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2020

Italy announces that it is placing the 16 million people living in Lombardy, including Milan, under lockdown due to COVID-19. The number of cases rises to 5,800, with 233 deaths.

2018

The Asia-Pacific trade agreement is signed in Santiago, Chile, by 11 countries, including Canada.

2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 mysteriously disappears from radar screens. The most expensive search and rescue operation in history begins. 239 people lost their lives.

1972

The Goodyear blimp makes its maiden flight.

1971

Boxer Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali by decision and wins the heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York. Both boxers received a purse of $2.5 million.

1936

The first stock car race takes place in Daytona Beach, Florida.

1934

Edwin Hubble’s photograph shows as many galaxies as there are stars in the Milky Way. A few decades later, a famous space telescope would be named after him.

1911

International Women’s Day is established in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin.

1817

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is founded.

It happened on… March 8

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