Today is Wednesday, March 8, the 67th day of 2017. There are 298 days left in the year.

Today’s highlights: On March 8, 1917, Russia’s “February Revolution” (referring to the Old Style calendar) began in Petrograd; the result was the abdication of the Russian monarchy in favor of a provisional government that was overthrown later the same year by the Bolsheviks. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, 78, creator of the rigid airships bearing his name, died in Berlin. The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.

On this date:

In 1702, England’s Queen Anne acceded to the throne upon the death of King William III.

In 1817, the New York Stock &Exchange Board, which had its beginnings in 1792, was formally organized; it later became known as the New York Stock Exchange.

In 1854, U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry made his second landing in Japan; within a month, he concluded a treaty with the Japanese.

In 1874, the 13th president of the U.S., Millard Fillmore, died in Buffalo, New York, at age 74.

In 1930, the 27th president of the U.S., William Howard Taft, died in Washington at age 72.

In 1942, Imperial Japanese forces occupied Rangoon during World War II.

In 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 Marines arrived to defend the U.S. air base at Da Nang.

In 1966, Nelson’s Pillar, a column in Dublin honoring British naval hero Horatio Nelson, was bombed by the Irish Republican Army.