MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2021

1894-New York passes first state dog license law

1917-Russian revolution breaks out (in Petrograd/St Petersburg)

1930-Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India

1942-Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma

1946-First helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York NY)

1957-Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships

1963-Syrian Arab Republic Revolution Day: Military coup in Syria

1965-First U.S. combat forces arrive in South Vietnam (3,500 Marines)

1973-Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/U.S. longest, opens

1976-1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China

1979-China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam

1983-IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0

1986-Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km