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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_8" title="March 8">March 8</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day" title="International Women's Day">International Women's Day</a></b>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurat_March" title="Aurat March">Aurat March</a></b> in Pakistan
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1576" title="1576">1576</a> – A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain" title="Philip II of Spain">Philip II</a> containing the first mention of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization" title="Maya civilization">Maya</a> ruins of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop%C3%A1n" title="Copán">Copán</a></b> in present-day Honduras.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910" title="1910">1910</a> – French aviator <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymonde_de_Laroche" title="Raymonde de Laroche">Raymonde de Laroche</a></b> became the first woman to receive a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_licensing_and_certification" title="Pilot licensing and certification">pilot's licence</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%27ath_Party" title="Ba'ath Party">Ba'ath Party</a> came to power in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Syrian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1963 Syrian coup d'état">a coup d'état</a></b> by a clique of quasi-leftist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Army" title="Syrian Army">Syrian Army</a> officers calling themselves the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_for_the_Revolutionary_Command" title="National Council for the Revolutionary Command">National Council for the Revolutionary Command</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966" title="1966">1966</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%27s_Pillar" title="Nelson's Pillar">Nelson's Pillar</a></b>, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson" title="Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson">Lord Nelson</a> in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a> – Images taken by, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Jupiter" title="Moons of Jupiter">moon of Jupiter</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adela_of_Normandy" title="Adela of Normandy">Adela of Normandy</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1137); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Nunn" title="Louie Nunn">Louie Nunn</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1924); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons_Rebane" title="Alfons Rebane">Alfons Rebane</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1976); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haseeb_Ahsan" title="Haseeb Ahsan">Haseeb Ahsan</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2013)</p>
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