8 March is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 298 days remaining until the end of the year. On this day was born in the year: 1286 – John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) 1293 – Beatrice of Castile (d. 1359) 1495 – John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (d. 1550) 1514 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) 1566 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) 1714 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer (d. 1788) 1726 – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral (d. 1799) 1746 – André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (d. 1802) 1748 – William V, Prince of Orange (d. 1806) 1804 – Alvan Clark, American astronomer (d. 1887) 1814 – Ede Szigligeti, Hungarian playwright (d. 1878) 1822 – Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp (d. 1882) 1856 – Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929) 1879 – Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) 1886 – Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972) 1900 – Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I (d. 1973) 1904 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek classical composer (d. 1949) 1907 – Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek politician, 3rd President of Greece (d. 1998) 1908 – Lucio and Simplicio Godina, Filipino conjoined twins (d. 1936) 1911 – Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American composer (d. 2000) 1927 – Dick Hyman, American pianist and composer 1929 – Hebe Camargo, Brazilian actress and singer (d. 2012) 1935 – George Coleman, American saxophonist, bandleader and composer 1936 – Sue Ane Langdon, American actress and singer 1936 – Gábor Szabó, Hungarian-American guitarist (d. 1982) 1937 – Richard Fariña, American singer and author (d. 1966) 1937 – Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (d. 1994) 1939 – Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor (d. 2011) 1941 – Norman Stone, British academic, historian and writer 1942 – Palito Ortega, Argentinian singer, actor, and politician 1944 – Sergey Nikitin, Russian singer-songwriter 1944 – Pepe Romero, Spanish guitarist (The Romeros) 1945 – Bruce Broughton, American composer 1945 – Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (The Monkees) 1946 – Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Eagles and Poco) 1947 – Mike Allsup, American musician (Three Dog Night) 1947 – Carole Bayer Sager, American singer-songwriter and painter 1947 – Vladimír Mišík, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Matadors, Blue Effect, Flamengo, and Etc...) 1948 – Peggy March, American singer 1948 – Jonathan Sacks, English rabbi 1949 – Antonello Venditti, Italian singer-songwriter 1951 – Phil Edmonds, North Rhodesia-born English cricketer 1954 – Cheryl Baker, English singer (Bucks Fizz and Co-Co) 1954 – Bob Brozman, American guitarist (R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders) (d. 2013) 1957 – Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (Iron Maiden, Samson, and Trust) (d. 2013) 1957 – William Edward Childs, American pianist and composer 1958 – Gary Numan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tubeway Army) 1968 – Rob Dukes, American singer-songwriter (Exodus) 1968 – Shawn Mullins, American singer-songwriter 1972 – Angie Hart, Australian singer (Frente! and Splendid) 1973 – Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gathering) 1975 – Peggy Zina, Greek singer 1976 – Gaz Coombes, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Supergrass, The Jennifers, and The Hotrats) 1979 – Tom Chaplin, English singer-songwriter (Keane) 1979 – Apathy, American rapper and producer (Army of the Pharaohs and Get Busy Committee) 1979 – Andy Ross, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (OK Go) 1980 – Charli Robinson, Australian actress and singer (Hi-5) 1981 – Timothy Jordan II, American guitarist and songwriter (Jonezetta) (d. 2005) 1985 – Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and singer 1988 – Elly Jackson, English singer-songwriter, La Roux 1990 – Kristinia DeBarge, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1991 – Devon Werkheiser, American actor and singer 1997 – Jurina Matsui, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and SKE48)
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