What Happened In March 2008 In History

Historical Events for March, 2008

• 1st » The Police of the Republic of Armenia named Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against Armenian presidential election, 2008 named allegedly fraudulent presidential elections 2008, as a result ten people are killed.
• 6th » A 6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing named suicide bomber kills 68 people (including first responders) in Baghdad on the same day that a gunman Mercaz HaRav massacre named kills eight students in Jerusalem.
• 13th » Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 per ounce for the first time.
• 14th » A series of 2008 Tibetan unrest e.g riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet.
• 19th » GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
• 24th » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its Bhutanese general election, 2008 named first ever general election.

Famous Deaths for March 2008

• 1st » Raúl Reyes, Colombian guerrilla leader (b. 1948)
• 2nd » Jeff Healey, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
• 3rd » Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor (b. 1921)
• 3rd » Norman Smith (record producer) called Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (b. 1923)
• 4th » Tina Lagostena Bassi, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 4th » Robert Bruning, Australian actor and producer (b. 1928)
• 4th » Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created 'Dungeons & Dragons' (b. 1938)
• 4th » Elena Nathanael, Greek actress (b. 1941)
• 4th » Leonard Rosenman, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
• 4th » Semka Sokolović-Bertok, Croatian actress (b. 1935)
• 4th » George Walter, Antiguan politician (b. 1928)
• 5th » Joseph Weizenbaum, German computer scientist and author (b. 1923)
• 6th » Peter Poreku Dery, Ghanaian cardinal (b. 1918)
• 8th » Carol Barnes, English journalist (b. 1944)
• 10th » Richard Biegenwald, American serial killer (b. 1940)
• 10th » Vangelis Kazan, Greek actor (b. 1936)
• 11th » Nils Taube, Estonian-English businessman (b. 1928)
• 12th » Jorge Guinzburg, Argentinian journalist and producer (b. 1949)
• 12th » Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French soldier (b. 1897)
• 14th » Chiara Lubich, Italian activist, co-founded the Focolare Movement (b. 1920)
• 15th » Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1954)
• 15th » Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1951)
• 15th » Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
• 16th » Bill Brown (cricketer) e.g Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (b. 1912)
• 16th » Ola Brunkert, Swedish drummer (b. 1946)
• 16th » Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)
• 16th » Gary Hart (wrestler) known as Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (b. 1942)
• 16th » John Hewer, English actor (b. 1922)
• 16th » G. David Low, American astronaut and engineer (b. 1956)
• 16th » Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer (Bonham (band) known as Bonham) (b. 1968)
• 17th » Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939)
• 18th » Andrew Britton, English-American author (b. 1981)
• 18th » Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (b. 1954)
• 18th » Geoffrey Pearson, Canadian diplomat and author (b. 1927)
• 19th » Raghuvaran, Indian actor (b. 1958)
• 19th » Arthur C. Clarke, English author (b. 1917)
• 19th » Hugo Claus, Belgian author (b. 1929)
• 19th » Paul Scofield, English actor (b. 1922)
• 20th » Eric Ashton, English rugby player and coach (b. 1935)
• 20th » Sobhan Babu, Indian actor (b. 1937)
• 20th » Brian Wilde, English actor (b. 1927)
• 21st » Denis Cosgrove, English-American geographer and academic (b. 1948)
• 21st » Klaus Dinger, German singer-songwriter and producer (Neu!, La Düsseldorf, La! Neu?, and Kraftwerk) (b. 1946)
• 21st » Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente, Chilean architect (b. 1931)
• 22nd » Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (b. 1918)
• 23rd » Vaino Vahing, Estonian psychiatrist, author, and playwright (b. 1940)
• 24th » Chalmers Alford, American guitarist (b. 1955)
• 24th » Neil Aspinall, Welsh-English record producer and manager (b. 1941)
• 24th » Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 24th » Hal Riney, American advertiser, founded Publicis & Hal Riney (b. 1932)
• 24th » Richard Widmark, American actor (b. 1914)
• 25th » Ben Carnevale, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
• 25th » Thierry Gilardi, French sportscaster (b. 1958)
• 25th » Abby Mann, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)
• 25th » Herb Peterson, American fast food executive and food scientist (b. 1919)
• 26th » Heath Benedict, Dutch-American football player (b. 1983)
• 26th » Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)
• 26th » Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
• 26th » Wally Phillips, American radio host (b. 1925)
• 27th » Jean-Marie Balestre, French businessman (b. 1921)
• 27th » George Pruteanu, Romanian educator and politician (b. 1947)
• 30th » David Leslie (racing driver) named David Leslie, Scottish race car driver (b. 1953)
• 30th » Richard Lloyd (racing driver) e.g Richard Lloyd, English race car driver (b. 1945)
• 30th » Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer (b. 1942)
• 31st » Jules Dassin, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1911)
• 31st » Bill Keightley, American equipment manager (b. 1926)

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