Valentina Anatolyevna Shevchenko (born March 7, 1988) is a Kyrgyz professional mixed martial artist, former Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer, with the rare distinction of having won professional championships in all three sports. She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is a two-time and current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion and the first Kyrgyz fighter to win a UFC championship. As of September 17, 2024, she is #1 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.
Read more...The March 7, 1988 was a Monday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 66 day of the year. President of the United States was Ronald Reagan.
If you were born on this day, you are 37 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, March 7, 2025, 220 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, March 7, 2026, in 144 days. You have lived for 13,734 days, or about 329,635 hours, or about 19,778,144 minutes, or about 1,186,688,640 seconds.
Date: 08 March 1988
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-10 An Israeli bus was hijacked by Palestinian guerrillas, who killed one hostage before they and two Israeli women died in gunfire as troops stormed the bus. A group within the Palestine Liberation Organization took responsibility. Page A1
Date: 08 March 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Digital Equipment Corporation will introduce several large multiprocessor computers Tuesday for the mainframe market now dominated by the International Business Machines Corporation.
Date: 08 March 1988
AP
LEAD: The Gillette Company urged its shareholders to reject an attempt by Coniston Partners to oust four company directors at its annual meeting in April. Colman M. Mockler Jr., Gillette's chairman and chief executive, said that Coniston intended to sell or dismantle Gillette if it succeeded in a hostile takeover.
Date: 08 March 1988
By Phillip H. Wiggins
Phillip Wiggins
LEAD: Shoney's Inc., a leading operator and franchiser of restaurants in the East, said yesterday that its board had approved a $730 million recapitalization plan to ''help shareholders better realize the potential value of the company's stock.''
Date: 08 March 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: MCA Inc., the large entertainment company, has agreed to sell its 48 percent stake in the Cineplex Odeon Corporation back to the Toronto-based theater chain, should MCA become the object of a hostile takeover attempt, to keep its shares out of unfriendly hands. The announcement comes after Donald J.
Date: 08 March 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The board of Moore McCormack Resources Inc. has rejected a $177 milllion hostile bid from Southdown Inc. as ''grossly inadequate.'' The concrete concern, based in Stamford, Conn., said it was investigating several options, including an acquisition of its own, to avoid a takeover.
Date: 07 March 1988
AP
LEAD: The hull of New Zealand, the America's Cup challenger, was unveiled today, measuring 27 meters, or about 88 1/2 feet. Wings protrude from each side of the hull, giving the boat an extreme beam of 7.9 meters.
Date: 07 March 1988
AP
LEAD: Jeff Taggart, the Canisius College basketball player who died after suffering a seizure during a game Saturday night against Niagara, had an enlarged heart, according to preliminary medical reports.
Date: 07 March 1988
AP
LEAD: A race car plunged into a crowd of spectators after one of its tires exploded today, killing at least 16 persons and injuring more than a dozen others, the police said.