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The Really Small Bad Day Almanac: March 8

1782: In Gnadenhutten, Ohio, 96 Native American Christian converts are massacred by militiamen for raids that were conducted by other tribes.
1868: In Osaka, Japan, 11 French sailors are killed by samurai.
1924: In Castle Gate, Utah, 172 miners die in a series of coal mine explosions and carbon monoxide poisoning.
2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappears with 239 people aboard.

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