March 8:


1855 - 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls


1945 - International Women's Day is 1st observed


1962 - Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC)


1973 - Paul & Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis


1983 - IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0


2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history


2016 – George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1926) - DIED..... (The Beatles)