Today in History for 8th March 2025
Historical Events
1865 – Battle of Kingston, North Carolina (Wilcox’s ridge, Wise’s Forks)
1904 – Australian cricket spin bowler Hugh Trumble dismisses England batsmen Bernard Bosanquet, Plum Warner and Dick Lilley for his second Test hat-trick in 5th Test victory in Melbourne; Trumble’s final Test
1936 – The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1942 – Japanese forces capture Rangoon, Burma
1953 – Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years in US
1987 – Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60m indoor
Famous Birthdays
1783 – Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, German Protestant clergyman, composer, music theorist, and poet, born in Sulza, Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1846)
1945 – Bruce Broughton, American Emmy Award-winning television and film score composer (Hawaii Five-0; Dallas), born in Los Angeles, California
1954 – Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper (Olympic gold 1976)
1974 – Toran James, linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1979 – Tom Chaplin, British rock singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (Keane), born in Hastings, East Sussex, England
1991 – Devon Werkheiser, American actor
Famous Deaths
1757 – Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar, dies at 55
1901 – Peter Benoit, Flemish composer (De Leie; Rubens Cantata: Requiem), and conductor, dies at 66
1973 – Gordon Leggat, New Zealand cricket batsman (9 Tests, 2 x 50; Canterbury), dies at 46
2008 – Carol Barnes, British television news journalist (ITN; ITV), dies a few days after suffering a stroke at 63
2020 – Max Von Sydow, Swedish actor (Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Game of Thrones), dies at 90
2021 – Julien-François Zbinden, Swiss jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Monophrases), dies at 103
