March 8, 2023

March 8, 2023, was a Wednesday. It was 1 years, 8 months, and 15 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Pisces.

What happened?

What happened on March 8, 2023?

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is hospitalized following a fall.

Music charts

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on March 8, 2023:

United States: "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus
United Kingdom: "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus

Top movie at the box office

The movie "Creed III" was at the top of the box office on March 8, 2023.

Facts

This date was 626 days ago. Approximately 21 months have passed. It was the 67th day of 2023, in week 10. The decade was the 2020s. A baby that was born on this day is now one year old. The Earth has experienced 7 seasons of weather since then.

Take me back to March 8, 2023

Let's take a stroll down memory lane.

It is Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Anyone born today will have the star sign Pisces. It is "Hump Day", so many are beginning to think about the weekend ahead.

Spring is creeping in, and the evenings are starting to get brighter. The song "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus is at the top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom. Joe Biden is the President of the United States, and the movie Creed III is at the top of the box office.

Rishi Sunak is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Lance Reddick, Jerry Springer, Tina Turner, and Sinéad O'Connor would all still be alive. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "Big Little Lies", "Ex on the Beach", "Euphoria", and "House of the Dragon".

Meanwhile, gamers are playing titles such as "The Quarry", "The Last of Us Part I (Remake)", "A Plague Tale: Requiem", and "Dead Space (Remake)". Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Bubble Guppies", "Bunk'd", "The Loud House", and "The Tiny Chef Show". Popular toys at the moment include the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Personality summary image

Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on March 8, 2023, will have the star sign Pisces.
Zodiac Element: Water.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2023 was the year of the Rabbit (Yin Fire).
The Life Path Number for this date is 9.
Native American Zodiac: March 8, 2023 falls under the Wolf.
Birthstone: A person during the month of March will have the birthstone Aquamarine.
Birth flower (March): The Daffodil and the Jonqui.

Personality traits

Check out our personality summary for people who were born on March 8, 2023.

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What happened around this time?

Notable events that happened close to March 8, 2023.

February 6, 2023:
• 47,000 people are killed after two earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria.
• Soccer: The Premier League charges Manchester City with more than 100 breaches of financial rules.
• Ohio train derailment: All residents within a 1-by-2-mile radius are forced to evacuate.
• Morgan Wallen releases the song "Last Night".
February 7, 2023:
• LeBron James breaks the NBA all-time scoring record.
• The first "Skibidi Toilet" video is released on YouTube.
February 9, 2023: Shares in Alphabet fall after Google's new AI chatbot Bard gets an answer wrong.
February 10, 2023:
• The video game "Hogwarts Legacy" is released.
• The United States shoots down a car-sized UFO flying above Alaska.
• British singer Mae Stephens releases her song "If We Ever Broke Up".
February 11, 2023:
• NORAD shoots down an unidentified flying object that violated Canadian airspace.
• Sam Smith raises eyebrows after he attends the 2023 Brit Awards in an inflated latex outfit.
• Brianna Ghey (16) is murdered in Cheshire, England.
February 12, 2023:
• Super Bowl LVII: The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, and Rihanna performs at the halftime show.
• Rihanna reveals that she is pregnant again.
• De La Soul co-founder, Trugoy the Dove (David Jude Jolicoeur), dies at the age of 54.
• The United States shoots down an unidentified flying object over Lake Huron in Michigan.
• Cyclone Gabrielle hits New Zealand.
February 13, 2023: Three students are killed during a mass shooting at Michigan State University.
February 14, 2023: Microsoft permanently disables Internet Explorer.
February 15, 2023:
• American actress Raquel Welch dies at the age of 82.
• Nicola Sturgeon announces that she will be resigning as the first minister of Scotland.
• 42 people are killed after a bus crashes in the Gualaca District in Panama.
February 16, 2023:
• The family of actor Bruce Willis announce that he has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.
• US Senator John Fetterman checks into hospital with clinical depression.
February 17, 2023: The superhero film "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" is released.
February 18, 2023: The body of Ghana soccer player Christian Atsu is pulled from the debris of the Turkey earthquake.
February 19, 2023:
• Actor Richard Belzer dies at the age of 78.
• The body of missing woman Nicola Bulley is found in the River Wyre.
• Meta launches a subscription service called "Meta Verified" for Facebook and Instagram.
February 20, 2023: US President Joe Biden makes a surprise visit to Ukraine.
February 21, 2023: Andrew Tate's detention in Romania is extended for another 30 days.
February 22, 2023: The documentary "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal" is released.
February 23, 2023:
• English football commentator John Motson dies at the age of 77.
• Internet drama: Selena Gomez announces that she is taking a break from social media amid reports that she is feuding with Hailey Bieber and Kylie Jenner.
February 25, 2023: Hundreds of US newspapers drop the "Dilbert" cartoon after its creator, Scott Adams, posts a racist rant on YouTube.
February 26, 2023:
• Boxing: Tommy Fury defeats Jake Paul by split decision in Saudi Arabia.
• Partisans destroy a Russian surveillance plane in Belarus.
• 63 migrants die after their boat sinks off the coast of Italy.
February 27, 2023:
• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs a bill that gives him control of Walt Disney World's self-governing district.
• The White House gives agencies 30 days to remove TikTok from federal-owned devices.
March 1, 2023: 57 people are killed after two trains collide in Greece.
March 3, 2023:
• The boxing movie "Creed III" is released.
• South Carolina: Alex Murdaugh is found guilty of murdering his wife and son.
• It is reported that US President Joe Biden had a cancerous lesion removed from his chest.
• Four American citizens are kidnapped by cartel members in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
March 4, 2023: Jon Jones defeats Ciryl Gane at UFC 285.
March 5, 2023:
• Soccer: Liverpool thrash Manchester United 7-0.
• Lynyrd Skynyrd cofounder Gary Rossington dies at the age of 71.
March 6, 2023: Twitter suffers a major outage that prevents users from viewing images or clicking on links.
March 7, 2023:
• Elon Musk apologizes for firing a Twitter employee and making remarks about his disability.
• Four kidnapped Americans (two dead, one injured, and one unharmed) are located by security forces in El Tecolote, Mexico.
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March 9, 2023:
• Seven people are shot dead at a Jehovah's Witness center in Hamburg, Germany.
• English astrologer Mystic Meg dies at the age of 80.
March 10, 2023:
• Xi Jinping secures an unprecedented third term as China's president.
• The BBC forces Gary Lineker to take a step back from his role as a "Match of the Day" presenter due to political remarks he made on social media.
• Silicon Valley Bank is shut down by regulators following a bank run on its deposits.
• The film "Scream VI" is released.
• Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding release the song "Miracle".
March 12, 2023:
• 95th Academy Awards: "Everything Everywhere All at Once" wins Best Picture, Brendan Fraser wins Best Actor, and Michelle Yeoh wins Best Actress.
• US regulators close New York-based Signature Bank due to a "systemic risk".
March 13, 2023: Convicted pedophile Gary Glitter is returned to prison for breaching his release licence conditions.
March 14, 2023:
• Australia announces that it is purchasing five US nuclear submarines.
• China decides to reopen its borders to tourists following a three-year halt.
• Meta confirms that it is cutting 10,000 more jobs.
• The US military accuses Russian Su-27 fighters of intercepting an unmanned MQ-9 Reaper over international waters.
March 15, 2023: The FBI arrests exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui on suspicion of fraud.
March 16, 2023: French President Emmanuel Macron uses special constitutional powers to push his plan of raising the retirement age through the lower house.
March 17, 2023:
• The film "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" is released.
• The video game "WWE 2K23" is released.
• Actor Lance Reddick dies at the age of 60.
• The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes.
• Taylor Swift begins her "The Eras Tour".
• The "Livvy Dunne rizzed up Baby Gronk" meme begins to go viral on TikTok.
March 18, 2023:
• Former US President Donald Trump tells his social media followers that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday.
• Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signs a law banning abortion pills.
• French pension protests: Uncollected trash in Paris mounts to 10,000 tonnes due to strikes.
• Rugby: Ireland win the Six Nations and their first Grand Slam in Dublin.
March 19, 2023:
• Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is charged with terrorism.
• It is announced that UBS will be buying the troubled Credit Suisse bank for over $2 billion.
March 20, 2023:
• Amazon announces that it is laying off a further 9,000 workers.
• Carson Briere, the son of Philadelphia Flyers interim GM Danny Briere, is charged with pushing a disabled woman's wheelchair down the steps of a bar.
• Actress Amanda Bynes is placed on psychiatric hold after roaming around Los Angeles naked.
March 21, 2023:
• Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ.
• Gwyneth Paltrow's ski crash trial begins.
• The "John Pork is calling" meme begins to go viral on TikTok.
March 22, 2023:
• A judge in Wyoming temporarily blocks the state's new ban on abortion.
• The SEC charges Jake Paul, Lindsay Lohan, Ne-Yo, Soulja Boy, Lil Yachty, and three other celebrities for participating in an illegal crypto scheme.
• Six people are killed in Maryland after a vehicle crashes into construction workers along the Baltimore beltway.
• Soccer: German footballer Mesut Özil announces his retirement due to injuries.
March 23, 2023:
• TikTok CEO Shou Chew testifies before Congress.
• Ukraine claims that Russia's four-month-long assault in Bakhmut is losing steam and that a counterassault will occur soon.
• Twitter announces that it is ending its "blue check" verification system.
• One million people demonstrate against pension reforms in France.
March 24, 2023:
• The action film "John Wick: Chapter 4" is released.
• The remake version of the video game "Resident Evil 4" is released.
• France bans TikTok and Twitter from government phones due to security concerns.
• Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth announce that they are getting divorced.
• At least 25 people are killed after a tornado and severe storms hit Mississippi.
• Soccer: Thomas Tuchel is announced as the new manager of Bayern Munich.
March 25, 2023:
• Kanye West states that he "likes Jewish people again" after watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street.
• An AI-generated image of the Pope wearing a white puffer jacket goes viral on social media.
March 26, 2023:
• Harry Styles is spotted kissing Emily Ratajkowski.
• NATO says that Russia's plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus are "dangerous and irresponsible".
• Protesters block roads across Israel after Defense Minister Gallant is fired for opposing Netanyahu's judicial overhaul.
• Soccer: Tottenham Hotspur sack manager Antonio Conte.
March 27, 2023:
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delays controversial plans to reform Israel's judiciary.
• Six people, including three children, are killed during a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
March 28, 2023:
• MI5 raises the terror threat level in Northern Ireland to "severe", suggesting an attack is likely.
• At least 39 people die after a fire breaks out at a migrant detention facility on the US-Mexico border.
• Twitter restricts Marjorie Taylor Greene's account due to tweets she made about trans people and the Nashville shooting.
• English TV star Paul O'Grady dies at the age of 67.
March 29, 2023: Pope Francis is hospitalized for a pulmonary infection.
March 30, 2023:
• A grand jury in New York votes to indict former US president Donald Trump over hush money payments that he allegedly made in 2016.
• Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is cleared of all fault during a high-profile skiing lawsuit.
• Turkey's parliament ratifies Finland's NATO membership.
March 31, 2023: The adventure film "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" is released.
April 1, 2023:
• WrestleMania 39: Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeat The Usos to win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship.
• A boycott on Anheuser-Busch products begins after the company does a sponsorship with transgender actress Dylan Mulvaney.
April 2, 2023:
• Soccer: Brendan Rodgers is sacked by Leicester City.
• Soccer: Graham Potter is sacked by Chelsea.
• Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky is killed by a bomb in Saint Petersburg.
• Celebrities and news organizations state that they will not pay for Twitter's new blue tick.
• Elon Musk attacks the New York Times after it says that it will not pay for Twitter's new verified subscription service.
• WrestleMania 39: Roman Reigns defeats Cody Rhodes to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.
April 3, 2023:
• The Russian paramilitary group Wagner claims that it has captured the city hall in Bakhmut.
• Donald Trump flies to New York to face criminal charges for alleged hush money payments.
• The WWE and the UFC's parent company, Endeavor, agree to merge.
April 4, 2023:
• Finland formally joins NATO.
• Former US President Donald Trump is formally arrested and charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
April 6, 2023:
• Soccer: Frank Lampard is named as the caretaker manager of Chelsea.
• Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is diagnosed with leukemia.
• Robert De Niro (79) and his girlfriend, Tiffany Chen (45), have a daughter.
April 7, 2023:
• The computer-animated film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" is released.
• Former S Club 7 member Paul Cattermole is found dead at his home at the age of 46.
• It is revealed that the death of Coolio was caused by drugs.
• Access to the abortion pill mifepristone is plunged into uncertainty in the US after two federal judges make conflicting rulings.

TV shows in 2023

The following TV shows were popular in March 2023:

Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal

The Last of Us

Wednesday (Season 1)

House of the Dragon

The Bear

The Kardashians

Severance

The Wheel of Time

Only Murders in the Building

The White Lotus

Cobra Kai

Bridgerton

Kids TV shows on March 8, 2023

Cartoons and TV shows that children and teenagers were watching on this day in 2023:

Transformers: EarthSpark

Monster High

The Tiny Chef Show

Chibiverse

Face's Music Party

The Villains of Valley View

The Ghost and Molly McGee

Baby Shark's Big Show!

Danger Force

Tyler Perry's Young Dylan

The Owl House

Popular toys and games in 2023

Toys and games that were popular in 2023:

The PlayStation 5

The Xbox Series X

Video games

Popular video games that people were playing in March 2023.

Sons of the Forest

Dead Space (Remake)

Marvel's Midnight Suns

God of War Ragnarök

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

A Plague Tale: Requiem

FIFA 23

The Last of Us Part I (Remake)

Neon White

The Quarry

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on March 8.

Freddie Prinze, Jr

Actor
Born on March 8, 1976
He turned 47 on this day in 2023.

James Van Der Beek

Actor
Born on March 8, 1977
He turned 46 on this day in 2023.

Kat Von D

Tattoo artist
Born on March 8, 1982
She turned 41 on this day in 2023.

US President

Joe Biden was the President of the United States on March 8, 2023.

UK Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Irish Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

Note: These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

A baby that was born on March 8, 2023 was most likely conceived around June 15, 2022.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on March 8, 2023 is close to November 29, 2023.

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Statistics

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626 days have passed since this date.
89 weeks have passed.
54,086,400 seconds have passed since March 8, 2023.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 63,100,800 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 27,908,582,400 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 9,014,400 times.
You have taken approximately 4,651,430 steps. That's roughly 2,067 miles.
649,037 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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