On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 12, 2008, covering March 15, 2008.
Janet
Erykah Badu
Jack Johnson
Webbie
Alicia Keys
Miley Cyrus
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Sara Bareilles
Amy Winehouse
2008Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (born 1954)[†]
Michael George Campbell, better known as Mikey Dread, was a Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster. He was one of the most influential performers and innovators in reggae music.
2008G. David Low, American astronaut and engineer (born 1956)[†]
George David Low was an American aerospace executive and a NASA astronaut. With undergraduate degrees in physics and mechanical engineering and a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics, he worked in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the California Institute of Technology in the early 80's, before being picked as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1984. In addition to holding some technical assignments, he logged more than 700 hours in space, before he left NASA in 1996 to pursue a career in the private sector. He was the son of George M. Low, the manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, and later, the 14th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
2008Sarla Thakral, First Indian woman to earn a pilot's license. (born 1914)[†]
Sarla Thukral was among the first Indian women to fly aircraft.
2008Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.[†]
At approximately 12 p.m. local time on Saturday, March 15th, 2008, an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec in the Vorë Municipality of Albania, U.S. and Albanian munitions experts were preparing to destroy stockpiles of obsolete ammunition. The methodical destruction of the old ammunition was supposed to occur with a series of small, controlled explosions. However, a chain of events led to the entire stockpile detonating simultaneously. Hundreds of houses were demolished within a few kilometres of the depot, while car windows on the Tirana-Durres highway were shattered by the main explosion, which involved more than 400 tonnes of propellant in containers. A large fire caused a series of smaller but powerful explosions that continued until 2 a.m. on Sunday. The explosions could be heard as far away as the Macedonian capital of Skopje, 170 km (110 mi) away.
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The South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Tex., is partly a brainstorming session for a business in transition.
Fund-raisers for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton are pressuring Democratic Party leaders to resolve an impasse over delegates from Michigan and Florida.
Lord & Taylor, the 182-year-old department store chain, has, improbably, come roaring back to life. Behind the resurgence is a most unlikely turnaround team.
Boyd M. Johnson III has been described as a classic hard-charging government lawyer, confident and talented yet self-deprecating and fair.
To a maddening degree, credit card companies will actually do O.K. while the rest of us suffer. Annoying, isn’t it?
The Federal Reserve’s unusual decision to assist Bear Stearns underscores a concern that one failure could spread across the financial system.
Ira Newble is not worried about a backlash for having spoken out about Darfur in a manner that some might have interpreted as unhelpful to the N.B.A.’s global blueprint for success.
John C. Lechleiter’s 2003 e-mail message appears to have encouraged Eli Lilly to promote its schizophrenia medicine Zyprexa for a use not approved by federal drug regulators.
Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson, who supports Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, said that Senator Barack Obama’s call did not mention the race for the Democratic nomination.
While food costs increased, overall inflation held steady in February as the cost of gasoline declined that month, according to the latest Consumer Price Index.
Potential buyers began circling Bear Stearns after it was given a secured line of credit, and policy makers may spend the weekend dealing with the fallout.
In scheduling Shelley Duncan for the Rays game on Saturday, the Yankees are essentially daring Tampa Bay to escalate a feud.