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March 8

Born

1841 - Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

1909 - Claire Trevor

1922 - Cyd Charisse (Tula Ellice Finklea) (Female)

1938 - Charlie Pride

1943 - Lynn Redgrave

1945 - Mickey Dolenz

Died

1874 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the U.S. (Presidents)

1887 - Henry Ward Beecher

1930 - William Howard Taft, 27th President of the U.S. (Presidents)

1952 - Arnold Schuster was killed. (Jewish)

1975 - Director George Stevens

1992 - Menachem Begin (Jewish)

1993 - Billy Eckstein (Black)

1998 - Ray Nitschke (Sports)

1999 - Joe Dimaggio (Sports)

2006 - Joseph H. Burchenal (Doctors)

Events

1857 - Female garment & textile workers staged a march & demonstration in N.Y.; commemorated as International (Working) Women's Day. (Female)

1917 - The 1st Russian Revolution began.

1945 - Phyllis Daley became the 1st black nurse sworn in as a U.S. Navy ensign. (Black) (Female)