March 8th (1961) was a Wednesday. 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.
Famous Birthdays on March 8 in 1961
» Camryn Manheim, American actress
» Larry Murphy (ice hockey) or Larry Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player and journalist
» Mark Salas, American baseball player
March 8th Famous Deaths for 1961
» Thomas Beecham, English conductor (b. 1879)
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)