Historical timeline for March 8

International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone.

Twenty-eight political institutions in Myanmar establish the National Unity Consultative Council, a historic alliance of ethnic armed organizations and democratically elected leaders, in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) is held on International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then held annually across Pakistan, and the feminist slogan "Mera Jism Meri Marzi" (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence, came into vogue in Pakistan.

The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather.

In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The fate of the flight remains unknown.

Headlined by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, TNA Wrestling moves its flagship program, TNA Impact!, to Monday night. This effort to go "big time live" failed but is notable in the history of professional wrestling television.

A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.

Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-102, carrying the Expedition 2 crew to the International Space Station.

A collision at Indira Gandhi International Airport kills 9 people.

Aeroflot Flight 3379 is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to Veshchevo in the Soviet Union.

A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills 80 and injures 200 others.

Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".

Images taken by Voyager 1 prove the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter.

Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.

Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, is destroyed by a bomb.

Aeroflot Flight 513 crashes during takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport, killing 30 and injuring 9.

Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang.

The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état.

A Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes into Mount Medetsiz in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey, killing all 11 people on board.

The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 "Bus" begins production.