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− | '''March 8''' | + | '''March 8''' in history: |
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| + | * 1942: Japanese forces occupied Rangoon (now known as Yangon), Burma, during World War II. |
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| + | * 1917: Riots and strikes over the lack of food in Saint Petersburg (Petrograd) signaled the beginning the first Russian Revolution of 1917. |
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| + | * 1913: The Internal Revenue Service began to collect income taxes after passage of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. |
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| + | * 1782: Colonial militia massacred some 90 Christian Indians, converts of David Zeisberger and other Moravian missionaries, at the settlement of Gnadenhutten, [[Directory:Ohio|Ohio]]. |
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| + | [[Category:March]] [[Category:Days of the Year]] |