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Crew members aboard the Australian navy ship HMAS Success watch as a helicopter participates in a replenishment at sea with the Malaysian navy ship KD LEKIU in the southern Indian Ocean during the continuing search for a Malaysia Airlines jetliner missing in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 miles off the coast of Perth, Australia. File Photo by David Connolly/Australian Defense Force

March 8 (UPI) -- On this date in history:

In 1817, the New York Stock Exchange was established.

In 1913, the Internal Revenue Service began to levy and collect income taxes in the United States.

In 1914, International Women's Day was observed on March 8 for the first time and would go on to be marked on this day annually. The United Nations began officially celebrating the day in 1977.

In 1917, strikes and riots in St. Petersburg marked the start of the Russian Bolshevik revolution.

Hundreds of women rally for International Women's Day at Grand Park across the street from City Hall in Los Angeles on March 8, 2017. In 1914, International Women's Day was observed on March 8 for the first time and would go on to be marked on this day annually. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Hundreds of women rally for International Women's Day at Grand Park across the street from City Hall in Los Angeles on March 8, 2017. In 1914, International Women's Day was observed on March 8 for the first time and would go on to be marked on this day annually. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

In 1921, after Germany failed to make its first war reparation payment, French troops occupied Dusseldorf and other towns on the Ruhr River in Germany's industrial heartland.

In 1943, Allied planes led by the Royal Air Force bombed the German city of Nuremberg, an important military manufacturing site. By the end of World War II, the vast majority of the city was destroyed by Allied bombings.

On March 8, 1943, Allied planes led by the Royal Air Force bombed the German city of Nuremberg, pictured upon its capture in 1945, an important military manufacturing site. File Photo courtesy the U.S. Department of Defense
On March 8, 1943, Allied planes led by the Royal Air Force bombed the German city of Nuremberg, pictured upon its capture in 1945, an important military manufacturing site. File Photo courtesy the U.S. Department of Defense

In 1957, Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to international traffic after Israel withdrew from occupied Egyptian territory.

File Photo courtesy Imperial War Museum
File Photo courtesy Imperial War Museum
On March 8, 2013, former Argentine President Carlos Saul Menem, pictured in 1999, and ex-Defense Minister Oscar Camilion were convicted of smuggling weapons to Croatia and Ecuador. UPI File Photo
On March 8, 2013, former Argentine President Carlos Saul Menem, pictured in 1999, and ex-Defense Minister Oscar Camilion were convicted of smuggling weapons to Croatia and Ecuador. UPI File Photo

In 1965, nearly 4,000 U.S. Marines landed in South Vietnam.

In 1974, the streaking epidemic that had been gripped parts of the United States appeared to run its logical course.

Queen Elizabeth II and President Ronald Reagan share a toast at the state dinner for the British Monarch at the M.H. De Young Museum late March 3, 1983. On March 8, 1983, Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an "evil empire" in a speech before the British House of Commons. File Photo by Don Rypka/UPI
Queen Elizabeth II and President Ronald Reagan share a toast at the state dinner for the British Monarch at the M.H. De Young Museum late March 3, 1983. On March 8, 1983, Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an "evil empire" in a speech before the British House of Commons. File Photo by Don Rypka/UPI

In 1983, U.S. President Ronald Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an "evil empire" in a speech before the British House of Commons.

In 1990, Colombia's M-19 leftist guerrilla group surrendered its arms, ending 16 years of insurrection.

A herd of bulls run past the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the first day of trading on January 5, 1998, of consumer foods giant Bestfoods, formerly CPC International. On March 8, 1817, the New York Stock Exchange was established. File Photo by Jason Szenes/UPI
A herd of bulls run past the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the first day of trading on January 5, 1998, of consumer foods giant Bestfoods, formerly CPC International. On March 8, 1817, the New York Stock Exchange was established. File Photo by Jason Szenes/UPI

In 1999, baseball great Joe DiMaggio died at age 84.

File Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI
File Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI
People stand in front of a barricade on Liteinyi avenue in St. Petersburg in October of 1917. On March 8, 1917, strikes and riots in St. Petersburg marked the start of the Russian Bolshevik revolution. File Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress
People stand in front of a barricade on Liteinyi avenue in St. Petersburg in October of 1917. On March 8, 1917, strikes and riots in St. Petersburg marked the start of the Russian Bolshevik revolution. File Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress

In 2008, U.S. President George W. Bush vetoed legislation that would have outlawed severe interrogation methods such as waterboarding used by the CIA. Bush said the proposal would eliminate "one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror."

In 2010, up to 500 people were killed in a nighttime "ethnic cleansing" raid on a village near Nigeria's turbulent city of Jos.

In 2013, former Argentine President Carlos Saul Menem and ex-Defense Minister Oscar Camilion were convicted of smuggling weapons to Croatia and Ecuador.

In 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 carrying 239 people vanished over the Indian Ocean en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. A massive search found no sign of the plane and a government statement months later said all aboard -- 227 passengers and 12 crew members -- "are presumed to have lost their lives."

In 2022, David Bennett, a 57-year-old man who became the first to receive a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig, died two months after the historic surgery.