What happened on 8 March?

11 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1917 Russian Revolution The February Revolution topples the Tsar and the Bolsheviks seize power in October (both Julian-calendar names); the period shown runs through the Civil War to the founding of the
2. 1965 Vietnam War (American phase) The US escalates from 1965; American combat forces withdraw in 1973 after the Paris Peace Accords, and the war ends with the fall of Saigon in 1975. Deeply shapes American politics
3. 1917 Russian February Revolution (ww1 perspective) Tsar Nicholas II abdicates; the Provisional Government fights on as the army disintegrates.
4. 1702 Reign of Anne Reign of Anne (1702-1714) as Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, and from 1707 of Great Britain and Ireland.
5. 2014 Disappearance of MH370 A Malaysia Airlines flight vanishes with 239 aboard, sparking the largest and most baffling search in aviation history.
6. 1965 US ground war begins at Da Nang The first US ground combat units land at Da Nang, marking the Americanization of the war.
7. 1933 Lorca's Blood Wedding A bride runs off with her old lover on her wedding day and the knives come out — the first of Lorca's rural tragedies.
8. 1902 Sibelius's Symphony No. 2 Premiered in Helsinki under Russian rule, its surging finale is heard by Finns as a call to national liberation — the work that makes Sibelius a national hero.
9. 1702 Death of William III His horse stumbles on a molehill at Hampton Court and the king dies of the complications a fortnight later; Jacobites toast 'the little gentleman in the black velvet waistcoat'.
10. 1937 Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier Orwell's report from the coalfields of Lancashire and Yorkshire — back-to-back houses, slag heaps, the dole — followed by a polemic against his fellow socialists.
11. 1971 Fight of the Century Two unbeaten heavyweight champions meet at Madison Square Garden; Joe Frazier floors Ali with a left hook in the 15th and wins on points — Ali's first professional defeat.