March 8 in History: Significant Events and Milestones

March 8 in History: Significant Events and Milestones

Today is March 8, 2026, marking the 67th day of the year with 298 days remaining. Daylight saving time will begin at 2 a.m. local time. On this day in history, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared in 2014, sparking a massive search effort. The mystery of the aircraft's vanishing remains unsolved. In 1817, the New York Stock & Exchange Board, a precursor to the New York Stock Exchange, was established with rules for trading stocks and bonds. Protests against food rationing erupted in Petrograd in 1917, leading to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. The Supreme Court ruled against religious education classes in public schools in 1948. U.S. combat troops landed in South Vietnam in 1965, and Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali in a historic boxing match in 1971. President Ronald Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an "evil empire" in 1983. Tragedy struck in 1988 when two Army helicopters collided during a training mission, resulting in 17 deaths. President George W. Bush vetoed a bill banning coercive interrogation methods in 2008. In 2023, the U.S. Justice Department found constitutional rights violations and discrimination by police in Louisville, Kentucky, following the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.