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March 8th

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International Women's Day

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614 Notable birthdays

Sasha Waltz

German choreographer and dancer.

Born March 8th, 1963 (age 63 years) in Karlsruhe.

Jahmir Hyka

Albanian association football player.

Born March 8th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Tirana.

Franco Alfano

Italian composer and pianist (1875-1954).

Born March 8th, 1876 in Naples, Posillipo.

Died October 27th, 1954 at 78 years old in Sanremo.

Mouloud Feraoun

Algerian writer and martyr of the algerian revolution.

Born March 8th, 1913 in Kabylie. [ref]

Died March 15th, 1962 at 49 years old in Algiers. [ref]

Nikos Skalkottas

Greek composer and violinist (1904–1949).

Born March 8th, 1904. [ref]

Died September 20th, 1949 at 45 years old in Athens (strangulated hernia). [ref]

JC Gonzalez

Colombian actor, songwriter, singer, dancer.

Born March 8th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Bogotá.

Dever Orgill

Jamaican association football player.

Born March 8th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Port Antonio.

Juan Carlos GarcĂ­a

Honduran footballer (1988-2018).

Born March 8th, 1988 in Tela.

Died January 8th, 2018 at 29 years old in Tegucigalpa (leukemia). [ref]

George Magoffin Humphrey

American politician (1890-1970).

Born March 8th, 1890 in Cheboygan County, Cheboygan.

Died January 20th, 1970 at 79 years old in Cleveland.

Huang Fu

Chinese politician (1883-1936).

Born March 8th, 1883 in Shangyu District.

Died December 6th, 1936 at 53 years old in Shanghai (lung cancer).

George Batchelor

Australian applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist (1920–2000).

Born March 8th, 1920 in Melbourne.

Died March 30th, 2000 at 80 years old in Cambridge.

Aleksandër Meksi

Albanian politician.

Born March 8th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Tirana.

Bob Loughman

Vanuatuan politician.

Born March 8th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Tanna.

Kendall Ellis

American sprinter.

Born March 8th, 1996 (age 30 years) in Pembroke Pines.

Aslı Erdoğan

Turkish author and human rights activist.

Born March 8th, 1967 (age 59 years) in Istanbul.

Rui Machida

Japanese basketball player (1993-).

Born March 8th, 1993 (age 33 years) in Asahikawa. [ref]

Tapio Rautavaara

Finnish athletics competitor, recording artist; singer and film actor.

Born March 8th, 1915 in Pirkkala.

Died September 25th, 1979 at 64 years old in Oulunkylä (cerebral hemorrhage).

Damian Boeselager

German business consultant and politician.

Born March 8th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Frankfurt. [ref]

Laura Unsworth

British field hockey player.

Born March 8th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Sutton Coldfield.

Matthew Butler

Confederate army general (1836-1909).

Born March 8th, 1836 in Greenville.

Died April 14th, 1909 at 73 years old in Columbia.

Chris Clark

American ice hockey player.

Born March 8th, 1976 (age 50 years) in South Windsor.

Patrick O'Connell

Irish association footballer (1887-1959).

Born March 8th, 1887 in Dublin.

Died February 27th, 1959 at 71 years old in London.

Aggelos Anastasiadis

Greek football manager and player.

Born March 8th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Thessaloniki. [ref]

Chris Philipps

Luxembourgish footballer.

Born March 8th, 1994 (age 32 years) in Wiltz. [ref]

Colin Campbell Cooper

American artist (1856-1937).

Born March 8th, 1856 in Philadelphia.

Died November 6th, 1937 at 81 years old in Santa Barbara.

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