March 8

March 8 is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 298 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shāhnāmeh.
• 1126 – Following the death of his mother Urraca, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
• 1576 – Spanish explorer Diego García de Palacio first sights the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copán.
• 1618 – Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
• 1655 – John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed.
• 1702 – Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
• 1722 – The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at The Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
• 1736 – Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
• 1775 – An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
• 1777 – Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
• 1782 – Gnadenhütten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
• 1801 – War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.
• 1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
• 1844 – King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
• 1868 – Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai near Osaka.
• 1910 – French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
• 1911 – International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
• 1916 – World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
• 1917 – International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (so named because it was February on the Julian calendar).
• 1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
• 1920 – The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
• 1921 – Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
• 1924 – The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
• 1936 – Daytona Beach Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
• 1937 – Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
• 1942 – World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java.
• 1947 – 13,000 troops sent by the Kuomintang government of China arrived Taiwan after the 228 Incident and launched crackdowns which killed at least thousands of people, including many elites. This turned into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
• 1949 – Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is condemned to prison for treason.
• 1957 – Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
• 1957 – The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th & 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
• 1957 – Ghana joins the United Nations.
• 1963 – The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
• 1966 – A bomb planted by Irish Republicans destroys Nelson's Pillar in Dublin.
• 1974 – Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
• 1978 – The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
• 1979 – Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time.
• 1983 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
• 1985 – A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon, kills at least 45 and injures 175 others.
• 2004 – A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.

Births

• 1286 – John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)
• 1293 – Beatrice of Castile (d. 1359)
• 1495 – John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (d. 1550)
• 1514 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)
• 1566 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)
• 1659 – Isaac de Beausobre, French pastor (d. 1738)
• 1702 – Anne Bonny, Irish-American pirate (d. 1782)
• 1712 – John Fothergill, English physician (d. 1780)
• 1714 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer (d. 1788)
• 1726 – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral (d. 1799)
• 1746 – André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (d. 1802)
• 1748 – William V, Prince of Orange (d. 1806)
• 1783 – Hannah Van Buren, American wife of Martin Van Buren (d. 1819)
• 1799 – Simon Cameron, American politician, 26th United States Secretary of War (d. 1889)
• 1804 – Alvan Clark, American astronomer (d. 1887)
• 1814 – Ede Szigligeti, Hungarian playwright (d. 1878)
• 1822 – Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp (d. 1882)
• 1826 – Johann Köler, Estonian painter (d. 1899)
• 1827 – Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875)
• 1830 – João de Deus, Portuguese poet (d. 1896)
• 1841 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American jurist (d. 1935)
• 1847 – John Lister, English politician (d. 1933)
• 1856 – Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929)
• 1856 – Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter (d. 1937)
• 1859 – Kenneth Grahame, English author (d. 1932)
• 1865 – Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style (d. 1947)
• 1879 – Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 1882 – Charles de Vendeville, French swimmer (d. 1914)
• 1886 – Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
• 1891 – Sam Jaffe, American actor (d. 1984)
• 1892 – Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet (d. 1979)
• 1896 – Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (d. 1975)
• 1897 – Margot Bryant, English actress (d. 1988)
• 1897 – Damerla Rama Rao, Indian painter (d. 1925)
• 1899 – Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author (d. 1984)
• 1900 – Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I (d. 1973)
• 1902 – Louise Beavers, American actress (d. 1962)
• 1902 – Jennings Randolph, American politician (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek politician, 3rd President of Greece (d. 1998)
• 1908 – Lucio and Simplicio Godina, Filipino conjoined twins (d. 1936)
• 1909 – Beatrice Shilling, British aeronautical engineer (d. 1990)
• 1910 – Bernard Benjamin, English statistician and demographer (d. 2002)
• 1910 – Claire Trevor, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American composer (d. 2000)
• 1912 – Preston Smith, American politician, 40th Governor of Texas (d. 2003)
• 1912 – Meldrim Thomson, Jr., American politician, 73rd Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001)
• 1914 – Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (d. 1987)
• 1915 – Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish javelin thrower, actor, and singer (d. 1979)
• 1916 – John W. Seybold, American businessman (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Jacques Baratier, French director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Douglass Wallop, American author and playwright (d. 1985)
• 1921 – Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (d. 1990)
• 1921 – Fritz Luchsinger, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1983)
• 1921 – Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1980)
• 1922 – Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey
• 1922 – Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (d. 2008)
• 1922 – Carl Furillo, American baseball player (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Yevgeny Matveyev, Russian actor and director (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese soldier and illustrator
• 1924 – Anthony Caro, English sculptor (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Warren Bennis, American scholar and author
• 1926 – Grigori Kromanov, Estonian director (d. 1984)
• 1926 – Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Dick Hyman, American pianist and composer
• 1927 – Stanisław Kania, Polish politician
• 1929 – Hebe Camargo, Brazilian actress and singer (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Nancy Burley, Australian figure skater (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)
• 1931 – Neil Adcock, South African cricketer (d. 2013)
• 1931 – John McPhee, American author and educator
• 1931 – Gerald Potterton, English-Canadian director, producer, and animator
• 1931 – Neil Postman, American author and critic (d. 2003)
• 1933 – Luca Ronconi, Italian actor and director
• 1933 – Evelyn Ay Sempier, American model, Miss America 1954 (d. 2008)
• 1934 – Marv Breeding, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• 1936 – Sue Ane Langdon, American actress and singer
• 1936 – Gábor Szabó, Hungarian-American guitarist (d. 1982)
• 1937 – Richard Fariña, American singer and author (d. 1966)
• 1937 – Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (d. 1994)
• 1938 – Pete Dawkins, American football player
• 1938 – Hans Fogh, Canadian sailor
• 1938 – Juris Kalniņš, Latvian basketball player (d. 2010)
• 1938 – Bruno Pizzul, Italian journalist
• 1939 – Jim Bouton, American baseball player and author
• 1939 – Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed skater
• 1939 – Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor (d. 2011)
• 1940 – Susan Clark, Canadian actress
• 1940 – Jacques Doucet, Canadian sportscaster
• 1941 – Andrei Mironov, Russian actor (d. 1987)
• 1942 – Dick Allen, American baseball player
• 1942 – Palito Ortega, Argentinian singer, actor, and politician
• 1942 – Ann Packer, English sprinter
• 1943 – Lynn Redgrave, English actress (d. 2010)
• 1943 – Dionysis Simopoulos, Greek physicist and astronomer
• 1944 – Buzz Hargrove, Canadian union leader
• 1944 – Sergey Nikitin, Russian singer-songwriter
• 1944 – Pepe Romero, Spanish guitarist (The Romeros)
• 1945 – Bruce Broughton, American composer
• 1945 – Jim Chapman, American politician
• 1945 – Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (The Monkees)
• 1945 – Anselm Kiefer, German painter
• 1946 – Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Eagles and Poco)
• 1947 – Mike Allsup, American musician (Three Dog Night)
• 1947 – Carole Bayer Sager, American singer-songwriter and painter
• 1947 – Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (d. 2011)
• 1947 – Vladimír Mišík, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Matadors, Blue Effect, Flamengo, and Etc...)
• 1947 – Florentino Pérez, Spanish businessman and engineer
• 1948 – Gyles Brandreth, English broadcaster and politician
• 1948 – Peggy March, American singer
• 1948 – Jonathan Sacks, English rabbi
• 1949 – Natalia Kuchinskaya, Russian gymnast
• 1949 – Karel Lismont, Belgian runner
• 1949 – Antonello Venditti, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Richard Ouzounian, Canadian-American director and critic
• 1950 – Dimitris Spentzopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1952 – George Allen, American politician, 67th Governor of Virginia
• 1953 – Jim Rice, American baseball player
• 1953 – Don Werner, American baseball player
• 1954 – Cheryl Baker, English singer (Bucks Fizz and Co-Co)
• 1954 – Bob Brozman, American guitarist (R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders) (d. 2013)
• 1954 – David Wilkie, Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer
• 1955 – Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
• 1955 – Joellyn Auklandus, American author
• 1956 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (d. 1989)
• 1956 – John Kapelos, Canadian actor
• 1957 – Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (Iron Maiden, Samson, and Trust) (d. 2013)
• 1957 – John Butcher, American baseball player
• 1957 – William Edward Childs, American pianist and composer
• 1957 – Cynthia Rothrock, American actress and martial artist
• 1957 – Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
• 1958 – Nick Capra, American baseball player
• 1958 – Gary Numan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tubeway Army)
• 1959 – Lester Holt, American journalist
• 1959 – Aidan Quinn, American actor
• 1960 – Jeffrey Eugenides, American author
• 1960 – Max Metzker, Australian swimmer
• 1960 – Buck Williams, American basketball player
• 1961 – Camryn Manheim, American actress
• 1961 – Larry Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player and journalist
• 1961 – Mark Salas, American baseball player
• 1962 – Kim Ung-yong, South Korean engineer
• 1963 – Mike Lalor, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Kate Betts, American journalist
• 1964 – Thomas Bezucha, American screenwriter and director
• 1964 – Lance McCullers, American baseball player
• 1965 – Fátima Lopes, Portuguese fashion designer
• 1965 – Kenny Smith, American basketball player
• 1967 – Joel Johnston, American baseball player
• 1968 – Michael Bartels, German race car driver
• 1968 – Jim Dougherty, American baseball player
• 1968 – Rob Dukes, American singer-songwriter (Exodus)
• 1968 – Ellen Forney, American cartoonist
• 1968 – Shawn Mullins, American singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Jason Elam, American football player
• 1970 – Andrea Parker, American actress and dancer
• 1971 – Kit Symons, Welsh footballer
• 1972 – Georgios Georgiadis, Greek footballer
• 1972 – Angie Hart, Australian singer (Frente! and Splendid)
• 1972 – Fergal O'Brien, Irish snooker player
• 1973 – Boris Kodjoe, Austrian-American actor and model
• 1973 – Mark Lukasiewicz, American baseball player
• 1973 – Kurt Mollekens, Belgian race car driver
• 1973 – Justin Thompson, American baseball player
• 1973 – Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gathering)
• 1974 – Fardeen Khan, Indian actor
• 1974 – Mike Moriarty, American baseball player
• 1974 – Stefan Müller, German footballer
• 1975 – Mauro Briano, Italian footballer
• 1975 – Peggy Zina, Greek singer
• 1976 – Gaz Coombes, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Supergrass, The Jennifers, and The Hotrats)
• 1976 – Juan Encarnacion, American baseball player
• 1976 – Freddie Prinze, Jr., American actor
• 1976 – Hines Ward, American football player
• 1977 – Michael Tarver, American wrestler
• 1977 – James Van Der Beek, American actor
• 1977 – Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer
• 1977 – Estelle Desanges, French pornographic actress
• 1978 – Mohammed Bouyeri, Dutch-Moroccan murderer
• 1978 – Nick Zano, American actor and producer
• 1979 – Tom Chaplin, English singer-songwriter (Keane)
• 1979 – Apathy, American rapper and producer (Army of the Pharaohs and Get Busy Committee)
• 1979 – Andy Ross, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (OK Go)
• 1980 – Stephen Milne, Australian footballer
• 1980 – Charli Robinson, Australian actress and singer (Hi-5)
• 1981 – Michael Beauchamp, Australian footballer
• 1981 – Timothy Jordan II, American guitarist and songwriter (Jonezetta) (d. 2005)
• 1981 – Joost Posthuma, Dutch cyclist
• 1981 – Jessica Jaymes, American porn actress
• 1982 – Nicolas Armindo, French race car driver
• 1982 – Leonidas Kampantais, Greek footballer
• 1982 – Craig Stansberry, American baseball player
• 1982 – Kat Von D, Mexican-American tattoo artist
• 1983 – André Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Mark Worrell, American baseball player
• 1984 – Rafik Djebbour, Algerian footballer
• 1984 – Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer
• 1984 – Sasha Vujačić, Slovenian basketball player
• 1985 – Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and singer
• 1986 – Princess Tsuguko of Takamado
• 1988 – Armanti Edwards, American football player
• 1989 – Robbie Hummel, American basketball player
• 1990 – Kristinia DeBarge, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1990 – Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player
• 1990 – Ben Tozer, English footballer
• 1991 – Devon Werkheiser, American actor and singer
• 1993 – Stephanie Davis, English actress
• 1997 – Jurina Matsui, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and SKE48)

Deaths

• 415 – Hypatia of Alexandria, Neoplatonist philosopher and astronomer
• 1126 – Urraca of León and Castile (b. 1079)
• 1144 – Pope Celestine II
• 1223 – Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish bishop and historian (b. 1161)
• 1550 – John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (b. 1495)
• 1641 – Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (b. 1587)
• 1674 – Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French author (b. 1597)
• 1702 – William III of England (b. 1650)
• 1717 – Abraham Darby I Leading hand of the Industrial revolution (b1678)
• 1731 – Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)
• 1757 – Thomas Blackwell, Scottish scholar (b. 1701)
• 1771 – Louis August le Clerc, French-Danish sculptor (b. 1688)
• 1819 – Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel and politician (b. 1739)
• 1844 – Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1855 – William Poole, American criminal (b. 1821)
• 1869 – Hector Berlioz, French composer (b. 1803)
• 1872 – Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 – Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 – Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman (b. 1813)
• 1887 – James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 – John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1907 – Marinos Antypas, Greek lawyer and journalist (b. 1872)
• 1917 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 – Krišjānis Barons, Latvian author (b. 1835)
• 1923 – Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 – Martin Lipp, Estonian clergyman and poet (b. 1854)
• 1930 – William Howard Taft, American politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1930 – Edward Terry Sanford, American jurist (b. 1865)
• 1935 – Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 – Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1941 – Sherwood Anderson, American author (b. 1876)
• 1942 – José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (b. 1888)
• 1943 – Léon Thiébaut, French fencer (b. 1878)
• 1945 – Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect and archaeologist (b. 1864)
• 1951 – Martha Beck, American murderer (b. 1920)
• 1951 – Raymond Fernandez, American murderer (d. 1914)
• 1957 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 – Thomas Beecham, English conductor (b. 1879)
• 1971 – Harold Lloyd, American actor and producer (b. 1893)
• 1972 – Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German SS officer (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American keyboard player and songwriter (Grateful Dead) (b. 1945)
• 1975 – Georg Faehlmann, Estonian sailor (b. 1895)
• 1975 – George Stevens, American director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1904)
• 1976 – Alfons Rebane, Estonian commander (b. 1908)
• 1981 – Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist (b. 1894)
• 1983 – Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1904)
• 1983 – William Walton, English composer (b. 1902)
• 1985 – Edward Andrews, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1986 – Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (b. 1913)
• 1988 – Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1961)
• 1988 – Werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912)
• 1989 – Charles Exbrayat, French author (b. 1906)
• 1991 – John Bellairs, American author (b. 1938)
• 1993 – Billy Eckstine, American singer (b. 1914)
• 1993 – Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player (b. 1899)
• 1995 – Paul Horgan, American author (b. 1903)
• 1995 – Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (Helloween) (b. 1965)
• 1996 – Jack Churchill, Hong Kong-English lieutenant (b. 1906)
• 1998 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (b. 1936)
• 1999 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1914)
• 1999 – Peggy Cass, American actress (b. 1924)
• 1999 – Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 1999 – William Wrigley III, American businessman (b. 1933)
• 2001 – Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)
• 2003 – Adam Faith, English singer and actor (b. 1940)
• 2003 – Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)
• 2004 – Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954)
• 2004 – Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian terrorist, founded the Palestine Liberation Front (b. 1948)
• 2005 – César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1951)
• 2006 – Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand surgeon (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Christopher Barrios, Jr., American murder victim (b. 2001)
• 2007 – John Inman, English actor and singer (b. 1935)
• 2007 – Vicky Vanita, Greek actress (b. 1948)
• 2007 – John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (b. 1947)
• 2008 – Carol Barnes, English journalist (b. 1944)
• 2009 – Ali Bongo, Indian-English magician (b. 1929)
• 2009 – Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Zbigniew Religa, Polish surgeon and politician (b. 1938)
• 2011 – St. Clair Lee, American singer (Hues Corporation) (b. 1944)
• 2011 – Mike Starr, American bass player (Alice in Chains, Sun Red Sun, and Days of the New) (b. 1966)
• 2012 – Leslie Cochran, American activist (b. 1951)
• 2012 – Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Hartmut Briesenick, German shot putter (b. 1949)
• 2013 – Hardin Cox, American politician (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Toby Graham, English skier (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Hakob Hakobian, Armenian painter (b. 1923)
• 2013 – John O'Connell, Irish politician (b. 1927)
• 2013 – George Saimes, American football player (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Raymond Telles, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Costa Rica (b. 1915)
• 2013 – Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, German army officer and publisher (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Ginny Wood, American environmentalist, co-founded the Alaska Conservation Society (b. 1917)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • John of God
  • Philemon the actor
• Earliest day on which Canberra Day can fall, while March 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Monday in March. (Australian Capital Territory)
• Earliest day on which Commonwealth Day can fall, while March 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Monday in March. (Commonwealth of Nations)
• Earliest day on which Passion Sunday can fall, while April 17 is the latest; observed on the fifth Sunday of Lent. (Christianity)
• International Women's Day or Mother's Day (primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc)

External links

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