March 8 historical events
1262 — Battle of Hausbergen
The Battle of Hausbergen (or Battle of Oberhausbergen) was a historic military engagement that took place in the Alsace region of northeastern France on 8 March 1262. The battle marked the release of the 'burghers' (citizens) of Strasbourg from episcopal authority and gave the bourgeoisie control over politics and commerce. The battle occurred on the fields of Hausbergen, an area of countryside a few miles northwest of the city of Strasbourg.
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1565 — Blockade of the Tetuan River
The Blockade of the Tetuan River (Spanish: Jornada del Rio de Tetuán) on 8 March 1565 was a successful Spanish blockade of the Tetuan River (present-day Martil river) against the Saadi Sultanate. The Spanish forces were led by Álvaro de Bazán, Alonso de Bazán and Esteban de Guillisastegui, who was wounded during the operation.
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1722 — Battle of Gulnabad
The Battle of Gulnabad (Sunday, March 8, 1722) was fought between the military forces from Hotaki Dynasty and the army of the Safavid Empire. It further cemented the eventual fall of the Safavid dynasty, which had been declining for decades.
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1782 — Gnadenhutten massacre
The Gnadenhutten massacre, also known as the Moravian massacre, was the killing of 96 Christian Lenape (Delaware) by colonial American militia from Pennsylvania on March 8, 1782 at the Moravian missionary village of Gnadenhutten, Ohio during the American Revolutionary War. The site of the village has been preserved. A reconstructed mission house and cooper's house were built there, and a monument to the dead was erected and dedicated a century later. The burial mound is marked and has been maintained on the site. The village site has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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1785 — 1785 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1785 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1785, in order to elect the President of New Hampshire. (The office would be renamed to Governor in 1792.) Candidates consisted of John Langdon, George Atkinson, John Sullivan and Josiah Bartlett. Since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, Langdon was elected by the New Hampshire General Court per the state constitution, despite having come in second in the popular vote.
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1791 — 1791 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1791 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1791, in order to elect the President of New Hampshire. (The office would be renamed to Governor in 1792.) Incumbent Anti-Federalist President Josiah Bartlett was re-elected unopposed.
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1796 — 1796 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1796 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1796, in order to elect the Governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Federalist Governor John Taylor Gilman was re-elected unopposed.
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1803 — 1803 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1803 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on March 8, 1803. Incumbent Federalist Governor John Taylor Gilman won re-election to a tenth term, defeating Democratic-Republican candidate, former Governor and United States Senator John Langdon in a re-match of the previous year's election.
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1808 — 1808 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1808 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1808. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor John Langdon won re-election to a fourth term.
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1814 — Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1814)
The Siege of Bergen op Zoom (8 March 1814), took place during the War of the Sixth Coalition between a British force led by Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch and a French garrison under Guilin Laurent Bizanet and Jean-Jacques Ambert. The initial British assault force seized part of the defenses, but a well-managed French counterattacked and compelled much of the assault force to surrender. Bergen op Zoom is a port in the Netherlands about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Rotterdam and 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Antwerp in Belgium.
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1814 — 1814 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1814 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1814. Incumbent Federalist Governor John Taylor Gilman defeated Democratic-Republican nominee William Plumer in a re-match of the previous year's election.
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1825 — 1825 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1825 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1825, in order to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor David L. Morril won re-election as he ran unopposed.
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1831 — 1831 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1831 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1831. Incumbent Democratic Governor Matthew Harvey resigned on February 28, 1831, to take up a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. President of the New Hampshire Senate Joseph M. Harper served as acting Governor for the remainder of Harvey's term.
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1836 — 1836 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1836 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1836, to elect the Governor of New Hampshire. The Democratic former U.S. senator from New Hampshire Isaac Hill defeated the Whig candidate Joseph Healey and the Federalist former Attorney General of New Hampshire George Sullivan. Hill's re-election was considered nearly inevitable, and his opponents struggled to recruit a candidate to contest the election.
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1842 — 1842 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1842 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1842. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Page did not stand for re-election. Democratic nominee Henry Hubbard defeated Whig nominee Enos Stevens, Independent Democrat nominee John H. White, and Liberty nominee Daniel Hoit with 55.78% of the vote.
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1848 — 1848 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1848 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1848, in order to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Democratic governor Jared W. Williams won re-election against Whig nominee and former member of the New Hampshire Senate Nathaniel S. Berry.
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1853 — 1853 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1853 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1853, in order to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Democratic governor Noah Martin won re-election against Whig nominee and former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives James Bell and Free Soil Party nominee John H. White.
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1859 — 1859 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1859 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1859. Incumbent Republican Governor William Haile did not stand for re-election. Republican nominee Ichabod Goodwin defeated Democratic nominee Asa P. Cate with 52.53% of the vote.
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1862 — Battle of Hampton Roads
The Battle of Hampton Roads, often referred to as either the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (or Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads, was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies. It was fought over two days, March 8–9, 1862, in Hampton Roads, a roadstead in Virginia where the Elizabeth and Nansemond rivers meet the James River just before it enters Chesapeake Bay adjacent to the city of Norfolk.
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1864 — Battle of Vejle
The Battle of Vejle was a battle of the Second Schleswig War that occurred on March 8, 1864, between the Austrian Empire and Denmark at and in the town of Vejle. The Austrians won the battle and their victory opened the way for the Evacuation of Fredericia and the Battle of Jasmund.
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1864 — 1864 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1864 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1864. The National Union incumbent Governor Joseph A. Gilmore defeated Democratic nominee Edward W. Harrington with 54.08% of the vote.
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1870 — 1870 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1870 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 8, 1870, in order to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Republican governor Onslow Stearns won re-election against Democratic nominee John Bedell, Labor Reform Party nominee Samuel Flint and Temperance nominee Lorenzo D. Barrows.
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1890 — First official football match in Spain
The first official football match in Spain between two sides playing under the rules of the English FA was contested between the two oldest clubs in Spain, Recreativo de Huelva and Sevilla FC, on 8 March 1890, held at the Hipódromo de Tablada in Seville.
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1907 — North Tyrone by-election, 1907
The North Tyrone by-election of 1907 was held on 8 March 1907. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, William Huston Dodd, being appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Justice in Ireland 1907-24. It was narrowly won by the Liberal candidate Redmond John Barry in a very high turnout.
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1914 — Spanish general election, 1914
General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on 8 March 1914. At stake were all 408 seats in the Congress of Deputies. Though formally competitive, the 1914 general election was held under the customary system of Turno Pacifico; in accordance with a long-standing power-sharing arrangement, elections (under influence by machine bosses called caciques) served as a rubber stamp for a routine handover of power initiated by the King. The 1914 election, as expected, sanctioned the pre-arranged handover from the Liberals to the Conservatives.
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1916 — Battle of Dujaila
The Battle of Dujaila (Turkish: Sâbis Muharebesi) was fought on 8 March 1916, between British and Ottoman forces during the First World War. The Ottoman forces, led by Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz were besieging Kut, when the Anglo-Indian relief force, led by Lieutenant-General Fenton Aylmer, attempted to relieve the city. The attempt failed, and Aylmer lost 4,000 men.
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1917 — 1917 Hawkes Bay by-election
The 1917 Hawkes Bay by-election was a by-election held in the eastern North Island electorate of Hawkes Bay during the 19th New Zealand Parliament, on 8 March 1917. It was caused by the death of incumbent MP Robert McNab, and was won by fellow party Liberal Party member Sir John Findlay with a majority of 471 votes.
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1924 — Castle Gate Mine disaster
The Castle Gate mine disaster occurred on March 8, 1924, in a coal mine near the town of Castle Gate, Utah (now dismantled), located approximately 90 miles (140 km) southeast of Salt Lake City. All of the 171 men working in the mine were killed in the series of three violent explosions. One worker, the leader of the rescue crew, died from carbon monoxide inhalation while attempting to reach the victims shortly after the explosion. At least 24 out of the mine's 25 mules died in the explosion, along with an unknown number of horses and canaries.
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1928 — 1928 London County Council election
An election to the County Council of London took place on 8 March 1928. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the two-member seats. The Labour Party made slight gains at the expense of the Municipal Reform Party, which nonetheless retained a substantial majority.
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1934 — 1934 London County Council election
An election to the County Council of London took place on 8 March 1934. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the two-member seats. The Labour Party made large gains from the Municipal Reform Party, and for the first time won control of the council.
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1954 — Finnish parliamentary election, 1954
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 7 and 8 March 1954.
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1957 — Hong Kong municipal election, 1957
The 1957 Urban Council Election was held on 8 March 1957 for the 4 of the 8 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. Since this election the term of the members was extended from 2 years to 4 years. Hilton Cheong-Leen of the Civic Association defeated incumbent Woo Pak-chuen of the Reform Club and gained the last seat.
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1958 — Sudanese parliamentary election, 1958
Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan on 27 February and 8 March 1958.The first elections since independence in 1956, they were supposed to be held in August 1957, but were postponed by the ruling council, who claimed that flooding would affect the vote. The result was a victory for the Umma Party, which won 63 of the 173 seats. The Southern Sudan Federal Party competed in the election, and won 40 of the 46 seats allocated to the southern provinces.The party platform represented a serious challenge to the authorities.However, when it became clear that the party's demands for a federal structure would be ignored by the Constituent Assembly, on 16 June 1958 the southern MPs left parliament.
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1960 — 1960 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary
The 1960 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary was held on March 8, 1960, in New Hampshire as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1960 United States presidential election.
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1960 — 1960 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary
The 1960 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary was held on March 8, 1960, in New Hampshire as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1960 United States presidential election. Incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon ran virtually unopposed, and thus won the Granite State in a landslide.
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1979 — Hong Kong municipal election, 1979
The 1979 Urban Council Election was held on 8 March 1979 for the 6 of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.
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1983 — Hong Kong municipal election, 1983
The 1983 Urban Council Election was held on 8 March 1983 for the elected seats of the Urban Council. It marked the centenary of the establishment of the Urban Council and the largely reformed electoral methods with the creation of the district-based constituencies and massive expansion of the electorate.
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1983 — Micronesian parliamentary election, 1983
Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 8 March 1983. All candidates for seats in Congress ran as independents.
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1985 — 1985 Beirut car bombings
On 8 March 1985, a car bomb exploded between 9 and 45 metres from the house of Shia cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon, in a failed assassination attempt by a Lebanese counter-terrorism unit linked to the Central Intelligence Agency. The bombing killed up to 80 people and injured up to 200. Beirut experienced three other deadly car bombs in the following months, this time targeting Christian areas.
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1988 — 1988 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
A presidential primary was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on March 8, 1988, to elect delegates representing Alabama to the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Alabama was allocated sixty-five delegates, fifty-six of which were pledged. Thirty-seven delegates were elected from the seven congressional districts and the remaining nineteen were chosen by the State Democratic Executive Committee to reflect candidates' statewide vote totals.
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1992 — 13th Yokohama Film Festival
The 13th Yokohama Film Festival (第13回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 8 March 1992 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
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1994 — 1994 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election
The 1994 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election took place on March 8, 1994. Incumbent Mayor Jim Naugle, who was first elected in 1991, ran for re-election to a second term. He was challenged by attorney Jim Lewis and landlord Angelo Diamond, which initially scheduled the election for February 8 and a general election, if needed, for March 8.
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1994 — 1994 Antiguan general election
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 8 March 1994. They were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party under the leadership of Lester Bird. Bird had been appointed leader of the ALP before the elections, after his father and predecessor Vere Bird announced his intention to retire. Lester Bird became Prime Minister after elections. Voter turnout was 62.3%.
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2005 — Micronesian parliamentary election, 2005
Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 8 March 2005, alongside a three-part referendum. As no political parties existed, all 23 candidates for the 10 available seats in Congress ran as Independents. In the referendums voters were asked whether they approved of three proposed amendments to the constitution. These would remove the power of the Supreme Court to rule on land and water issues, give the states credit for their acts, and lift the ban on dual citizenship. The proposed amendments required a 75% majority in at least three of the four states.
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2005 — California's 5th congressional district special election, 2005
On March 8, 2005, a special election was held in the California's 5th congressional district to choose a U.S. Representative to replace Bob Matsui, who had died of pneumonia shortly after being re-elected in the 2004 elections. Matsui's wife, Doris, was quickly able to win support from the Democratic Party officials, and ended up winning over two-thirds of the vote in the special primary election, meaning a run-off would not be needed.
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2008 — Sabah state election, 2008
The 2008 Sabah state election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008, simultaneously with the 12th general election of Malaysia. 60 state assembly seats were contested. The election was won by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition with a similar amount of seats won as in the previous election, where they won 59 seats. One seat was won by Democratic Action Party (DAP). In the previous election, BN won 59 seats, while one seat was won by an independent candidate. Other parties contesting in this election are Democratic Action Party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat, BERSEKUTU, Pasok, Setia, and 47 independent candidates.
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2008 — Malaysian general election, 2008
A general election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008 for members of the 12th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 505 state constituencies in 12 out of 13 states (excluding Sarawak) on the same day. The 12th Parliament was dissolved on 13 February 2008, and the following day, the Election Commission announced nominations would be held on 24 February, with general polling set for 8 March.
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2008 — Maltese general election, 2008
The Maltese general election for the renewal of the Maltese House of Representatives was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008. The governing Nationalist Party won a narrow victory over the Malta Labour Party.
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2008 — 2008 Guam Republican presidential caucuses
The 2008 Guam Republican presidential caucuses, also called the Guam state convention, took place on March 8, 2008. The approximately 500 people who attended the convention chose six delegates to represent Guam at the 2008 Republican National Convention. John McCain won all six of the delegates. Guam also sent three unpledged party delegates to the party convention, for a total delegation of nine.
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2009 — North Korean parliamentary election, 2009
Parliamentary elections in North Korea, creating the 12th Supreme People's Assembly, were held on 8 March 2009. They were originally scheduled to be held in August 2008 but were postponed for unknown reasons. Observers of North Korea speculated that it was in relation to Kim Jong-il's ill health. All candidates standing in the elections in North Korea were members of one of the parties comprising the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland. A single candidate, approved by the North-Korean leadership, ran in each of the 687 districts, thereby guaranteeing a full victory by the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, regardless of voter turnout.
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2010 — 2010 Tilwa attack
On March 8, 2010, jihadists from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) attacked Nigerien forces at their base in Tilwa, Tillabéri Region, Niger.
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2011 — Micronesian parliamentary election, 2011
Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 8 March 2011, alongside a three-part referendum. As there were no political parties, all 34 candidates ran as independents. For the first time in the country's history, two women ran for election, both in Chuuk State. However, neither was elected. The three referendum questions were held on extending the congressional term length to four years for all members (at the time, 10 of the 14 members were only elected for two-year terms), allowing the holding of dual citizenship, and whether a Constitutional Convention should be elected to revise the constitution.
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2014 — UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa (also known as UFC Fight Night 37) was a mixed martial arts event held on March 8, 2014 at The O2 Arena in London, England. The event was shown live in the UK on Channel 5 and BT Sport and in the USA on UFC Fight Pass.
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2016 — 2016 Mississippi Republican presidential primary
The 2016 Mississippi Republican presidential primary took place in Mississippi on March 8, 2016, ahead of the presidential election that November. The Democrats held their Mississippi primary on the same day. Mississippi's 40 Republican delegates were contested. Donald Trump won the primary, receiving 47.24% of the vote, while Ted Cruz came in second, with 36.12% of the vote. Trump received 25 of the state's delegates, while Cruz received the remaining 15.
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2017 — 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election
A Legislative Assembly election was held in Manipur on 4 March and 8 March 2017 to elect the 60 members of the Manipur Legislative Assembly. before the expiration of the term of the previous Assembly on 18 March 2017. The election was fought mainly on the issues of "territorial integrity of Manipur" and the Naga peace accord. The incumbent Indian National Congress lost majority.
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2018 — Aurat March
The Aurat March (Urdu: عورت مارچ, lit. 'Women's March') is a non-violent annual socio-political demonstration in Pakistani cities such as Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar to observe International Women's Day on 8 March. The first Aurat Marches were begun by women's collectives in parallel with the Pakistani #MeToo movement on International Women's Day. The first march was held on 8 March 2018 in Karachi. Marches were organized in 2019 in Lahore and Karachi by Hum Auratein (We the Women, a women's collective) and elsewhere in the country, including Islamabad, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Peshawar, Mardan, and Faisalabad, by Women Democratic Front (WDF), Women's Action Forum (WAF), and other groups.
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2020 — Elimination Chamber (2020)
The 2020 Elimination Chamber (known as No Escape in Germany) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 10th Elimination Chamber event and took place on March 8, 2020, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was the second Elimination Chamber to not take place in February, after the 2015 event.
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2024 — TNA Sacrifice (2024)
The 2024 Sacrifice was a professional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The event took place on March 8, 2024, at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and aired on TNA+. It was the 15th event under the Sacrifice chronology, and the first Sacrifice event promoted under the TNA name since the 2016 event.
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2025 — UFC 313
UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 8, 2025, at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.
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2026 — 2026 Baden-Württemberg state election
The 2026 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 8 March 2026. The outgoing government was a coalition of Alliance 90/The Greens supported by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann (Greens), who retired at this election. Defying most polls leading up to the election, the Greens remained the largest party with 30.2% of the vote, only a small decline from the previous election.
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