This Day In History

March 8
1010
Ferdowsi completes his Shâhnâmeh.
1722
The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at The Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
1736
Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
1911
International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
1920
The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
1957
Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
1963
The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
2004
A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.