March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). There are 299 days remaining.
Events
- 1799 - Napoleon I of France captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops procede to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
- 1848 - The Great Mahele[?] (land division) is signed in Hawaii.
- 1850 - United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
- 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone (patent # 174,464).
- 1912 - Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole
- 1918 - World War I: Finland forms an alliance with Germany.
- 1936 - World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact[?] and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
- 1945 - World War II: American troops seize the bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen[?], Germany and begin to cross.
- 1951 - Korean War: Operation Ripper[?] - In Korea, United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway[?] begin an assault against Chinese forces.
- 1965 - In Selma, Alabama, State troopers and local law enforcement forcefully brake-up a group of 600 civil rights marchers. The event was televised and was dubbed "Bloody Sunday."
- 1968 - Vietnam War: The First Battle of Saigon[?] begins.
- 1973 - Comet Kohoutek is discovered
- 1983 - The Nashville Network[?] (TNN) begins broadcasting.
- 1987 - Mike Tyson becomes the youngest World Heavyweight boxing champian when he beats James Smith after a 12-round fight in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 1994 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
Births
- 1792 - John Herschel, mathematician, astronomer (+ 1871)
- 1849 - Luther Burbank[?], biologist, botanist
- 1872 - Piet Mondrian, painter (+ 1944)
- 1875 - Maurice Ravel, composer (+ 1937)
- 1902 - Heinz Rühmann[?], actor (+ 1994)
- 1904 - Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi official
- 1908 - Anna Magnani, actress (+ 1973)
- 1930 - Antony Armstrong-Jones[?], Lord Snowdon
- 1938 - Janet Guthrie[?], automobile racer
- 1940 - Rudi Dutschke[?], student leader (+ 1979)
- 1940 - Daniel J. Travanti[?], actor
- 1942 - Tammy Faye Bakker[?], evangelist
- 1942 - Michael Eisner, President of The Walt Disney Company
- 1945 - John Heard[?], actor
- 1946 - Peter Wolf[?], musician ("J Geils Band[?]")
- 1947 - Walter Röhrl[?], car racer
- 1960 - Ivan Lendl[?], tennis player
- 1964 - Bret Easton Ellis, writer
Deaths
- 322 BC - Aristotle, philosopher
- 161 - Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor
- 1932 - Aristide Briand, diplomat, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1926)
- 1952 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru
- 1967 - Alice B. Toklas, personality
- 1988 - Divine, actor
- 1999 - Stanley Kubrick, film director
Holidays and observances
- Catholicism - Feast day of Ss. Perpetua and Felicity
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
March 6 - March 8 - February 7 - April 7 - more historical anniversaries
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