9 March 2008
1817 - The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8
1936 - Daytona Beach Road Course holds their first oval stock car race.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788)
Howard Hathaway Aiken (March 8, 1900 – March 14, 1973) was a pioneer in computing,
Pepe Romero (born March 8, 1944 in Málaga, Spain)