Today's
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8: International Women's Day (IWD):
-- A day of honor for the historical, cultural, and political
achievements of women and the women's rights movement. While the
first observance of a Women's Day was held on February 28, 1909 in
New York, March 8 was suggested by the 1910 International Woman's
Conference to become an "International Woman's Day."
After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8
became a national holiday there. The day was then predominantly
celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until
it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations. ========= (NOTE: The
prior three sentences are in dispute. The earliest reported
Women's Day event, called "National Woman's Day", was
held on February 28, 1909, in New York City. It was organized by
the Socialist Party of America at the suggestion of activist
Theresa Malkiel. There have been claims that the day was
commemorating a protest by women garment workers in New York on
March 8, 1857, but researchers have described this as a myth
intended to detach International Women's Day from its socialist
origin. In August 1910, an International Socialist Women's
Conference was organized ahead of the general meeting of the
Socialist Second International in Copenhagen, Denmark. Inspired in
part by the American socialists, German delegates Clara Zetkin,
Kate Duncker, Paula Thiede, and others proposed the establishment
of an annual "Women's Day", although no date was
specified. The 100 delegates, representing 17 countries, agreed
with the idea as a strategy to promote equal rights, including
women's suffrage. The following year, on March 19, 1911, the first
International Women's Day was marked by over a million people in
Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland. In
Austria-Hungary alone, there were 300 demonstrations, with women
parading on the Ringstrasse in Vienna, carrying banners honoring
the martyrs of the Paris Commune. Across Europe, women demanded
the right to vote and to hold public office, and protested against
employment sex discrimination. IWD initially had no set date,
though it was generally celebrated in late February or early
March. Americans continued to observe "National Women's Day"
on the last Sunday in February, while Russia observed
International Women's Day for the first time in 1913, on the last
Saturday in February (albeit based on the Julian calendar, as in
the Gregorian calendar, the date was March 8). In 1914,
International Women's Day was held on March 8 for the first time
in Germany, possibly because that date was a Sunday. As elsewhere,
Germany's observance was dedicated to women's right to vote, which
German women did not win until 1918. Concurrently, there was a
march in London in support of women's suffrage, during which
Sylvia Pankhurst was arrested in front of Charing Cross station on
her way to speak in Trafalgar Square.) ========= Susan B. Anthony
was a political activist and an advocate of women's rights. After
the Civil War, she fought for the 14th Amendment that was meant to
grant all naturalized and native-born Americans citizenship in the
hope that it would include suffrage rights. Although the 14th
Amendment was ratified in 1868, it still didn't secure their vote.
In 1869, the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was
founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony to continue
the fight for women's rights. In the early 1900s, women were
experiencing pay inequality, a lack of voting rights, and they
were being overworked. In response to all of this, 15,000 women
marched through New York City in 1908 to demand their rights. In
1909, the first National Women's Day was observed in accordance
with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America. This was
celebrated on the last Sunday of February until 1913. An
International Women's Conference was organized in August 1910 by
Clara Zetkin, a German suffragist and leader in the Women's
Office. Zetkin proposed a special Women's Day to be organized
annually and International Women's Day was honored the following
year in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland, with more than
one million attending the rallies. On August 18, 1920, the 19th
Amendment was ratified and white women were granted the right to
vote in the U.S. The liberation movement took place in the 1960s
and the effort led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act,
allowing all women the right to vote. When the internet became
more commonplace, feminism and the fight against gender inequality
experienced a resurgence. Now we celebrate International Women's
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1817: Economics: Markets
(Economics): Financial Markets: Stock Exchanges (Securities
Exchanges, Bourses): Financial Services In The United States: Wall
Street: The Financial District Of Lower Manhattan (FiDi): The New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE, The Big Board): -- The New York Stock
Exchange is founded, the American stock exchange located at 11
Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York. It is by
far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of
its listed companies at 30.1T USD as of February 2018. The average
daily trading value was approximately 169B USD in 2013. The NYSE
trading floor is located at 11 Wall Street and is composed of 21
rooms used for the facilitation of trading. A fifth trading room,
located at 30 Broad Street, was closed in February 2007. The main
building and the 11 Wall Street building were designated National
Historic Landmarks in 1978. The NYSE is owned by Intercontinental
Exchange, an American holding company that it also lists (NYSE:
ICE). Previously, it was part of NYSE Euronext (NYX), which was
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1841: #BOTD: #HBD! Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr., known as "Wendell" in his youth,
American Captain and Brevet Colonel of the 20th Massachusetts
Infantry, American Civil War veteran, lawyer, and jurist (b. March
6, 1935) is #born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent
writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Amelia Lee
Jackson Holmes. Both his parents were of English descent, and all
his ancestors had come to North America from England during the
early colonial period as part of the Puritan migration to New
England.[9] His mother opposed slavery and fulfilled her domestic
role as traditionally understood.[10] Dr. Holmes was a leading
figure in Boston intellectual and literary circles. Mrs. Holmes
was connected to the leading families; Henry James Sr., Ralph
Waldo Emerson, and other transcendentalists were family friends.
Holmes became lifelong friends with the brothers William James and
Henry James Jr. Holmes accordingly grew up in an atmosphere of
intellectual achievement and early on formed the ambition to be a
man of letters like Emerson. He retained an interest in writing
poetry throughout his life. He became a legal scholar who served
as an associate justice of the Supreme Court Of The United States
from 1902 to 1932. He is one of the most widely cited U.S. Supreme
Court justices and most influential American common law judges in
history, noted for his long service, pithy opinions-particularly
those on civil liberties and American constitutional democracy-and
deference to the decisions of elected legislatures. Holmes retired
from the court at the age of 90, an unbeaten record for oldest
justice on the Supreme Court. He previously served as a Brevet
Colonel in the American Civil War, in which he was wounded three
times, as an associate justice and chief justice of the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and as Weld Professor of Law
at his alma mater, Harvard Law School. His positions, distinctive
personality, and writing style made him a popular figure,
especially with American progressives. During his tenure on the
U.S. Supreme Court, to which he was appointed by President
Theodore Roosevelt in 1902, he supported the constitutionality of
state economic regulation and came to advocate broad freedom of
speech under the First Amendment, after, in Schenck v. United
States (1919), having upheld for a unanimous court criminal
sanctions against draft protestors with the memorable maxim that
"free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire
in a theatre and causing a panic" and formulating the
groundbreaking "clear and present danger" test. Later
that same year, in his famous dissent in Abrams v. United States
(1919), he wrote that "the best test of truth is the power of
the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the
market. ... That, at any rate, is the theory of our Constitution.
It is an experiment, as all life is an experiment." He added
that "we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to
check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be
fraught with death...." The University of Chicago Law Review
has identified Holmes as the sixth-most-cited American legal
scholar of all time. Holmes was a legal realist, as summed up in
his maxim, "The life of the law has not been logic: it has
been experience". He was also a moral skeptic and an opponent
of the doctrine of natural law. His jurisprudence and academic
writing influenced much subsequent American legal thinking,
including the judicial consensus upholding New Deal regulatory
law, "sociological jurisprudence in the early twentieth
century, and ... much of Legal Realism a generation later".
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. died of pneumonia in Washington, D.C.,
two days short of his 94th birthday. He was the last living
justice of the Fuller Court, the Supreme Court of the United
States from 1888 to 1910 when Melville Fuller served as the eighth
Chief Justice of the United States; he had been between 1925 and
1932 the last justice of that Court to remain on the bench. He is
buried in Arlington National Cemetery in the same tomb as his wife
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1862: The American Civil War
(The Civil War, The War Between The States): Naval Warfare Of The
American Civil War (Naval Battles Of The American Civil War): The
Battle Of Hampton Roads (The Battle Of The Monitor And The
Merrimack, The Battle Of The Ironclads): -- The Naval Battle Of
Hampton Roads begins, often referred to as either the Battle of
the Monitor and Merrimack (or Virginia) or the Battle of
Ironclads, the most noted and arguably most important naval battle
of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development
of navies. It was fought over two days, March 8-9, 1862, in
Hampton Roads, a roadstead in Virginia where the Elizabeth and
Nansemond rivers meet the James River just before it enters
Chesapeake Bay adjacent to the city of Norfolk. The battle was a
part of the effort of the Confederacy to break the Union blockade,
which had cut off Virginia's largest cities and major industrial
centers, Norfolk and Richmond, from international trade. The major
significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in
combat of ironclad warships, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. The
Confederate fleet consisted of the ironclad ram Virginia (built
from the remnants of the under-construction steam frigate USS
Merrimack, newest warship for the United States Navy / Union Navy)
and several supporting vessels. On the first day of battle, they
were opposed by several conventional, wooden-hulled ships of the
Union Navy. On that day, Virginia was able to destroy two ships of
the federal flotilla, USS Congress and USS Cumberland, and was
about to attack a third, USS Minnesota, which had run aground.
However, the action was halted by darkness and falling tide, so
Virginia retired to take care of her few wounded-which included
her captain, Flag Officer Franklin Buchanan-and repair her minimal
battle damage. Determined to complete the destruction of
Minnesota, Catesby ap Roger Jones, acting as captain in Buchanan's
absence, returned the ship to the fray the next morning, March 9.
During the night, however, the ironclad Monitor had arrived and
had taken a position to defend Minnesota. When Virginia
approached, Monitor intercepted her. The two ironclads fought for
about three hours, with neither being able to inflict significant
damage on the other. The duel ended indecisively, Virginia
returning to her home at the Gosport Navy Yard for repairs and
strengthening, and Monitor to her station defending Minnesota. The
ships did not fight again, and the blockade remained in place. The
battle received worldwide attention, and it had immediate effects
on navies around the world. The preeminent naval powers, Great
Britain and France, halted further construction of wooden-hulled
ships, and others followed suit. Although Britain and France had
been engaged in an iron-clad arms race since the 1830s, the Battle
Of Hampton Roads signaled a new age of naval warfare had arrived
for the whole world. A new type of warship, monitor, was produced
based on the principle of the original. The use of a small number
of very heavy guns, mounted so that they could fire in all
directions, was first demonstrated by Monitor but soon became
standard in warships of all types. Shipbuilders also incorporated
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1863: The American Civil War
(The Civil War, The War Between The States): The Eastern Theater
Of The American Civil War: The Fairfax Court House Raid (The
Capture Of Brigidier General Edwin H. Stoughton): -- Twenty-nine
men of the Confederate Mosby's Rangers, under the command of John
Singleton Mosby, conduct a daring raid far inside Union lines near
the Fairfax County courthouse by capturing Union Brig. Gen. Edwin
H. Stoughton, two captains, 30 enlisted men, and 58 horses without
firing a shot. Mosby wrote in his memoirs that he found Stoughton
in bed and roused him with a "spank on his bare back"
with his sword. Upon being so rudely awakened, the general
indignantly asked what this meant. Mosby quickly asked if he had
ever heard of "Mosby". The general replied, "Yes,
have you caught him?" "I am Mosby," the Confederate
ranger said. Stoughton had hosted a party for his visiting mother
and sister, who were staying at the home of Confederate spy
Antonia Ford (who later married the Union officer who captured
her, Major Joseph Clapp Willard, and bore his a son, Joseph Edward
Willard, who later became Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and the
father-in-law of Kermit Roosevelt). After leaving the party,
Stoughton retired to a nearby house that served as his
headquarters. Mosby allegedly found Stoughton in bed, supposedly
rousing him with a slap to his rear. Upon being so rudely
awakened, the general shouted, "Do you know who I am?"
Mosby quickly replied, "Do you know Mosby, general?"
"Yes! Have you got the rascal?" "No but he has got
you!", he said. "Stuart's cavalry has possession of the
Court House; be quick and dress." In his own written account
of Stoughton's capture, which appeared in Volume III of 1888's
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Mosby did not mention the
supposed "spanking" incident. It is however mentioned in
Mosby's Memoirs. The incident became well known, and Stoughton
became an object of ridicule as a result. He was included in a
prisoner exchange two months later but resigned his commission
after he was not reappointed as a brigadier general. Mosby was
formally promoted to the rank of captain two days later on March
15, 1863 in recognition of this daring achievement, and then
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1879: #BOTD: Otto Hahn, German
chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, pioneer in the fields
of radioactivity and radiochemistry, referred to as the father of
nuclear chemistry (d. July 28, 1968) is #born in Frankfurt Am
Main, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire. Otto Hahn discovered
radioactive isotopes of radium, thorium, protactinium and uranium.
He also discovered the phenomena of radioactive recoil and nuclear
isomerism. In 1938, Hahn and Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear
fission, or the splitting of the atom, of the heavy element
uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy,
for which Hahn received the 1944 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Nuclear fission was the basis for nuclear reactors and nuclear
weapons that were developed by the Manhattan Project during World
War II. Hahn was an opponent of national socialism and the
persecution of Jews by the Nazi Party that caused Meitner to flee
Germany. During World War II, he worked on the German nuclear
weapons program, and as a consequence was incarcerated by the
Allied forces in Farm Hall with nine other scientists. Hahn served
as the last president of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the
Advancement of Science in 1946 and as the founding president of
its successor, the Max Planck Society from 1948 to 1960. Otto Hahn
died in Gottingen, West Germany (modern Germany) aged 89, having
fractured one of the vertebrae in his neck while getting out of a
car, which weakened his already frail constitution. His wife Edith
survived him by only a fortnight. He is buried in the
Stadtfriedhof (City Cemetery in Gottingen. The day after his
death, the Max Planck Society published the following obituary
notice in all the major newspapers in Germany, Austria, and
Switzerland: "On 28 July, in his 90th year, our Honorary
President Otto Hahn passed away. His name will be recorded in the
history of humanity as the founder of the atomic age. In him
Germany and the world have lost a scholar who was distinguished in
equal measure by his integrity and personal humility. The Max
Planck Society mourns its founder, who continued the tasks and
traditions of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society after the war, and mourns
also a good and much loved human being, who will live in the
memories of all who had the chance to meet him. His work will
continue. We remember him with deep gratitude and admiration."
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March 8, 1917: The Aftermath Of World War
I: 20th Century Revolutions: The Revolutions Of 1917-1923: The
Interwar Period (The Aftermath Of World War I, The Interbellum,
Between The Wars): The Russian Revolution: The February Revolution
(The February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution, The March
Revolution): International Women's Day: -- International Women's
Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February
Revolution, the first of two revolutions which took place in
Russia in 1917 (February 23rd in the Julian calendar). By 1917,
the majority Petersburgers had lost faith in the Tsarist regime.
Government corruption was unrestrained, and Tsar Nicholas II had
frequently disregarded the Imperial Duma. Thousands of workers
flooded the streets of Petrograd (modern St. Petersburg) to show
their dissatisfaction. The first major protest of the February
Revolution occurred on 18 February O.S. (3 March N.S) as workers
of Putilov Factory, Petrograd's largest industrial plant,
announced a strike to demonstrate against the government. Strikes
continued on the following days. Due to heavy snowstorms, tens of
thousands of freight cars were stuck on the tracks, with the bread
and fuel. On February 22, O.S. (March 7 N.S.) the Tsar left for
the front. On February 23 O.S. (March 8 N.S.), Putilov protesters
were joined in the uprising by those celebrating International
Woman's Day and protesting against the government's implemented
food rationing. As the Russian government began rationing flour
and bread, rumors of food shortages circulated and bread riots
erupted across the city of Petrograd. Women, in particular, were
passionate in showing their dissatisfaction with the implemented
rationing system, and the female workers marched to nearby
factories to recruit over 50,000 workers for the strikes. Both men
and women flooded the streets of Petrograd, demanding an end to
Russian food shortages, the end of World War I and the end of
autocracy. By the following day February 24 O.S. (March 9 N.S),
nearly 200,000 protesters filled the streets, demanding the
replacement of the Tsar with a more progressive political leader.
The protesting mob called for the war to end and for the Russian
monarchy to be overthrown. By February 25 O.S (March 10 N.S),
nearly all industrial enterprises in Petrograd were shut down by
the uprising. Although all gatherings on the streets were
absolutely forbidden some 250,000 people were on strike. The
president of the Imperial Duma Rodzianko asked the chairman of the
Council of Ministers Nikolai Golitsyn to resign; the minister of
Foreign Affairs Nikolai Pokrovsky proposed the resignation of the
whole government. There were disturbances on the Nevsky Prospect
during the day and in the late afternoon four people were killed.
The February Revolution, known is Soviet history as the February
Bourgeois Democratic Revolution, was the first of two revolutions
which took place in Russia in 1917. The main events of the
revolution took place in and near Petrograd (present-day St.
Petersburg), then the Russian capital, where longstanding
discontent with the monarchy erupted into mass protests against
food rationing on 23 February Old Style (8 March New Style).
Revolutionary activity lasted about eight days. It involved mass
demonstrations and violent armed clashes with police and
gendarmes, the last loyal forces of the Russian monarchy. On 27
February O.S. (12 March N.S.) mutinous Russian Army forces sided
with the revolutionaries. Three days later the Tsar Nicholas II
abdicated, ending Romanov dynastic rule, and the Imperial Russia.
A Russian Provisional Government under Prince Georgy Lvov replaced
the Russian Council of Ministers. The revolution appeared to break
out without any real leadership or formal planning. Russia had
been suffering from a number of economic and social problems,
which compounded after the start of World War I in 1914.
Disaffected soldiers from the city's garrison joined bread
rioters, primarily women in bread lines, and industrial strikers
on the streets. As more and more troops deserted, and with loyal
troops away at the Front, the city fell into chaos, leading to the
overthrow of the indecisive Tsar. In all, over 1,300 people were
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1922: #BOTD: #HBD! Cyd Charisse,
American actress, dancer and beauty (d. March 8, 2008) is #born
Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Texas, the daughter of Lela (nee
Norwood) and Ernest Enos Finklea, Sr., who was a jeweler. Her
nickname "Sid" was taken from her younger brother,
Thomas Jarrell Finklea (June 25, 1923), who tried to say "Sis".
It was later given the more intriguing and exotic spelling of
"Cyd" by Hollywood film producer Arthur Freed. She
recovered from polio as a child and studied ballet, Charisse
entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually featured her
abilities as a dancer, and she was paired with Fred Astaire and
Gene Kelly; her films include Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Band
Wagon (1953), Brigadoon with Gene Kelly and Van Johnson (1954) and
Silk Stockings (1957). She stopped dancing in films in the late
1950s, but continued acting in film and television, and in 1992
made her Broadway debut. In her later years, she discussed the
history of the Hollywood musical in documentaries, and was
featured in That's Entertainment! III in 1994. She was awarded the
National Medal of the Arts and Humanities in 2006. Cyd Charisse
died of a heart attack at age 86 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in
Los Angeles, California. She is buried at Hillside Memorial Park
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March 8, 1938: #BOTD: #HBD! Pete Dawkins,
American business executive and former college football player,
hockey player, military officer, and political candidate, the most
decorated cadet in the history of the United States Military
Academy, the only person in history to have held the titles of
Brigade Commander, Football Team Captain, Class President, Star
Man (top 5% of the class), Heisman Trophy winner, and Rhodes
Scholar, is #born Peter Miller Dawkins in Royal Oak, Michigan. At
age 11, Dawkins was successfully treated for polio with aggressive
physical therapy. Dawkins attended the United States Military
Academy, where he played as a halfback for the Army Cadets
football team from 1956 to 1958. As a senior in 1958 he won the
Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, and was named as a consensus
All-American. After graduating from the Military Academy in 1959,
he studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
Dawkins served as an officer in the United States Army until he
retired in 1983 with the rank of brigadier general. He received
the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
presented by Awards Council member and Supreme Allied Commander
Europe, General Bernard W. Rogers, USA in 1983. He was a
Republican candidate for United States Senate in 1988. Dawkins has
held executive positions with Lehman Brothers, Bain & Company,
Primerica, and Citigroup. Following Johnny Lujack's death on July
25, 2023, Dawkins is the oldest surviving winner of the Heisman
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1941: March 11, 1941: The
European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The
European Theater Of World War II): Lend-Lease (The Lend-Lease Act,
An Act To Promote The Defense Of The United States): -- The
Lend-Lease Act passes the Senate by a vote of 60-31. It was
introduced in the House as H.R. 1776 by John W. McCormack (D-MA)
on January 10, 1941, passed the House on February 8, 1941
(260-135), and was enacted by President Roosevelt's signature on
March 11, 1941, when it began allowing Britain to receive American
weapons, machines, raw materials, training and repair services. As
soon as it was enacted, ships, planes, guns and shells, along with
food, clothing and metals went to the embattled British while
American warships began patrolling the North Atlantic and U.S
troops were stationed in Greenland and Iceland. "We must be
the great arsenal of democracy," President Roosevelt stated
concerning the fight against Hitler's Germany. The initial
appropriation was 7B USD, but by 1946 the figure reached 50B USD
in aid from the U.S. to its Allies. Ultimately, Lend-Lease was a
policy under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom,
the Soviet Union, France, Republic Of China, and other Allied
nations of the Second World War with food, oil, and materiel
between 1941 and 1945. The aid was given free of charge on the
basis that such help was essential for the defense of the United
States. The Lend-Lease Act ended on September 20, 1945. A total of
50.1B USD (equivalent to 773B in 2022) worth of supplies was
shipped, or 17% of the total war expenditures of the U.S. In all,
31.4B went to the United Kingdom, 11.3B to the Soviet Union, 3.2B
to France, 1.6Bn to China, and the remaining 2.6B to other Allies.
Roosevelt's top foreign policy advisor Harry Hopkins had effective
control over Lend-Lease, making sure it was in alignment with
Roosevelt's foreign policy goals. Materiel delivered under the act
was supplied at no cost, to be used until returned or destroyed.
In practice, most equipment was destroyed, although some hardware
(such as ships) was returned after the war. Supplies that arrived
after the termination date were sold to the United Kingdom at a
large discount for 1.075B PS, using long-term loans from the
United States, which were finally repaid in 2006. Similarly, the
Soviet Union repaid 722M USD in 1971, with the remainder of the
debt written off. Reverse Lend-Lease to the United States totalled
7.8B. Of this, 6.8B came from the British and the Commonwealth.
Canada also aided the United Kingdom and other Allies with aid
totalling 3.4B in supplies and services (equivalent to 61B in
2020). Lend-Lease effectively ended the United States' semblance
of neutrality which had been enshrined in the Neutrality Acts of
the 1930s. It was a decisive step away from non-interventionist
policy and toward open support for the Allies. Lend-Lease's
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1943: #BOTD: #HBD! Lynn
Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (d. May 2, 2010) is
#born Lynn Rachel Redgrave in Marylebone, London, to actors Sir
Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, members of the Redgrave
family of actors and actresses; her sister is actress Vanessa
Redgrave; her brother was actor and political activist Corin
Redgrave. She was the aunt of writer/director Carlo Gabriel Nero
and of actresses Joely Richardson, Jemma Redgrave and Natasha
Richardson, and the sister-in-law of director Tony Richardson,
actress Kika Markham and Italian actor Franco Nero. Her
grandfather was silent screen leading man Roy Redgrave. Lynn
Rachel Redgrave OBE won 2 Golden Globe Awards, was a two-time
Oscar nominee and received Emmy and Tony nominations. She made her
Broadway debut in 1967, and performed in several stage productions
in New York while making frequent returns to London's West End.
She performed with her sister Vanessa in Three Sisters in London,
and in the title role of Baby Jane Hudson in a television
production of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? in 1991. She made a
return to films in the late 1990s in films such as Shine (1996)
and Gods and Monsters (1998) for which she received her second
Academy Award nomination and won a Golden Globe Award For Best
Supporting Actress. Lynn Redgrave is the only person to have been
nominated for all of the EGOT "Big Four" American
entertainment awards (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) without
winning any of them. Lynn Redgrave died of breast cancer at the
age of 67 in Kent, Connecticut, U.S.. Redgrave's funeral was held
on May 8, 2010 at the First Congregational Church in Kent, and was
interred in St Peter's Episcopal Cemetery in the hamlet of
Lithgow, New York, where her mother Rachel Kempson and her niece
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1945: #BOTD: #HBD! Micky Dolenz,
American child actor who first came to prominence as the star of
the 1956 NBC/ABC childrens drama television show "Circus
Boy", musician, singer, songwriter, television director,
radio personality and theater is #born George Michael Dolenz Jr.
at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, California.
Micky Dolenz is best known as a vocalist and drummer of the 1960s
pop/rock band the Monkees, an American rock and pop band
originally active between 1966 and 1971, with reunion albums and
tours in the decades that followed. Their original line-up
consisted of the American actor/musicians Micky Dolenz, Michael
Nesmith and Peter Tork with English actor/singer Davy Jones. The
group was conceived in 1965 by television producers Bob Rafelson
and Bert Schneider specifically for the situation comedy series
The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968. The band's music was
initially supervised by record producer Don Kirshner, backed by
the songwriting duo of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. The four
actor/musicians were initially allowed only limited roles in the
recording studio for the first few months of their five-year
career as "the Monkees". This was due in part to the
amount of time required to film the television series.
Nonetheless, Nesmith composed and produced some songs from the
beginning, and Tork contributed limited guitar work on the
sessions produced by Nesmith. All four contributed lead vocals to
various tracks. They eventually fought for the right to
collectively supervise all musical output under the band's name,
acting as actors, musicians, singers, songwriters, and producers.
Following the television show's cancellation in 1968, the Monkees
continued to record music until 1971, after which the group broke
up. A revival of interest in the television show came in 1986,
which led to a series of reunion tours and new records. The group
has reunited and toured several times since then with different
line-ups (but always containing Micky Dolenz and at least one of
the other original members) and with varying degrees of success.
Jones died in February 2012 and Tork died in February 2019. Dolenz
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EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: China In
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1947: China: The History Of
China: The Century Of Humiliation (The Hundred Years Of National
Humiliation) (1838-1945): The Chinese Civil War: The History Of
The Republic Of China (1912-1949): The February 28 Incident (The
February 28 Massacre, The 228 Incident, The 228 Massacre): --
Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic Of China Army arrive in
Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which
kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a
major root of the Taiwan Independence Movement. On February 28,
1947, on a date since memorialized as 228 Memorial Day (Peace
Memorial Day), an anti-government uprising in Taiwan was violently
suppressed by the Kuomintang-led nationalist government of the
Republic Of China (ROC) with the death of an estimated staggering
30,000 civilians. Directed by provincial governor Chen Yi and
president, Chiang Kai-shek, who was still in Nanjing directing the
nation and the Civil War on the Chinese mainland, the incident is
considered to be one of the most important events in Taiwan's
modern history and was a critical impetus for the Taiwan
independence movement. Two years later, and for 38 years
thereafter, is known as the era of Martial Law In Taiwan, a period
known as the White Terror, the political repression of Taiwanese
civilians under the Kuomintang (KMT)-ruled government in which
many more Taiwanese were killed, imprisoned, and lost. Memorial
Day is a day to remember the victims of that horrible period and
sympathize with survivors. The Taiwanese government offered a
public apology for the events of that fateful day, and declared
February 28 as 228 Memorial Day, officially known as Peace
Memorial Day, both by order of Taiwain's President Lee Teng-Hui in
1995. The day is significant in the development of a distinct
Taiwanese identity and their call for peace on this day recognizes
the country's tremendous loss. Taiwan observes Peace Memorial Day
through memorial services, concerts, ceremonies, and exhibitions.
When the Japanese surrendered after China's defeat in the First
Sino-Japanese War at the end of World War II, 50 years of Japanese
dominion over Taiwan ended, and the Republic Of China (ROC)
regained administrative control. Before the war, Taiwan had
enjoyed significant economic development under Japanese rule.
Despite this, the Taiwanese were initially jubilant and celebrated
the end of Japanese rule, but this jubilation was short-lived. The
Kuomintang (KMT) troops from the ROC proceeded to loot the
Taiwanese. Over time, the administration monopolized the
production and supply of crucial commodities like paper, and tea,
and took over mines and factories. The KMT administration's
overall inefficiency and corrupt governance plunged the economy
into disarray. The post-war economic arrangements between Taiwan
and China were temporary, pending the development of permanent
solutions. However, the Taiwanese soon became discontent with the
corruption and high-handedness of the Chinese government, led by
the Kuomintang Party (KMT). At the time, Chen Yi was the
Governor-General, whose mismanagement resulted in the tension
between the Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese that resulted in the
February 28 Incident, which mismanagement resulted in his
dismissal. On February 27, 1947, agents of the State Monopoly
Bureau's Tobacco Monopoly Bureau struck a widow suspected of
selling tobacco in front of a tea house. Following this, an
officer shot into a crowd of angry bystanders, killing a man as a
result. The following morning, an outraged crowd of Taiwanese came
out to protest. They marched first to the State Monopoly Bureau
and when the protest moved to the Governor-General's office,
guards opened fire on the protesters. The violence that broke out
lasted for several weeks and led to thousands of deaths. Martial
Law was also declared, marking the start of the White Terror and
Martial Law In Taiwan. A brutal crackdown followed on the orders
of Governor-General Chen Yi. For three days, the troops went on an
indiscriminate looting and killing spree.' In March of the same
year, reinforcements from the Nationalist Army arrived and the
Governor-General ordered the imprisonment and execution of all
uprising organizers. This also resulted in the deaths of a further
3,000 to 4,000 people. Following Chen Yi's dismissal and
subsequent execution in 1950, the families of victims received
monetary compensation. Yet, even after the lifting of martial law
in 1987, the 228 massacres remained a heavily censored topic.
Through the years, citizens' groups rallied to lift the taboo
around 228. Their efforts paid off when in 1995, President Lee
Teng-Hui issued a formal apology and declared February 28 Peace
Memorial Day. An Act was also signed into law, providing monetary
compensation to survivors of the massacre. The Taiwan Independence
Movement is a political movement which advocates the formal
declaration of an independent and sovereign Taiwanese state, as
opposed to Chinese unification or the status quo in Cross-Strait
relations. Into the 21st-century, Taiwan's political status is
ambiguous. China claims it is a province of the People's Republic
Of China (PRC), whereas the Tsai Ing-wen administration of Taiwan
maintains that Taiwan is already an independent country as the
Republic Of China (ROC) and thus does not have to push for any
sort of formal independence. As such, the ROC consisting of Taiwan
and other islands under its control already conducts official
diplomatic relations with and is recognized by 12 member states of
the United Nations and the Holy See. The use of "independence"
for Taiwan can be ambiguous. If some supporters articulate that
they agree to the independence of Taiwan, they may either be
referring to the notion of formally creating an independent
Taiwanese state or to the notion that Taiwan has become synonymous
with the current Republic Of China and is already independent (as
reflected in the concept of One Country on Each Side). Some
supporters advocate the exclusion of Kinmen and Matsu, which are
controlled by Taiwan but are located off the coast of mainland
China. Taiwan independence is supported by the Pan-Green Coalition
in Taiwan but opposed by the Pan-Blue Coalition, which seeks to
retain the somewhat ambiguous status quo of the Republic Of China
(Taiwan) under the so-called "1992 Consensus" or
gradually "reunify" with mainland China at some point.
The governments of the People's Republic Of China (PRC) and the
Republic Of China (ROC) oppose Taiwanese independence since they
believe that Taiwan and mainland China comprise two portions of a
single country's territory. For the ROC, such a move would be
considered a violation of its constitution. The process for a
constitutional amendment or national territory alternation must be
initiated by one-fourth (25%) of the members of the Legislative
Yuan (the unicameral parliament of Taiwan), then voted in the
Legislative Yuan with at least three-fourths (75%) members
attended and by a three-fourths (75%) supermajority, then approved
by majority popular vote in a referendum. Historically, both
governments have formulated a "One China" policy,
whereby foreign countries may only conduct official diplomatic
relations with either the PRC or the ROC, on the condition that
they sever official diplomatic relations with and formal
recognition of the other. The ROC's One-China policy was softened
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1949: The Aftermath Of World War
II: The Aftermath Of The European Civil War: World War II: The
Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The
Western Front Of World War II: Treason Trials: American Treason
Trials: The Trial Of Axis Sally (Mildred Gillars): -- Mildred
Gillars is condemned to prison for treason. Born Mildred Elizabeth
Sisk, Mildred Gillars, along with Rita Zucca, were nicknamed "Axis
Sally", a name used to describe any single female voice
directing her comments by way of German radio to Allied soldiers
during World War II. Mildred Gillars was the highest paid radio
personality in Nazi Germany, and worked at
Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG), German State Radio. After the
defeat of Nazi Germany Gillars was convicted of treason by the
United States in 1949 following her capture in post-war Berlin.
Having converted to Roman Catholicism while in prison, Gillars
went to live at the Our Lady of Bethlehem Convent in Columbus,
Ohio, and taught German, French, and music at St. Joseph Academy,
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1957: Civil Rights Movements:
The American Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968): Anti-Black Racism
In The United States: School Segregation: School Segregation In
The United States: Brown v. Board Of Education (Brown v. Board Of
Education Of Topeka): The 1957 Georgia Memorial To Congress: --
Incredibly, a joint resolution by the legislature of the state of
Georgia, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the
ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S.
Constitution null and void because of purported violations of the
Constitution during the post-Civil War ratification process, is
approved by Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin and adopted by the
U.S. state of Georgia. The 1957 Georgia Memorial To Congress, a
particularly petty part of Georgia's "continuing battle for
segregation," followed the Supreme Court's ruling, in Brown
v. Board of Education, that the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits
states from discriminating against racial minorities in public
schools. The resolution was, by and large, considered too
ridiculous to be taken up by the U.S. Congress - and to point out
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1958: #BOTD: #HBD! Gary Numan,
English singer, songwriter, composer, guitarist, and record
producer, is #born Gary Anthony James Webb in Hammersmith, London.
He entered the music industry as the frontman of the new wave band
Tubeway Army. After releasing two albums with the band, he
released his debut solo album The Pleasure Principle in 1979,
topping the UK Albums Chart, a success largely due to airplay on
offshore "pirate" radio stations like Radio Caroline
rather than the various BBC radio stations, who only came to give
him airplay after he became successful. While his commercial
popularity peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s with hits
including "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (which spent 4 weeks
at #1 on the UK Singles Chart) and "Cars" (which spent
one week as number one on the UK charts and reached number nine on
the US Billboard Hot 100), he continues to maintain a cult
following. He has sold over 10 million records. Numan is
considered a pioneer of electronic music, with his signature sound
consisting of heavy synthesiser hooks fed through guitar effects
pedals. He is also known for his distinctive voice and androgynous
"android" persona. In 2017, he received an Ivor Novello
Award, The Inspiration Award, from The British Academy Of
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1959: Finales: -- The Marx
Brothers make their final public appearance together on the
television series "GE Theater", broadcast on the CBS
television network. In the series episode "The Incredible
Jewel Robbery", Harpo and Chico were performing togther when
Groucho made an unbilled walk-on appearance; it became thereby the
last public performance of the trio of brothers together. The Marx
Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in
vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949.
Five of the Marx Brothers' thirteen feature films were selected by
the American Film Institute (AFI) as among the top 100 comedy
films, with two of them, Duck Soup (1933) and A Night at the Opera
(1935), in the top fifteen. They are widely considered by critics,
scholars and fans to be among the greatest and most influential
comedians of the 20th century. The brothers were included in AFI's
100 Years... 100 Stars list of the 25 greatest male stars of
Classical Hollywood cinema, the only performers to be included
collectively. The brothers are almost universally known by their
stage names: Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo. There was a
sixth brother, the firstborn, named Manfred (Mannie), who died in
infancy; Zeppo was given the middle name Manfred in his memory.
The core of the act was the three elder brothers: Chico, Harpo,
and Groucho, each of whom developed a highly distinctive stage
persona. After the group essentially disbanded in 1950, Groucho
went on to a successful second career in television, while Harpo
and Chico appeared less prominently. The two younger brothers,
Gummo and Zeppo, never developed their stage characters to the
same extent as the elder three. Both left the act to pursue
business careers at which they were successful, and for a time ran
a large theatrical agency through which they represented their
brothers and others. Gummo was not in any of the movies; Zeppo
appeared in the first five films in relatively straight
(non-comedic) roles. The early performing lives of the brothers
owed much to their mother, Minnie Marx (the sister of vaudeville
comic Al Shean), who acted as their manager until her death in
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1964: Civil Rights Movements:
The American Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968): Black Power: The
Black Power Movement (The Black Liberation Movement): The
Counterculture Of The 1960s: Malcolm X: Speeches By Malcolm X:
Malcolm X's Departure From The Nation Of Islam: -- Malcolm X
publicly announces in an evening speech his departure from the
Nation Of Islam and his intention to form a non-religious
politically oriented "black nationalist party" in
reaction to his indefinite suspension from the Nation Of Islam by
its leader Elijah Muhammad. He said this party would seek to
convert Black Americans from nonviolence to active self-defense
against white supremacist attacks. He further asserted "I
remain a Muslim, but the main emphasis of the new movement will be
black nationalistm as a political concept and form of social
action." He asserted the Nation Of Islam had "gone as
far as it can" because it was too sectarian and inhibited. He
expressed his intention to work with other civil rights leaders,
saying that Elijah Muhammad had prevented him from participating
in civil rights struggles in the South although he had many
opportunities to do so. He went on to say "Good education,
housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall
suport them in their rights to achieve these objectives, but I
shall tell the Negroes that while these are necesssary, they
cannot solve the main Negro problem... I shall also tell them that
what has been called the 'Negro Revolution' in the United States
is a deception practices upon them, because they have only to
examine the failure of this so-called 'revolution' to produce any
positive results in the past year... I shall tell them what a real
revolution is - the French Revolution, the American Revolution,
Algeria, to name a few. There can be no revolution without
bloodshed, and it is nonsense to describe the civil rights
movement in America as a revolution." He also said "It
is going to be different now... I'm going to join in the fight
wherever Negroes ask for my help, and I suspect my activities will
be on a greater and more intensive scale than in the past... I
shall also accept all important speaking engagements at colleges
and universities, because I find that most white students are more
attuned to the times than their parents, and realize that
something is fundamentally wrong in the country." Malcolm had
spoken at more than twenty colleges and universities, including
Harvard and Yale. He said his popularity as a university speaker
had aroused the animus and jealousy of Elijah Muhammad's family.
Malcolm said of this "Envy blinds men and makes it impossible
for them to think clearly." Finally, he said "I want it
clearly understood that my advice to all Muslims is that they stay
in the Nation Of Islam under the spiritual guidance of the
Honorable Elijah Muhammad. It is not my desire to encourage any of
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1965: The Aftermath Of World War
II: The Cold War: The Cold War In Asia: The Indochina Wars: The
Vietnam War (The Second Indochina War, The Vietnam Conflict, The
Resistance War Against America): The United States In The Vietnam
War: -- The first American land combat forces committed during the
Vietnam War land near Da Nang, South Vietnam, 3,500 U.S. Marines
whose landing marks the beginning of the American ground war. U.S.
public opinion overwhelmingly supported this deployment. The
Marines' initial assignment was the defense of Da Nang Air Base.
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1971: Sports: The History Of
Sports: The History Of Sports In The United States: The History Of
Boxing: The History Of Heavyweight Boxing: Joe Frazier vs.
Muhammad Ali (The Fight Of The Century, The Fight): -- WBC/WBA
heavyweight champion Joe Frazier wins in 15 rounds via unanimous
decision in his fight with The Ring/lineal heavyweight champion
Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was the
first time that two undefeated boxers fought each other for the
heavyweight title. Frazier won in fifteen rounds by unanimous
decision. Ali dealt with his first professional loss. It became
the first of a trio of fights, followed by the rematch events
Super Fight II (1974) and Thrilla in Manila (1975). The fight is
widely regarded as the biggest boxing match in history and
arguably the single most anticipated and publicized sporting event
ever. An international audience observed the spectacle. It was the
first time that two undefeated boxers who held or had held the
world heavyweight title fought each other for that very title. The
bout held broad appeal for many Americans, including non-boxing
and non-sport fans. Ali, who had been stripped of his titles by
boxing authorities for refusing to submit to the draft for the
Vietnam war, had become a symbol of the anti-establishment public
during his government-imposed exile from the ring. In contrast,
Frazier supported U.S. involvement in the war, and he had been
adopted by elements of the public with alternate views. In
addition, both men possessed intense personal animosity towards
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Files Of J. Edgar Hoover Documentary DVD, Download, USB
Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1971: American Secret Government
Programs: Federal Bureau Of Investigation Operations: The
Aftermath Of World War II: Civil Rights Movements: The American
Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968): Anti-Black Racism In The United
States: The Cold War: The Cold War In Asia: The Indochina Wars:
The Vietnam War (The Second Indochina War, The Vietnam Conflict,
The Resistance War Against America): The United States In The
Vietnam War: Opposition To United States Involvement In The
Vietnam War: COINTELPRO: The Citizens' Commission To Investigate
The FBI Burglary: -- The Citizens' Commission To Investigate The
FBI, an activist group operational in the US during the early
1970s, took their only known action: breaking into a two-man
Media, Pennsylvania, office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) and stealing over 1,000 classified documents, providing the
bombshell revealing of the existance of COINTELPRO. They then
mailed these documents anonymously to several US newspapers to
expose numerous illegal FBI operations which were infringing on
the First Amendment rights of American civilians. Most news
outlets initially refused to publish the information, saying it
related to ongoing operations and that disclosure might have
threatened the lives of agents or informants. However, The
Washington Post, after affirming the veracity of the files which
the Commission sent them, ran a front-page story on March 24,
1971, at which point other media organizations followed suit. "The
complete collection of political documents ripped off from the
F.B.I. office in Media, Pa., March 8, 1971" was published for
the first time as the March 1972 issue of WIN Magazine, a journal
associated with the War Resisters League. The documents revealed
the COINTELPRO operation, and led to the Church Committee and the
cessation of this operation by the FBI. Noam Chomsky has stated:
"According to its analysis of the documents in this FBI
office, 1 percent were devoted to organized crime, mostly
gambling; 30 percent were "manuals, routine forms, and
similar procedural matter"; 40 percent were devoted to
political surveillance and the like, including two cases involving
right-wing groups, ten concerning immigrants, and over 200 on left
or liberal groups. Another 14 percent of the documents concerned
draft resistance and 'leaving the military without government
permission.' The remainder concerned bank robberies, murder, rape,
and interstate theft." The theft resulted in the exposure of
some of the FBI's most self-incriminating documents, including
several documents detailing the FBI's use of postal workers,
switchboard operators, etc., in order to spy on black college
students and various non-violent black activist groups. Some 40
years after their successful infiltration, some of the
perpetrators decided to go public. In 2014, Betty Medsger's book
The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret F.B.I. was
released, which contains the burglars' description of the burglary
and revealed the identities of five of the eight burglars.
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: When
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Today, March 8, 2026
March 8, 1999: #DOTD: #RIP: Joe DiMaggio,
nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "The Yankee Clipper"
and "Joe D.", American baseball center fielder and coach
who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for
the New York Yankees (b. November 25, 1914) #dies of lung cancer,
having been heavy smoker for much of his adult life, at home in
Hollywood, Florida at age 84. His funeral was held on March 11,
1999, at Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in San
Francisco, and he was interred 3 months later at Holy Cross
Cemetery in Colma, California. Joe DiMaggio was born Joseph Paul
DiMaggio to Sicilian immigrants in Martinez, California. He is
widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all
time, and is best known for setting the record for the longest
hitting streak in baseball (56 games from May 15 - July 16, 1941),
a record which still stands. DiMaggio was a three-time Most
Valuable Player Award winner and an All-Star in each of his 13
seasons. During his tenure with the Yankees, the club won ten
American League pennants and nine World Series championships. His
nine career World Series rings is second only to fellow Yankee
Yogi Berra, who won ten. At the time of his retirement after the
1951 season, he ranked fifth in career home runs (361) and sixth
in career slugging percentage (.579). He was inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 and was voted the sport's greatest
living player in a poll taken during baseball's centennial year of
1969. His brothers Vince (1912-1986) and Dom (1917-2009) also were
major league center fielders. Outside of baseball, DiMaggio is
also widely known for his marriage and life-long devotion to
Marilyn Monroe.
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Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1874: #DOTD: #RIP: Millard
Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the
United States (b. (January 7, 1800) #dies of a stroke in Buffalo,
New York, aged 74. Two days later, he was buried at Forest Lawn
Cemetery in Buffalo after a funeral procession including hundreds
of others. The U.S. Senate sent three of its members to honor
Fillmore, including former vice president Hannibal Hamlin. Millard
Fillmore was born on January 7, 1800, in a log cabin, on a farm in
what is now Moravia, in the Finger Lakes region of New York.
Serving as the 13th president of the United States from 1850 to
1853, he was the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in
the White House. A former member of the U.S. House of
Representatives from upstate New York, Fillmore was elected as the
12th vice president in 1848, and succeeded to the presidency in
July 1850 upon the death of Zachary Taylor. Fillmore was
instrumental in passing the Compromise of 1850, a bargain that led
to a brief truce in the battle over the expansion of slavery. He
failed to win the Whig nomination for president in 1852 but gained
the endorsement of the nativist Know Nothing Party four years
later and finished third in the 1856 presidential election.
Fillmore was born into poverty in the Finger Lakes area of upstate
New York. His parents were tenant farmers during his formative
years. Though he had little formal schooling, he studied
diligently to become a lawyer. He became prominent in the Buffalo
area as an attorney and politician, and was elected to the New
York Assembly in 1828 and to the House of Representatives in 1832.
Fillmore initially belonged to the Anti-Masonic Party, but became
a member of the Whig Party as formed in the mid-1830s. He was a
rival for the state party leadership with the editor Thurlow Weed
and his protege William H. Seward. Throughout his career, Fillmore
declared slavery evil but said it was beyond the federal
government's power to end it. Seward was openly hostile to slavery
and argued that the federal government had a role to play in
ending it. Fillmore was an unsuccessful candidate for Speaker of
the U.S. House of Representatives when the Whigs took control of
the chamber in 1841, but was made chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee. Defeated in bids for the Whig nomination for vice
president in 1844 and for New York governor the same year,
Fillmore was elected Comptroller of New York in 1847, the first to
hold that post by direct election. As vice president, Fillmore was
largely ignored by Taylor; even in dispensing patronage in New
York, Taylor consulted Weed and Seward. But in his capacity as
president of the Senate, Fillmore presided over its angry debates,
as the 31st Congress decided whether to allow slavery in the
Mexican Cession. Unlike Taylor, Fillmore supported Henry Clay's
omnibus bill, the basis of the 1850 Compromise. Upon becoming
president in July 1850, he dismissed Taylor's cabinet and pushed
Congress to pass the compromise. The Fugitive Slave Act,
expediting the return of escaped slaves to those who claimed
ownership, was a controversial part of the compromise. Fillmore
felt duty-bound to enforce it, though it damaged his popularity
and also the Whig Party, which was torn between its Northern and
Southern factions. In foreign policy, he supported U.S. Navy
expeditions to open trade in Japan, opposed French designs on
Hawaii, and was embarrassed by Narciso Lopez's filibuster
expeditions to Cuba. Fillmore sought the Whig nomination for a
full term in 1852 but was passed over in favor of Winfield Scott.
As the Whig Party broke up after Fillmore's presidency, he and
many in its conservative wing joined the Know Nothings and formed
the American Party. Despite his party's emphasis on
anti-immigration and anti-Catholic policies, during his 1856
candidacy, he said little about immigration, focusing on the
preservation of the Union, and won only Maryland. During the
American Civil War, Fillmore denounced secession and agreed that
the Union must be maintained by force if necessary, but was
critical of Abraham Lincoln's war policies. After peace was
restored, he supported President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction
policies. Fillmore remained involved in civic interests in
retirement, including as chancellor of the University of Buffalo,
which he had helped found in 1846. Historians consistently rank
Fillmore among the worst presidents in American history, largely
for his policies regarding slavery, as well as among the least
memorable. His association with the Know Nothings and support of
Johnson's reconstruction policies further tarnished his reputation
and legacy.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Ronald
Reagan Documentary Biography DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1983: The Aftermath Of World War
II: The Cold War: Ronald Reagan: The Presidency Of Ronald Reagan:
The Evil Empire Speech: -- While addressing The National
Association Of Evangelicals (NAE), U.S. President Ronald Reagan
delivers what became known as The Evil Empire Speech at the height
of Cold War and Soviet-Afghan War. In that speech, Reagan referred
to the Soviet Union as an "evil empire" and as "the
focus of evil in the modern world". Reagan explicitly
rejected the notion that the United States and the Soviet Union
were equally responsible for the Cold War and the ongoing nuclear
arms race between the two nations; rather, he asserted that the
conflict was a battle between good and evil. Four years later,
during The Washington Summit Of 1987, Reagan publicy said to
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that "...we (his wife and
himself) consider you as friends."
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Reaching For The Skies Documentary TV Series DVD, Download, USB
Drive
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1917: #DOTD: #RIP: Ferdinand Von
Zeppelin, German count, general, businessman and aircraft
manufacturer, founder of the Zeppelin Airship Company (b. July 8,
1838) #dies aged 78 in Charlottenburg, Berlin,
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, German Empire. He is buried at
Pragfriedhof Stuttgart cemetery in Stuttgart-Nord,
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. He did not live to witness either the
provisional shutdown of the Zeppelin project due to the Treaty of
Versailles or the second resurgence of the Zeppelins under his
successor Hugo Eckener. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin was #born in
Konstanz, Grand Duchy of Baden (now part of Baden-Wurttemberg,
Germany). Count Von Zeppelin pioneered rigid airship development
at the beginning of the 20th century, and his airships were known
as Zeppelins. Zeppelin's notions were first formulated in 1874 and
developed in detail in 1893. They were patented in Germany in 1895
and in the United States in 1899. After the outstanding success of
the Zeppelin design, the word zeppelin came to be commonly used to
refer to all rigid airships. Zeppelins were first flown
commercially in 1910 by Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG), the
world's first airline in revenue service. By mid-1914, DELAG had
carried over 10,000 fare-paying passengers on over 1,500 flights.
During World War I the German military made extensive use of
Zeppelins as bombers and scouts, killing over 500 people in
bombing raids in Britain. The unfinished World War II German
aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, and two rigid airships, the
world-circling LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, and LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II,
twin to the Hindenburg, were named after him. In 1975, Zeppelin
was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame.
The defeat of Germany in 1918 temporarily slowed down the airship
business. Although DELAG established a scheduled daily service
between Berlin, Munich, and Friedrichshafen in 1919, the airships
built for this service eventually had to be surrendered under the
terms of the Treaty Of Versailles, which also prohibited Germany
from building large airships. An exception was made allowing the
construction of one airship for the US Navy, which saved the
company from extinction. In 1926 the restrictions on airship
construction were lifted and with the aid of donations from the
public, work was started on the construction of LZ 127 Graf
Zeppelin. This revived the company's fortunes, and during the
1930s the airships Graf Zeppelin and the larger LZ 129 Hindenburg
operated regular transatlantic flights from Germany to North
America and Brazil. The Art Deco spire of the Empire State
Building was originally designed to serve as a mooring mast for
Zeppelins and other airships, although it was found that high
winds made this impossible and the plan was abandoned. The
Hindenburg disaster in 1937, along with political and economic
issues, hastened the demise of the Zeppelins.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Napoleon Bonaparte Documentaries Collection MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1801: The Age Of Enlightenment
(The Enlightenment, The Age Of Reason): The Age Of Revolution: The
Atlantic Revolutions: The French Revolution: The French
Revolutionary And Napoleonic Wars (The Great French War) (The
French Revolutionary Wars, The Napoleonic Wars): The Napoleonic
Wars: The Coalition Wars: The War Of The Second Coalition: The
French Campaign In Egypt And Syria: The Battle Of Abukir: -- A
British expeditionary force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in
Egypt to defeat or drive out the estimated 21,000 remaining troops
of Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Egypt. The fleet commanded by
Baron Keith included seven ships of the line, five frigates and a
dozen armed corvettes. With the troop transports, it was delayed
in the bay for several days by strong gales and heavy seas before
disembarkation could proceed. The French garrison of Alexandria
under General Friant, some 2000 French troops and ten field guns
in high positions took a heavy toll of a large British force
disembarking from a task-force fleet in boats, each carrying 50
men to be landed on the beach. The British then rushed and
overwhelmed the defenders with fixed bayonets and secured the
position, enabling an orderly landing of the remainder of their
17,500-strong army and its equipment. The skirmish was a prelude
to the Battle Of Alexandria and resulted in British losses of 730
killed and wounded or missing. The French withdrew, losing at
least 300 dead or wounded and eight pieces of cannon. Napoleon
later described the British landing as "one of the most
vigorous actions which could be imagined".
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Portraits Of The Presidency: POTUS Documentaries DVD, Download,
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Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1930: #DOTD: #RIP: William
Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) and
the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930), the only
person to have held both offices (b. September 15, 1857) #dies at
age 72 in Washington, D.C., likely of heart disease, inflammation
of the liver, and high blood pressure. Taft lay in state at the
United States Capitol rotunda. Three days following his death, on
March 11, he became the first president and first member of the
Supreme Court to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Sculptor James Earle Fraser, whose work is integral to many of
Washington, D.C.'s most iconic structures, sculpted Taft's grave
marker out of Stony Creek granite, a distinctive pink/orange
granite used for the Brooklyn Bridge, the Stony Creek Library, the
newest House Office Building in Washington, D.C., the South
Station terminal in Boston, Grand Central Terminal in NYC, and in
the base of the Statue of Liberty. William Howard Taft was elected
president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but
was defeated for re-election by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after
Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party
candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to
be chief justice, a position in which he served until a month
before his death. Taft was born in Cincinnati in 1857. His father,
Alphonso Taft, was a U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of War.
Taft attended Yale and, like his father, was a member of Skull and
Bones. After becoming a lawyer, he was appointed a judge while
still in his twenties. He continued a rapid rise, being named
Solicitor General and as a judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of
Appeals. In 1901, President William McKinley appointed Taft
civilian governor of the Philippines. In 1904, Roosevelt made him
Secretary of War, and he became Roosevelt's hand-picked successor.
Despite his personal ambition to become chief justice, Taft
declined repeated offers of appointment to the Supreme Court Of
The United States, believing his political work to be more
important. With Roosevelt's help, Taft had little opposition for
the Republican nomination for president in 1908 and easily
defeated William Jennings Bryan for the presidency that November.
In the White House, he focused on East Asia more than European
affairs and repeatedly intervened to prop up or remove Latin
American governments. Taft sought reductions to trade tariffs,
then a major source of governmental income, but the resulting bill
was heavily influenced by special interests. His administration
was filled with conflict between the conservative wing of the
Republican Party, with which Taft often sympathized, and the
progressive wing, toward which Roosevelt moved more and more.
Controversies over conservation and antitrust cases filed by the
Taft administration served to further separate the two men.
Roosevelt challenged Taft for renomination in 1912. Taft used his
control of the party machinery to gain a bare majority of
delegates and Roosevelt bolted the party. The split left Taft with
little chance of re-election and he took only Utah and Vermont in
Wilson's victory. After leaving office, Taft returned to Yale as a
professor, continuing his political activity and working against
war through the League to Enforce Peace. In 1921, President
Harding appointed Taft as chief justice, an office he had long
sought. Chief Justice Taft was a conservative on business issues
and under him there were advances in individual rights. In poor
health, he resigned in February 1930. After his death the next
month, he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, the first
president and first Supreme Court justice to be interred there.
Taft is generally listed near the middle in historians' rankings
of U.S. presidents.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Harold
Lloyd: The Third Genius TV Documentary Series DVD MP4 USB Drive
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1971: #DOTD: #RIP: Harold Lloyd,
American actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, stunt
performer and Freemason (b. April 20, 1893) #dies at age 77 from
prostate cancer at his Greenacres home in Beverly Hills,
California. He is interred in a crypt in the Great Mausoleum at
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. His
former co-star Bebe Daniels died eight days after him, and his son
Harold Lloyd Jr. died three months after him. Born Harold Clayton
Lloyd in Burchard, Nebraska, Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. is best
known for his silent comedy films. Lloyd ranks alongside Charlie
Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of the most popular and
influential film comedians of the silent film era. Lloyd made
nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and "talkies",
between 1914 and 1947. He is best known for his bespectacled
"Glasses" character, a resourceful, success-seeking
go-getter who was perfectly in tune with 1920s-era United States.
His films frequently contained "thrill sequences" of
extended chase scenes and daredevil physical feats, for which he
is best remembered today. Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock
high above the street (in reality a trick shot) in Safety Last!
(1923) is one of the most enduring images in all of cinema. Lloyd
did many dangerous stunts himself, despite having injured himself
in August 1919 while doing publicity pictures for the Roach
studio, when a bomb mistaken as a prop resulted in the loss of the
thumb and index finger of his right hand (the injury was disguised
on future films with the use of a special prosthetic glove, though
the glove often did not go unnoticed). Although Lloyd's individual
films were not as commercially successful as Chaplin's on average,
he was far more prolific (releasing 12 feature films in the 1920s
while Chaplin released just four), and made more money overall
(15M USD to Chaplin's 10.5M USD).
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: WWII
Films: The Asia-Pacific War DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1944: World War II: The Pacific
War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Asiatic-Pacific Theater, The
Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Pacific Ocean Theater Of
World War II: The South West Pacific Area (SWPA): Operation
Cartwheel: The Solomon Islands Campaign: The New Guinea Campaign:
The Bougainville Campaign: The Bougainville Counterattack (The
Second Battle Of Torokina): -- Imperial Japanese Army Major
General Shun Iwasa arrives on Bougainville with The Iwasa Unit,
which comprised the 23rd Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Battalion of
the 13th Infantry Regiment, and two batteries of artillery, as
well as engineers and other support troops, and assumes its attack
position in preparation for its assault on the American perimeter.
Iwasa had planned to counter-attack American forces on Hill 700
that same day, but it was delayed until the next day, beginning a
five-day battle. Hill 700, in the 37th Division's sector, was held
by the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the U.S. Army's 145th Infantry
Regiment. Very steep with a deep saddle between two knolls, Hill
700 proved difficult to both defend and to attack. For several
days prior to the attack there had been clashes between U.S. and
Japanese patrols in the front of the position, and Japanese
patrols had been engaged in wire cutting around the perimeter.
Several small skirmishes were fought between these units and
elements of the Japanese 23rd Infantry Regiment on 8 March, and
the 37th Division's artillery bombarded areas from where the
Japanese could potentially launch an attack on the 2nd Battalion,
145th Infantry. The 23rd Infantry Regiment belatedly began to
attack just after midnight on March 9 amidst heavy rain but failed
to penetrate far into the American defenses. After daybreak on
March 9, elements of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 145th
Infantry Regiment counterattacked the Japanese and regained most
of the terrain which had been lost. Two M3 Stuart tanks from the
754th Tank Battalion supported the attack but proved ineffective
on the steep terrain. Meanwhile, the Japanese took advantage of
the terrain to bring machine gun and mortar fire down on the U.S.
supply route dubbed McClelland Road. Two destroyers provided fire
support for the U.S. Army forces and fired a total of 400 rounds
during the day. As night fell, forward movement largely ceased.
Both sides maintained a defensive posture throughout the night,
exchanging small arms and indirect fire. The Bougainville
Counterattack, also known as The Second Battle Of Torokina, was an
unsuccessful Japanese offensive against the Allied base at Cape
Torokina on Bougainville Island during the Pacific Theater of
World War II. The Japanese attack began on March 8, 1944 after
months of preparation, and was repulsed by United States Army
forces in fighting which lasted until March 25. The attack was
hampered by inaccurate intelligence and poor planning, and was
pushed back by the well-prepared Allied defenders, who greatly
outnumbered the Japanese force. The Japanese suffered severe
casualties, while Allied losses were light. The goal of the
offensive was to destroy the Allied beachhead, which accommodated
three strategically important airfields. The Japanese mistakenly
believed that their forces were about as large as the units
deployed to defend the Allied positions. The Allies detected
Japanese preparations for the attack shortly after they began in
early 1944 and strengthened the base's defenses. None of the three
Japanese forces which conducted the attack was able to penetrate
far into the Allied perimeter, although there was intense fighting
for several positions. The Bougainville Counterattack was the last
major Japanese offensive in the Solomon Islands Campaign.
Following the engagement the Japanese force withdrew from the
Empress Augusta Bay area, and only limited fighting took place
until late 1944, when Australian troops took over from the
Americans and began a series of advances across the island until
the end of the war in August 1945.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Hoover
Vs The Kennedys The Second Civil War TV Series MP4 Download DVD
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1911: #BOTD: #HBD! Clarence
Mitchell Jr., nicknamed "the 101st U.S. Senator",
African American civil rights activist and chief lobbyist for the
NAACP for nearly 30 years who also served as a regional director
for the organization (d. March 18, 1984) is #born Clarence Maurice
Mitchell Jr. in Baltimore, Maryland. Mitchell waged a tireless
campaign on Capitol Hill, helping to secure passage of civil
rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s: the Civil Rights Act Of
1957, the Civil Rights Act Of 1960, the Civil Rights Act Of 1964,
the Voting Rights Act Of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII
of the Civil Rights Act Of 1968). In 1969, he was awarded the
Spingarn Medal by the NAACP for these efforts. Later he faced some
criticism in the black community for supporting Daniel Patrick
Moynihan, then President Lyndon Johnson's Assistant Secretary Of
Labor and future distinguished U.S. Senator from New York, who was
criticized by some in the black community for a controversial book
he wrote analyzing issues of the black family in the United States
and poverty during Johnson's War On Poverty. Mitchell was also
criticized for defending the State of Israel during its war of
1967 against Arab states. On June 9, 1980, Mitchell was presented
with the "Presidential Medal Of Freedom" by 39th
President Jimmy Carter. After his retirement, Mitchell wrote a
Sunday editorial column for The Baltimore Sun every Sunday until
his death in 1984. The Sun called it "an extraordinary
commentary on the civil rights movement." Clarence Mitchell
Jr. died of an evening heart attack aged 73 in the city of his
birth, Baltimore, Maryland. On March 23, 1984, the Sharp Street
Memorial United Methodist Church overflowed with 2,500 mourners
who gathered from around the country to pay their respects.
Included among them was Harry Hughes (Governor of Maryland),
William Donald Schaefer (Mayor of Baltimore and later Governor),
Benjamin Hooks, director of the NAACP; and Dorothy Height,
president of the National Council of Negro Women. His burial
details are not publicly disclosed. The main city courthouse in
Baltimore City was renamed as the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr.
Courthouse in 1985 in his honor. Other facilities were also named
for him.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Romantic Spirit TV Series DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1869: #DOTD: #RIP: Hector
Berlioz, French Romantic composer, conductor, and critic, best
known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe
des morts (Requiem) (b. December 11. 1803) #dies at his house in
the Rue de Calais on 8 March 1869, at the age of 65. He is buried
in Montmartre Cemetery with his two wives, who were exhumed and
re-buried next to him. Hector Berlioz was born at his family's
home in the commune of La Cote-Saint-Andre in the departement of
Isere, in south-eastern France (currently The Musee Hector-Berlioz
[The Hector Berlioz Museum]). Berlioz made significant
contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on
Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of
his works, and conducted several concerts with more than 1,000
musicians. He also composed around 50 compositions for voice,
piano and orchestra. His influence was critical for the further
development of Romanticism, especially in composers like Richard
Wagner, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz Liszt, Richard Strauss, and
Gustav Mahler.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Armed
Forces Radio Presents Jubilee! WWII Radio DVD, MP3 Download, USB
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1993: #DOTD: #RIP: Billy
Eckstine, African American jazz and pop singer, trumpet player and
bandleader during the swing and bebop eras (b. July 8, 1914) #dies
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of the effects of a heart attack, aged
78. His final word was "Basie". His remains were
cremated, and his ashes were given to his beautiful widow Carolle
Drake. A State Historical Marker was placed at 5913 Bryant Street
in Pittsburgh's Highland Park neighborhood to mark the house where
Eckstine grew up. Billy Eckstine was born William Clarence
Eckstine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was noted for his rich,
almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was
posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award "for
performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative
contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of
recording." His recording of "I Apologize" (MGM,
1948) was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. The New
York Times described him as an "influential band leader"
whose "suave bass-baritone" and "full-throated,
sugary approach to popular songs inspired singers like Earl
Coleman, Johnny Hartman, Joe Williams, Arthur Prysock, and Lou
Rawls."
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: DJ
Madness! 1950s-60s-70s Radio Shows DVD, MP3 Download, USB Drive
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1918: #BOTD: #HBD! Jocko
Henderson, African American radio disc jockey, businessman, and
hip hop music pioneer (d. July 15, 2000) is #born Douglas Wendell
Henderson in Baltimore, Maryland. Douglas Wendell Henderson Sr.
began his broadcast career in 1952 at Baltimore station WSID, and
in 1953 began broadcasting in Philadelphia on WHAT. He hosted a
show called Jocko's Rocket Ship Show out of New York radio
stations WOV and WADO and Philadelphia stations WHAT and WDAS from
1954 to 1964, which was an early conduit for rock 'n' roll. He was
known for a distinctive style of rhythmic patter in his radio
voice, which he had learned from a Baltimore deejay, Maurice "Hot
Rod" Hulbert. Henderson continued on the stations WDAS and
WHAT until 1974, deejaying in Philadelphia and New York as well as
hosting concerts in both cities and a TV music program in New
York. In addition to Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore,
Henderson was also broadcast on stations in St. Louis, Detroit,
Miami, and Boston. Jocko Henderson died in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania after after a long battle with cancer and diabetes,
aged 82. He is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania.
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Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1994: #DOTD: #RIP: Jack Spector,
American radio disc jockey, particularly known for his work in New
York City during the 1960s "rock radio" era (b.
September 15, 1928) collapses to the floor and #dies of a heart
attack while on the air on WHLI in Hempstead, New York, shortly
after starting a recording of Louis Prima's "I'm In The Mood
For Love". Following a long silence after the song had
finished, radio station employees ran into the studio and found
Spector on the floor. Attempts to revive him failed and he was
pronounced dead at Winthrop University Hospital, aged 65. He is
buried at Beth Moses Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York. Jack
Spector was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Spector began
his career in 1955 and in 1961 became one of the original WMCA
Good Guys. In late December 1963, WMCA, with Spector, earned the
distinction of being the first New York City radio station to play
the Beatles' Capitol Records' single, "I Want to Hold Your
Hand" (Outside New York, the single's broadcast debut is
widely accepted to have occurred earlier at WWDC in Washington,
D.C.). WMCA was keen on playing new product and breaking new hits,
and consequently, Spector became associated with the radio station
most credited with introducing Beatlemania - and the "British
Invasion" musical movement - to New York City listeners. In
1962, The Four Seasons released their first number one hit on the
Billboard Hot 100 "Sherry". While there were many
suggestions for the name of the song, it was called "Sherry"
after Spector's eldest daughter. The song reached #1 on September
15th, 1962, which was Spector's 34th birthday. In 1969, while
continuing to work as a DJ in New York, Spector released a single
on Buddah Records under the name, "Vik Venus, Alias: Your
Main Moon Man". The single, "Moonflight", was a
novelty "break-in" record in the style of Dickie
Goodman. In it, a reporter asks the astronauts questions about a
fictional "Achilles moon flight", with the responses
taken from snippets of popular songs of the day. All response
fragments used for this record were from previous hits on Buddah.
The record peaked at #38 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and
#20 in Canada. WMCA moved to a talk format September 21, 1970, one
day after the final top-40 broadcast. Spector stayed on as host of
a sports talk show. In about 1971 Spector moved to WHN, then a
vocal-based easy listening station. He remained for a while after
WHN became a country music station in 1973. In 1974, Spector left
WHN to go to WCBS-FM where he hosted a 1955-1964 based Oldies show
called "The Saturday Night Sock Hop" and another regular
weekend shift. He was also a full-time swing host there, filling
in for various airstaffers over the years. In 1983, Cousin Brucie
began doing every third Saturday night of the month. Spector
remained at WCBS-FM until the Spring of 1985. In 1985, Spector was
at WNBC as the original host of "Sports Night",
eventually replaced by Dave Sims. He went then to WPIX-FM, which
was playing an adult contemporary format. Upon their change to NAC
and soon after to smooth jazz, he became one of the first on air
personalities on CD 101.9. Spector also owned a retail optical
store when he was not on the air (after his death, Howard Stern,
who worked for WNBC, said Jack was one of the few fellow disc
jockeys he liked, and who liked him). Late in 1988, Spector left
WQCD and joined the staff of WHLI at Hempstead, New York playing
an Adult Standards format. That station began mixing in more rock
and roll oldies by the early '90s. After a few Radio Greats
Weekends at WCBS-FM, Jack Spector returned as a part-time swing
announcer there in 1993 while working full-time at WHLI.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Milton
Berle On Hollywood Palace (1969) DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 2014: #DOTD: #RIP: Jerry
Corbitt, American guitarist, harmonica player, singer, songwriter,
and record producer, best known as a founding member and guitarist
of the rock band The Youngbloods (b. January 7, 1943) #dies of
lung cancer at his home in Smiley, Texas, aged 71. He is buried at
Omega Cemetery in Omega, Georgia. Jerry Corbitt was born Jerry
Byron Corbitt in Tifton, Georgia. He began his career in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the beginning of the 1960s as a
bluegrass musician, then was known as a folk singer. In mid-1960s,
Corbitt met Jesse Colin Young, a moderately successful folk singer
born in Queens, New York City. In January 1965, the two began
touring in Canada as a duo, eventually naming themselves the
Youngbloods. Young played bass, and Corbitt played piano,
harmonica and lead guitar. Later on, they were joined by Corbitt's
friend Lowell "Banana" Levinger, a bluegrass musician,
and the drummer Joe Bauer. In 1967, having signed with RCA
Records, they released their first Billboard 200 album, The
Youngbloods. Its single "Get Together", did not sell
well, reach number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. Rereleased in 1969
after WABC-AM radio disc jockey Dan Ingram popularized it by using
it in the background of a radio station PSA , it peaked at number
5. In 1969, Corbitt left the Youngbloods for a solo career, before
the band recorded the album Elephant Mountain. In 1971, Corbitt
and former Youngbloods producer Charlie Daniels formed the duo
Corbitt & Daniels. For the Youngbloods, he wrote or co-wrote
"Dreamer's Dream" (with Levinger) and "Don't Play
Games" (on the 1967 album Earth Music), "Rain Song
(Don't Let the Rain Bring You Down)" (with Felix Pappalardi
and Gail Collins Pappalardi) (on the 1969 album Elephant
Mountain). His song "Life Goes On" (co-written with
Charlie Daniels) was included on the 1970 album Charlie Daniels.
He also co-wrote "Insane in the Brain", by Cypress Hill
(number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1993). Corbitt played
electric guitar and acoustic guitar on the 1971 debut album by the
Canadian singer-songwriter David Wiffen, entitled David Wiffen. He
produced and played guitar on singer-songwriter Janis Ian's 1971
album Present Company. Corbitt played bass guitar on and produced
Don McLean's 1970 debut album, Tapestry.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Compleat Beatles Documentary Film DVD, MP4 Download, Flash Drive
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 2016: #DOTD: #RIP: George
Martin, English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor,
audio engineer, and musician (b. January 3, 1926) #dies in his
sleep in the evening at his home in Wiltshire, England, aged of
90. His death was announced by Ringo Starr on his Twitter account,
and a spokesperson for Universal Music Group confirmed his death.
The cause of his death was not immediately disclosed though
biographer Kenneth Womack subsequently wrote that Martin had
battled stomach cancer. His funeral was held on March 14 at All
Saints Church in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England, and he was
buried nearby. A memorial service was held on May 11 at St
Martin-in-the-Fields, attended by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr,
Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison, Elton John, and former colleagues.
George Martin was born George Henry Martin in Highbury, London,
England. Sir George Henry Martin CBE was referred to as the "Fifth
Beatle", including by Paul McCartney, in reference to his
extensive involvement on each of the Beatles' original albums.
Martin produced 30 number-one hit singles in the United Kingdom
and 23 number-one hits in the United States. Martin produced
comedy and novelty records in the early 1950s, working with Peter
Sellers, Spike Milligan, and Bernard Cribbins, among others. His
career spanned more than six decades of work in music, film,
television and live performance. He held a number of senior
executive roles at media companies and contributed to a wide range
of charitable causes, including his work for The Prince's Trust
and the Caribbean island of Montserrat. In recognition of his
services to the music industry and popular culture, he was made a
Knight Bachelor in 1996.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Spanish Earth 1937 + Bonus For Whom The Bell Tolls DVD, MP4, USB
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1937: The Interwar Period (The
Aftermath Of World War I, The Interbellum, Between The Wars): The
Spanish Civil War: The Battle Of Guadalajara: -- The Battle Of
Guadalajara (March 8-23, 1937) begins, which saw the People's
Republican Army defeat Italian and Nationalist forces attempting
to encircle Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist
forces involved in the Battle Of Guadalajara were primarily the
Italian Corps of Volunteer Troops. The battle opened with an
Italian offensive on March 8. This offensive was halted by March
11. Between March 12 and March 14, renewed Italian attacks were
supported by Spanish Nationalist units. These were halted too. On
March 15, a Republican counter-offensive was prepared. The
Republicans successfully launched their counter-offensive from
March 18 to March 23.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: HRH The
Prince Of Wales A Personal View Of Architecture DVD, MP4, USB
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1723: #DOTD: #RIP: Sir
Christopher Wren, English anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and
mathematician-physicist, one of the most highly acclaimed English
architects in history, designer of St Paul's Cathedral and
Freemason (b. October 30, 1632) #dies in his sleep of a cold aged
90 at St James's (sic), London, England. Wren was laid to rest on
March 16, 1723. His body was placed in the southeast corner of the
crypt of St Paul's. There is a memorial to him in the crypt at St
Paul's Cathedral beside those of his daughter Jane, his sister
Susan Holder, and her husband William. Christopher Wren was born
in East Knoyle in Wiltshire, south-west of England. He was
accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of
London after the Great Fire in 1666, including what is regarded as
his masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed
in 1710. The principal creative responsibility for a number of the
churches is now more commonly attributed to others in his office,
especially Nicholas Hawksmoor. Other notable buildings by Wren
include the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and the south front of
Hampton Court Palace. The Wren Building, the main building at the
College of William and Mary, Virginia, is attributed to Wren.
Educated in Latin and Aristotelian physics at the University of
Oxford, Wren was a founder of the Royal Society (president
1680-82), and his scientific work was highly regarded by Isaac
Newton and Blaise Pascal.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Pirates
12 Part Documentary Series MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1697: #BOTD: Anne Bonny,
sometimes Anne Bonney, Irish pirate operating in the Caribbean,
and one of the few female pirates in recorded history (Buried
December 29, 1733 [?]) is #born in Ireland. She moved to London
and then to the Province of Carolina when she was about 10 years
old. Around 1718 she married sailor James Bonny, assumed his last
name, and moved with him to Nassau in the Bahamas, a sanctuary for
pirates. It was there that she met Calico Jack Rackham and became
his pirate partner and lover. She was captured alongside Rackham
and Mary Read in October 1720. All three were sentenced to death,
but Bonny and Read had their executions stayed because both of
them "pleaded their bellies", a process of English
common law which permitted a woman in the later stages of
pregnancy to receive a reprieve of her death sentence until after
she bore her child. Read died of a fever in jail in April 1721
(likely due to complications from the pregnancy). Anne Bonny was
buried (?) in the Colony of Jamaica. Anne Bonny disappeared after
she was incarcerated for piracy in April 1721 at the age of 24 in
Port Royal, Colony of Jamaica, with an uncertain fate; there is no
record of Bonny's release, and this has fed speculation as to her
fate. A ledger lists the burial of an "Ann Bonny" on
December 29, 1733, in Jamaica, the same town where she was tried.
Charles Johnson writes in A General History Of The Robberies And
Murders Of The Most Notorious Pyrates, published in 1724: "She
was continued in Prison, to the Time of her lying in, and
afterward reprieved from Time to Time; but what is become of her
since we cannot tell; only this we know, that she was not
executed". Other sources have stated that she may have
returned to the United States after her imprisonment, dying in
South Carolina, where she was raised, in April 1782.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Frontiers Of Flight Aviation History TV Series DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, March 8, 2026March 8, 1910: Aviation: The History Of
Aviation: The History Of Civil Aviation: First Women: -- French
aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a
pilot's license. Raymonde de Laroche (August 22, 1882 - July 18,
1918) received the 36th aeroplane pilot's licence issued by the
Aeroclub de France, the world's first organization to issue pilot
licences. At the time, pilot licences were only required for
pilots operating aircraft for commercial purposes.
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