March 8, 2005
- A very high plume of ash and steam is seen coming from the direction of active volcano Mount St. Helens in the United States state of Washington. The plume is visible as far away as Portland, Oregon. (Wikinews) (ABCnews)
- A CT scan of King Tutankhamun revealed that he may have died of complications from a broken leg. (BBC)
- Bone protein osteocalcin extracted from a Neanderthal from Shanidar Cave, Iraq dating to approximately 75,000 years old, was sequenced. This is the oldest fossil human protein ever sequenced. (EurekAlert!)
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“This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)