On This Day - March 8, 2026

The New York Stock and Exchange Board is formed. In 1863, the name would be changed to the New York Stock Exchanged. The Exchange originated at 68 Wall Street and can be found today at 18 Broad Street and the corner of Wall Street.

Susan B. Anthony spoke before the House Judiciary Committee in support of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote. Sixteen years before, legislators had first introduced federal legislation to amend the Constitution for women's suffrage. In 1919, the 19th Amendment passed and was ratified, 13 years after Anthony's death.

Former officers of the Salvation Army, Maud, and Ballington Booth found Volunteers of America.

Raymonde de Laroche receives her pilot's license from the Aeroclub de France, becoming the first woman in the world licensed to fly a plane.

In McCollum vs. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court rules for the first time that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional.