March 8
International Women’s Day, since 1945
1908
Thousands of workers in the New York needle trades (primarily women) demonstrated & began a strike for higher wages, a shorter workday and an end to child labor.
1955
World Peace Council launches drive to ban all nuclear weapons.
1965
About 3,500 U. S. Marines became the first U.S. combat troops to enter Vietnam near the coastal city of Da Nang. First ashore was the Battalion Landing Team 3/9, which arrived on the beach at 8:15 a.m.
1965
The Anti Apartheid movement held a mass lobby of the House of Commons in London to push for a firm stand against the government of South Africa.
1983
40,000 rally against war in Lebanon, organized by Peace Now, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 