History of 8 March
- 1999 – The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Timothy McVeigh for the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995.
- 1999 – The White House, under President Bill Clinton, directed the firing of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee from his job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The firing was a result of alleged security violations.
- 2001 – The U.S. House of Representatives voted for an across-the-board tax cut of nearly $1 trillion over the next decade.
- 2005 – In northern Chechnya, Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov was killed during a raid by Russian forces.
- 2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
- 2017 – The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapsed in stormy weather.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Michael Beauchamp, Australian footballer
- 1981 – Timothy Jordan II, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2005)
- 1981 – Joost Posthuma, Dutch cyclist
- 1982 – Nicolas Armindo, French racing driver
- 1982 – Leonidas Kampantais, Greek footballer
- 1982 – Isak Strand, Norwegian drummer, composer, and producer
- 1983 – André Santos, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 – Mark Worrell, American baseball player
- 1984 – Rafik Djebbour, Algerian footballer
- 1984 – Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer
- 1984 – Sasha Vujačić, Slovenian basketball player
- 1987 – Jonathan Wright, Australian rugby league player
- 1988 – Benny Blanco, American rapper and producer
- 1990 – Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer
- 1990 – Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player
- 1990 – Nico Salva, Filipino basketball player
- 1990 – Ben Tozer, English footballer
- 1991 – Miriam Bryant, Swedish-Finnish singer-songwriter
- 1991 – Tom English, Australian rugby player
- 1992 – Uki Satake, Japanese singer, actress, and radio host
- 1994 – Pablo Dyego, Brazilian footballer
- 1994 – Dylan Tombides, Australian footballer (d. 2014)
- 1996 – Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer
- 1998 – Tali Darsigny, Canadian weightlifter