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Old 03-08-2005, 06:20 AM
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March 8th

1714 ~ Birthday of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, Composer, not to be confused with his father Johann Sebastian Bach.

1862 ~ American Civil War: The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.

1869 ~ Birthday of Hector Berlioz, Composer.

1917 ~ The first stage of the Russian Revolution, February Revolution breaks out in Russia.

1942 ~ Death of José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player.

1942 ~ World War II: Japan captured Rangoon, Burma.

1948 ~ The United States Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution.

1950 ~ The Soviet Union claimed to have an atomic bomb.

1983 ~ President Reagan called the Soviet Union an evil empire.

1999 ~ Oklahoma City bombing: The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh.
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