26341 | March 8 | Death | 2012 – Minoru Mori, Japanese businessman, founded the Mori Art Museum (b. 1934) |
26342 | March 8 | Death | 2012 – Steven Rubenstein, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1962) |
26343 | March 8 | Death | 2013 – Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricketer and manager (b. 1939) |
26344 | March 8 | Death | 2013 – John O'Connell, Irish journalist and politician (b. 1927) |
26345 | March 8 | Death | 2013 – George Saimes, American football player (b. 1941) |
26346 | March 8 | Death | 2013 – Raymond Telles, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Costa Rica (b. 1915) |
26347 | March 8 | Death | 2013 – Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, German soldier and publisher (b. 1922) |
26348 | March 8 | Death | 2014 – Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American holocaust survivor and author (b. 1921) |
26349 | March 8 | Death | 2014 – James Ellis, Irish-English actor (b. 1931) |
26350 | March 8 | Death | 2014 – Buren Fowler, American guitarist (Drivin N Cryin) (b. 1959) |
26351 | March 8 | Death | 2014 – William Guarnere, American sergeant (b. 1923) |
26352 | March 8 | Death | 2014 – Wendy Hughes Australian actress and producer (b. 1952) |
26353 | March 8 | Death | 2014 – Larry Scott, American bodybuilder (b. 1938) |
26354 | March 8 | Death | 2015 – Inezita Barroso, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1925) |
26355 | March 8 | Death | 2015 – Pavlo Khudzik, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1985) |
26356 | March 8 | Death | 2015 – Tjol Lategan, South African rugby player (b. 1925) |
26357 | March 8 | Death | 2015 – Sam Simon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955) |
26358 | March 8 | Death | 2015 – Lew Soloff, American trumpet player, composer, and actor (Blood, Sweat & Tears and Mingus Big Band) (b. 1944) |
26359 | March 8 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:John of GodPhilemon the actorGeoffrey Studdert Kennedy, Edward King, Felix of Burgundy (Church of England) |
26360 | March 8 | Holiday and observance | Earliest day on which Canberra Day can fall, while March 14 is the latest celebrated on the second Monday in March (Australian Capital Territory) |
26361 | March 8 | Holiday and observance | Earliest day on which Commonwealth Day can fall, while March 14 is the latest celebrated on the second Monday in March (Commonwealth of Nations) |
26362 | March 8 | Holiday and observance | Earliest day on which Passion Sunday can fall, while April 17 is the latest observed on the fifth Sunday of Lent (Christianity) |
26363 | March 8 | Holiday and observance | International Women's Day or Mother's Day (primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc) |
26364 | March 9 | Event | 141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. |
26365 | March 9 | Event | 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. |
26366 | March 9 | Event | 1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. |
26367 | March 9 | Event | 1230 – Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa. |
26368 | March 9 | Event | 1276 – Augsburg becomes a Free imperial city. |
26369 | March 9 | Event | 1500 – The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas. |
26370 | March 9 | Event | 1566 – David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland. |