On this day …
March 8, 2017
- In 1817, the New York Stock Exchange was founded.
- In 1910, Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive an aviator’s license.
- In 1921, Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier was assassinated as he exited parliament.
- In 1936, Daytona Beach and Road Course held its first oval stock car race.
- In 1957, Egypt re-opened the Suez Canal.
- In 1971, Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali in a 15-round unanimous decision in “The Fight of the Century.”
- In 1979, Philips Corporation demonstrated compact disc technology in public for the first time.
- In 1983, President Ronald Reagan labeled the Soviet Union an “evil empire” in a speech to evangelicals.
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