Today is Friday, 08 de março, sixty-seventh day of the year,
International Women's Day and the day Candido.
Missing 298 days to the end of 2019.
Pisces is the sign of those born on this date.
Main events registered on this day
On this date, em 1500, let go of the Tagus the fleet of Pedro Alvares Cabral, for Brazil. Em 1550, died St John of God, Portuguese born in Montemor-o-Novo, remaining in the History of Medicine and Assistance for having humanized methods of treatment of the mentally ill.
Em 1857, New Yorkers workers of the textile industry were on strike for equal wages and the reduction of the working day to ten hours. Are closed at the factory where, entretanto, He had declared a fire, e cerca de 130 women die burned. Em 1910, an international women's conference held in Denmark, it was decided, in homage to those women, celebrate the 8 March as “International Women's Day".
Em 1917, riots and strikes broke out in St. Petersburg. Em 1950, the Marshal Voroshilov announced that the Soviet Union had the atomic bomb.
In South Africa, em 1986, President Pieter Botha lifted the state of emergency introduced in July 1985 em 36 dos 265 the country districts. Em 1988, die, com 60 anos, the surgeon Francisco Gentil Martins, President of the Portuguese League Against Cancer and director of the Portuguese Institute of Oncology. Em 1991, US officials and Iraq signed a memorandum of ceasefire.
Em 1992, a team of British researchers isolated her, pela primeira vez, one of the genes related to asthma. Em Washington, scientists at the National Cancer Institute discovered the bacteria that can hinder the development of Kaposi's sarcoma. Em 1994, mais de 60 people died in a train crash near the South African city of Durban.
Em 1999, die, com 76 anos, the Portuguese filmmaker António Campos, director of "Jaime" and "Vilarinho das Furnas". Em 2001, four bodies of victims of the collapse of the bridge at Entre-os-Rios appeared on the coast of Finisterre, in Galicia, a 250 Km from the disaster site, occurred four days before.
Em 2003, Francisco Fadul, former Prime Minister Guinea, returning to the country, a view to the holding of parliamentary elections. On the same day, Malta said “sim” EU accession, in a referendum.
Em 2004, PSD-CDS Government / PP proposed the realization of a social contract that crawl the growth of real wages to productivity gains and establish wage negotiations every two years, on the average inflation in the euro zone.
Em 2005, Aslan Maskhadov, 52 anos, Chechen rebel leader, He was killed by the forces of Moscow. And the Syrian army in Lebanon began the withdrawal to the Bekaa Valley.
IN 2006, He was presented the Citizen Card and approved the proposal of the National Program for Spatial Planning Policy. It is going to be mandatory census of all poultry, em Portugal, in the context of bird flu control policy. On the same day, pela primeira vez, a woman, Lieutenant Gisela Antunes, took command of a ship of the Portuguese Navy.
Em 2007, the new abortion law was approved by PS, CFP, BE, green and 21 PSD deputies. D. António Carrilho was appointed bishop of Funchal, Replacement of D. Teodoro de Faria. Portugal and Spain signed several bilateral agreements to implement the Iberian electricity market – Mibel, and began the spring summit of the leaders of 27 to adopt measures to combat climate change and lay the foundations of a European energy policy.
Em 2009, die, aos 82 anos, Adriano Afonso, Judge Judge, former president of the general meetings of the Portuguese Professional Football League and Benfica.
Em 2012, die, aos 90 anos, Simin Daneshvar, one of the names of Persian literature. A writer, Iranian academic translator and was the first woman to be published in the country, em 1948. The work in question, Savushun, is the best-selling book ever in Iran.
Em 2013, die, aos 82 anos, John Rocha, former president of Sporting.
Em 2015, die, aos 59 anos, Sam Simon, one of the creators of the American series "The Simpsons" and also wrote episodes for "Taxi" and "Cheers". Die, com 92 anos, Barbara Virginia, stage name of Maria de Lourdes Days Costa. She was an actress and radio announcer and the first Portuguese film director and first woman to present a film at Cannes, em 1946.
