This Day in History
08 Mar 1586
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor
08 Mar 1702
Queen Anne becomes Queen of England Scotland and Ireland upon death of King William III
08 Mar 1711
Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder
08 Mar 1766
Willem V (18) becomes governor of United Provinces
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Anglo-Ottoman force takes Abukir Bay
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February Revolution begins, leading to the end of czarist rule in Russia
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February Revolution begins in Russia
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U.S. Marines land at Da Nang
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Thieu orders force withdrawal
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Ali battles Frazier for heavyweight championship
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Reagan refers to U.S.S.R. as evil empire again
Speaking to a convention of the National Association of Evangelicals in Florida on this day in 1983 President Ronald Reagan publicly refers to the Soviet Union...
Emmet Dalton goes to prison
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Thomas Wolfe’s second novel, Of Time and the River, is published
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Mount Etna erupts
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The Lonely Hearts Killers are executed
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United States accuses Soviets of using poison gas
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