March 8th (1957) was a Friday. It's the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 298 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 8th March, 1957
» Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
» The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the United States Congress known as U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
» Ghana joins the United Nations.
Famous Birthdays on March 8 in 1957
» Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (Iron Maiden, Samson (band) known as Samson, and Trust (band) or Trust) (d. 2013)
» John Butcher (baseball) known as John Butcher, American baseball player
» William Edward Childs, American pianist and composer
» Cynthia Rothrock, American actress and martial artist
» Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
March 8th Famous Deaths for 1957
» Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)
March 8th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» John of God
» Philemon the actor
» Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, Edward King (bishop of Lincoln) named Edward King, Felix of Burgundy (Church of England)
» Earliest day on which Canberra Day can fall, while March 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Monday in March (Australian Capital Territory)
» Earliest day on which Commonwealth Day can fall, while March 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Monday in March (Commonwealth of Nations)
» Earliest day on which Passion Sunday can fall, while April 17 is the latest; observed on the fifth Sunday of Lent (Christianity)