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March 8th, 2004	Event	A new constitution is signed by Iraq s Governing Council.
March 8th, 1999	Event	The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing.
March 8th, 1991	Event	The first U.S. troops arrive home from the Gulf War; Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and two American soldiers it had captured.
March 8th, 1985	Event	A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in a car-bombing in Beirut kills 85 people and injures 175.
March 8th, 1983	Event	President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire."
March 8th, 1983	Event	The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses a nuclear weapons freeze with the Soviet Union, a move denounced by President Ronald Reagan.
March 8th, 1980	Event	The first festival of rock music kicks off in the Soviet Union.
March 8th, 1979	Event	The first extraterrestrial volcano is discovered on Io, a satellite of the planet Jupiter.
March 8th, 1974	Event	Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
March 8th, 1971	Event	Joe Frazier becomes the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion by winning a unanimous 15-round decision over Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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