FRIDAY, March 8, 2024

1916-U.S. invades Cuba for third time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime

1930-Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India

1944-U.S. resumes bombing Berlin

1946-First helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York, N.Y.)

1958-William Faulkner says U.S. schools degenerated to become babysitters

1968-Students demonstrate in Warsaw

1974-Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris,France

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

1979-China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam

1983-President Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire"

1986-Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million

1991-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1994-Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces

1995-Costis Stephanopoulos becomes President of Greece