March 8 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for March 8
In the headlines today:

1999	Joe DiMaggio, ex-New York Yankee, restaurateur, and former husband of Marilyn Monroe, dies in Hollywood, Florida, at age 84.
1990	Opening arguments begin in the Iran-Contra trial of John Poindexter, former US national security adviser.
1971	Joe Frazier takes the world heavyweight boxing title from the previously undefeated Muhammad Ali.
1971	Early film star Harold Lloyd dies.
1965	The first ground combat unit of 3,500 US Marines lands in South Vietnam.
1962	The Beatles make their BBC debut, performing on the Teenager's Turn show.
1958	The last US Navy battleship is mothballed (added to its inactive fleet).
1957	Ghana is admitted to the United Nations.
1942	Rangoon, Burma, is captured by the Japanese during WWII.
1930	William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the US, dies in Washington, DC.
1921	Dato, Premier of Spain, is assassinated in Madrid.
1887	Everett Horton patents the telescoping metal fishing rod.
1874	Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the US, dies in Buffalo, NY.
1702	Queen Anne becomes ruler of Britain, following the death of King William III.
1618	Johann Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion