer Johannes Kepler devised his third law of planetary motion.
In 1817, the New York Stock & Exchange Board, which had its beginnings in 1792, was formally organized; it later became known as the New York Stock Exchange.
In 1930, the 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft, died in Washington at age 72.
Almanacs are full of lists of global and national historic events. But “This Day in History” feature invites you to not just peruse a list, but to take a trip back in time to see how a significant event originally was reported in the Chicago Tribune.
On This Day: International Women s Day marked on March 8 for 1st time
On March 8, 1914, International Women s Day was observed on March 8 for the first time and would go on to be marked on this day annually.
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Hundreds of women rally for International Women s Day at Grand Park across the street from City Hall in Los Angeles on March 8, 2017. In 1914, International Women s Day was observed on March 8 for the first time and would go on to be marked on this day annually. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Crew members aboard the Australian navy ship HMAS Success watch as a helicopter participates in a replenishment at sea with the Malaysian navy ship KD LEKIU in the southern Indian Ocean during the continuing search for a Malaysia Airlines jetliner missing in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 miles off the coast of Perth, Australia. File Photo by David Connolly/Australian Defense Force | License Photo