Event:
35 suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia are captured by the French Navy, the European Union's most successful mission
More Notable Events on March 8:
1994 Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces
1979 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Io, a satellite of Jupiter
1952 Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis
1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars
1913 Internal Revenue Service begins to levy and collect income taxes
