GlyphSignal — 2025-03-08 Top Wikipedia Reads

2025-03-08

Top reads and historical moments for this date. 5 min read

Gene Hackman

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Eugene Allen Hackman was an American actor. Considered one of the greatest actors of his generation and a paragon of the New Hollywood movement, Hackman's mainstream acting career spanned over four decades. He received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, one Silver Bear and…

International Women's Day

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International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March, commemorating women's fight for equality and liberation along …

Rebel (company)

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Rebel, stylised as rebɘl, is an Australian sport equipment and related apparel chain. It is a subsidiary of Super Retail…

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Severance (TV series)

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Barstool Sports

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Orthohantavirus

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Anora

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On This Day

10 events

2017

Azure_Window

The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor

1983

Cold_War

Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".

1979

Voyager_1

Images taken by Voyager 1 proved the existence of volcanoes on Io (pictured), a moon of Jupiter.

1978

BBC_Radio_4

BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.

1966

Nelson's_Pillar

Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.

1963

Ba'ath_Party

The Ba'ath Party came to power in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Revolutionary Command.

1924

Castle_Gate_Mine_disaster

Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah, killed all 171 miners working there.

1919

1919_Egyptian_revolution

During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.

1910

Raymonde_de_Laroche

French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.

1736

Nader_Shah

Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.