TOP 5 events that happened on March 8th.

The following are the TOP 5 events that occurred on MARCH 8th.

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#1

ANNE TOOK THE BRITISH THRONE.

In 1702, on March 8^th, Anne became the last Stuart monarch of Great Britain, having previously agreed to the Act of Settlement of 1701, which designated the Hanoverian descendants of King James I as her successors.

From March 8, 1702, to May 1, 1707, Anne was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The kingdoms of England and Scotland united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain on May 1, 1707, under the Acts of Union. Anne reigned as Queen of the United Kingdom and Ireland until her death in 1714.

#2

In 1817, THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WAS FORMALLY CREATED; it became one of the world’s largest marketplaces for investments.

#3

RIOTING IN PETROGRAD (St. Petersburg) signaled the start of the February Revolution and the Russian Revolution’s first stage.

The February Revolution, also known as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution in Soviet historiography and sometimes as the March Revolution, was the first of two revolutions that occurred in Russia in 1917.

#4

In 1936, DAYTONA BEACH and Road Course HOLDS ITS FIRST OVAL STOCK CAR RACE.

The Daytona Beach and Road Course was a motorsport race track that helped to establish the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. It first gained prominence as the site of 15 world land speed records.

#5

MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370 DISAPPEARS ON ROUTE FROM KUALA LUMPUR TO BEIJING.

In 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, vanishes on route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. This is one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. The flight’s fate is still unknown.

 

Holidays and commemorations

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International Women’s Day

Is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women.

Christian feast day: John of God 

(March 8, 1495 – March 8, 1550) was a Portuguese soldier turned health-care worker in Spain, whose followers founded the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a worldwide Catholic religious institute dedicated to the care of the poor, sick, and mentally ill. He was canonized by the Catholic Church and is regarded as one of the most important religious figures in the Iberian Peninsula.