28. 1976
On March 8, 1976, the Jilin meteorite falls in China. Its fragments, totaling roughly four thousand kilograms, make it one of the largest recorded stony meteorite falls and provide valuable material for planetary science.
29. 1979
Philips publicly demonstrates the compact disc on March 8, 1979. Developed with Sony, the CD ushered in the era of durable digital audio storage and transformed the consumer music and electronics industries.
30. 1979
Voyager 1 confirms active volcanism on Jupiter’s moon Io on March 8, 1979. The discovery, identified by Linda Morabito in spacecraft imagery, revealed the first known extraterrestrial volcanoes and transformed planetary geology.