Today is Thursday, March 8, the 68th day of 2012. There are 298 days left in the year.
1658 ― Peace of Roskilde between Sweden and Denmark
1722 ― Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia
1782 ― Gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians
1801 ― British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt
1894 ― New York passes 1st state dog license law
1911 ― International Women's Day (1st celebrated)
1917 ― Russian revolution breaks out (in Petrograd/St. Petersburg)
1917 ― The U.S. invades Cuba for 3rd time
1920 ― Denmark and Cuba join the League of Nations
1930 ― Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India
1942 ― Japanese forces capture Rangoon, Burma
1943 ― Limited gambling legalized in Mexico
1944 ― The U.S. resumes bombing Berlin
1957 ― Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships
1957 ― The USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1968 ― Students demonstrate in Warsaw
1974 ― Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris
1979 ― China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam
1983 ― IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0
1994 ― The Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces
1995 ― Costis Stephanopoulos becomes president of Greece