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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/1702" title="1702">1702</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain" title="Anne, Queen of Great Britain">Anne</a></b> became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding her brother-in-law <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England" title="William III of England">William III</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1736" title="1736">1736</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Shah" title="Nader Shah">Nader Shah</a></b>, the founder of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsharid_dynasty" title="Afsharid dynasty">Afsharid dynasty</a>, was crowned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Persia" title="List of monarchs of Persia">Shah of Iran</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919" title="1919">1919</a> – During the <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Revolution_of_1919" title="Egyptian Revolution of 1919">Egyptian Revolution</a></b>, British authorities arrested rebel leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saad_Zaghloul" title="Saad Zaghloul">Saad Zaghloul</a> and exiled him to Malta.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978" title="1978">1978</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC <span class="nowrap">Radio 4</span></a> began broadcasting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a>'s <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(radio_series)" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a></b></i>, a science fiction radio series that was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy">later adapted</a> into novels, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(TV_series)" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)">a television series</a>, and other formats.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>: In <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Empire_speech" title="Evil Empire speech">a speech</a></b> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_of_Evangelicals" title="National Association of Evangelicals">National Association of Evangelicals</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a>, U.S. president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Window" title="Azure Window">Azure Window</a></b>, a limestone natural arch in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozo" title="Gozo">Gozo</a>, Malta, collapsed during a storm.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Goudy" title="Frederic Goudy">Frederic Goudy</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1865); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Shilling" title="Beatrice Shilling">Beatrice Shilling</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1909); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ra%C3%BAl_Capablanca" title="José Raúl Capablanca">José Raúl Capablanca</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1942)</p>
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