MARCH 8
1782:Ninety-six Delaware Indians, pacifists who practiced Christianity and remained neutral in the American Revolution, are killed by a group of Pennsylvania militiamen near the Moravian missionary village of Gnadenhutten in the Ohio Country. Only two Native American boys survive the Gnadenhutten Massacre.1910: The self-styled Baroness Raymonde de Laroche is issued a pilot’s license by the Aéro-Club de France, becoming the world’s first licensed female pilot.
1983: President Ronald Reagan describes the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” in a speech before the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Fla.
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