March 8th

March 8 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 288 days remaining until the end of time.

1817 The New York Stock Exchange is founded only to founder several times in the intervening years

1894 New York passes 1st state dog license law

1911 International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. Don’t hate; homely girls need love, too!

1930 Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India

1972 1st flight of the Goodyear blimp.  Here is the New Jersey blimp, Chris Christie.

1986 Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million

1920 Alan Hale, Jr., US actor/The Skipper-Gilligan's main squeeze.  Trivia answer:  Jonas Grumby

1945 Micky Dolenz, US actor (Circus Boy)/musician (The Monkees)

1959 Aidan Quinn, US actor

1961 Camryn Manheim, bisexual US actress/The Practice

1969 Jens Peter Nünemann, German actor

1970 Jed Rees, Canadian actor

1973 Boris Kodjoe, Austrian-born German actor/model/Soul Food

1977 James Van Der Beek, US actor/Dawson, DILF

1984 Dave Moffatt, gay Canadian singer/fraternal triplet (The Moffatts)

1984 Clint, & Bob Moffatt, Canadian singers/brothers of Dave

1986 Bogdan Leonte, French rugger / Dieux du Stade model

1951 Honeymoon Killers fry

1971 Harold Lloyd, U.S. comic/actor (Why Worry), lets go of time

1999 Joe DiMaggio, US athlete, gets a jolt

2001 Edward Winter, US actor, flags

2003 Adam Faith [Terence Nelhams-Wright], English singer/actor/financial wizard (McVicar, Foxes), finds that the time has come

2007 [Frederick] John Inman, gay English actor, gets served