1776: Publication of Adam Smith’s famous book on economics, ‘The Wealth of Nations’.
1796: Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephina, his first wife.
1846: The Treaty of Lahore, a peace treaty marking the end of the First Anglo-Sikh War.
1945: World War II- US B-29 bombers struck Tokyo, Japan. More than 1 lakh people died in it.
1959: The Barbie doll made its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
1961: Successful launch of Russian spacecraft Sputnik 9 with a human dummy and a dog.
1992: Poet-writer Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan awarded the first Saraswati Award by the Vice President of India at a function organized by the K. K. Birla Pratishthan in New Delhi.
Famous birthdays– March 9
1454: Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator.
1824: Amasa Leland Stanford, an American industrialist, and politician. He is the founder of Stanford University.
1836: Navalram Pandya, a Gujarati critic, playwright, poet, essayist, editor, educationist, and a social reformer.
1934: Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space.
1943: Robert Fischer, an American chess grandmaster.
1951: Ustad Zakir Hussain, an Indian tabla player.
1956: Shashi Tharoor, an Indian politician, writer, and former international diplomat.
1985: Parthiv Patel, an Indian cricketer.
Death anniversaries -March 9
1851: Hans Christian Orsted, a Danish physicist and chemist.
1969: Sir Homi Mody, a noted Indian-Parsi businessman associated with Tata Group and an administrator of India.
1992: Menachem Begin, the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.
1994: Devika Rani, an actress in Indian films.
2012: Joy Mukherjee, an Indian film actor, and director.
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Historical Events - March 8.
1534: Bahadur Shah of Gujarat looted Chittorgarh.
1702: Queen Anne assumed power after the death of King William III of England.
1817: Establishment of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
1911: International Women’s Day celebrated for the first time.
1942: World War II- Japan conquered Rangoon, the capital city of Myanmar.
1948: Indian airline Air India International began its overseas service.
1948: Phaltan State merged with the Republic of India.
1957: Ghana joined the United Nations.
1979: Philips launched the first compact disc.
Famous birthdays and birth anniversaries– March 8
1886: Edward Calvin Kendall, an American chemist.
1921: Sahir Ludhianvi, an Indian poet and film song lyricist.
1931: Manohari Singh, an Indian saxophonist.
1932: Sudhira Das, an Indian engineer. She was the first female engineer from the state of Odisha.
1953: Vasundhara Raje Scindia, an Indian politician.
1954: Digambar Kamat, an Indian politician.
1989: Harmanpreet Kaur, an Indian cricketer.
Death anniversaries -March 8
1535:Rani Karmavati, wife of Rana Sanga of Chittorgarh, the capital of Mewar Kingdom.
1702: William III, King of England.
1957: Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, the first chief minister of Bombay State.
1988: Amar Singh Chamkila, a popular Punjabi singer.
1835: Proposal introduced to promote the propagation of European literature and science in India.
1876: Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for a telephone.
1936: World War II, Germany invaded the Rhineland, breaking the Treaty of Versailles.
1987: Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar became the first batsman to score 10,000 Test runs in Tests.
2006: Varanasi bombings – the Indian city of Varanasi witnessed a series of bombings in which at least 28 people were reportedly killed and 101 injured.
Famous birthdays and birth anniversaries– March 7
1734: Mir Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, the 2nd Nizam of Hyderabad State.
1765: Nicephore Niepce, a French inventor.
1792: Sir John Herschel, an English polymath.
1849: Luther Burbank, an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer in agricultural science.
1911: Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, an Indian writer, poet, and novelist.
1934: Nari Contractor, a former cricket player.
1945: T. V. Sankaranarayanan, a Carnatic vocalist.
1949: Ghulam Nabi Azad, an Indian politician.
1952: Sir Vivian Richards, West Indies cricketer.
1955: Anupam Kher, an Indian actor.
1969: Sadhana Sargam, an Indian singer.
1973: Arnab Goswami, an Indian journalist, who is the managing director and editor-in-chief of the Republic Media Network.
Death anniversaries -March 7
1647: Dadoji Konddev, He was the teacher of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
1952: Paramahansa Yogananda, an Indian monk, yogi and guru.
1961: Govind Ballabh Pant, an Indian freedom fighter and one of the architects of modern India.
1974: T. T. Krishnamachari, former Indian Finance Minister.
1993: Ezra Mir, an Indian film-maker, known for his documentary films
2012: Ravi Shankar Sharma, an Indian music director.
