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On This Day: International Women s Day marked on March 8 for 1st time
On March 8, 1914, International Women s Day was observed on March 8 for the first time and would go on to be marked on this day annually.
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Hundreds of women rally for International Women s Day at Grand Park across the street from City Hall in Los Angeles on March 8, 2017. In 1914, International Women s Day was observed on March 8 for the first time and would go on to be marked on this day annually. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Crew members aboard the Australian navy ship HMAS Success watch as a helicopter participates in a replenishment at sea with the Malaysian navy ship KD LEKIU in the southern Indian Ocean during the continuing search for a Malaysia Airlines jetliner missing in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 miles off the coast of Perth, Australia. File Photo by David Connolly/Australian Defense Force | License Photo
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David Horovitz is the founding editor of The Times of Israel. He is the author of Still Life with Bombers (2004) and A Little Too Close to God (2000), and co-author of Shalom Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin (1996). He previously edited The Jerusalem Post (2004-2011) and The Jerusalem Report (1998-2004).
In this Oct. 28, 1997 photo, Argentina s President Carlos Menem talks to reporters in Buenos Aires. ( AP Photo/Daniel Muzio, File)
Carlos Menem, the former president of Argentina, died at the weekend, aged 90.
His passing made some headlines he served as president for 10 years, after all, in 1989-99, pardoned the mass-murdering 1976-83 military dictators, overhauled the Argentinian economy, steered his country away from the Soviet embrace and into warm ties with the United States, and was the subject of multiple corruption investigations, only avoiding jail when convicted for arms trafficking thanks to parliamentary immunity.
Pourquoi Carlos Menem, mort à 90 ans, n est pas de l histoire ancienne timesofisrael.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesofisrael.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.