FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019

Today is Friday, March 8, the 67th day of 2019. There are 298 days left in the year.

1702 — Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III

1706 — Vienna’s Wiener Stadtbank established

1813 — First concerto of Royal Philharmonic

1862 — Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal

1896 — Volunteers of America forms

1898 — Richard Straus’ "Don Quixote" premieres in Keulen

1904 — Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match

1910 — Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris France becomes first licensed female pilot

1911 — International Women’s Day first celebrated