Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: March 8
March 8, 2025 is the 67th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 298 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Pisces is your zodiac sign. Aquamarine is your modern birthstone. Jade is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: March 8
- 1010 –Ferdowsi completes his Shāhnāmeh.
- 1702 –Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
- 1736 –Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
- 1775 –An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes “African Slavery in America”, the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
- 1862 –American Civil War: The iron-clad Ship CSS (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
- 1942 –World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java.
- 1949 –Mildred Gillars (“Axis Sally”) is condemned to prison for treason
- 1957 –Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
- 1957 –Ghana joins the United Nations.
- 1985 –A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon, kills at least 45 and injures 175 others.
Who were born on March 8?
- 1514 –Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)
- 1726 –Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (d. 1799)
- 1841 –Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1935)
- 1879 –Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
- 1902 –Jennings Randolph, America politician, United States Senator from West Virginia (d. 1998)
- 1933 –Evelyn Margaret Ay, American beauty pageant winner (d. 2008)
- 1957 –Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
- 1959 –Aidan Quinn, American actor
- 1972 –Georgios Georgiadis, Greek footballer
- 1982 –Craig Stansberry, American baseball player
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