March 7
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March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). There are 299 days remaining.
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Events
- 161 – Roman emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire.
- 1798 – The French army enters in Rome: the birth of the Roman Republic
- 1799 – Napoleon I of France captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
- 1814 – Napoleon wins the Battle of Craonne.
- 1827 – Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the future politician in colonial New Zealand.
- 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.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Pea Ridge – Union forces led by General Samuel Curtis defeat Confederate troops under General Earl Van Dorn at Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
- 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone (patent # 174,464).
- 1911 – Revolution in Mexico.
- 1912 – Roald Amundsen first announces to the world that his expedition has reached the South Pole, though they had arrived on December 14, 1911.
- 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.
- 1947 – The Kuomintang and Communist Party of China resume full-fledged Civil War.
- 1950 – Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
- 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 break 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 – The ultimately disappointing Comet Kohoutek is discovered by Lubos Kohoutek.
- 1983 – The Nashville Network (TNN) begins broadcasting.
- 1984 – The United States attacks San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua.
- 1987 – Mike Tyson adds the WBA World Heavyweight boxing championship to his WBC one when he beats James Smith after a 12-round fight in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 1988 – Colombia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1989 – The State Council of the People's Republic of China declares martial law in Lhasa, Tibet.
- 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.
- 1996 – The first democratically elected Palestinian parliament is formed.
- 2001 – The SpongeBob SquarePants You Wish TV special airs on Nickelodeon.
- 2002 – Opening of The IX Paralympics Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Births
- 189 – Publius Septimius Geta, Roman emperor (d. 211)
- 1693 – Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
- 1746 – André Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802)
- 1765 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (d. 1833)
- 1792 – John Herschel, mathematician, astronomer (d. 1871)
- 1837 – Henry Draper, doctor, astronomer (d. 1882)
- 1849 – Luther Burbank, biologist, botanist
- 1872 – Piet Mondrian, painter (d. 1944)
- 1875 – Maurice Ravel, composer (d. 1937)
- 1902 – Heinz Rühmann, actor (d. 1994)
- 1904 – Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi official (d. 1942)
- 1908 – Anna Magnani, actress (d. 1973)
- 1926 – Alan Sues, comedian, actor (Laugh-in)
- 1927 – James Broderick, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1930 – Antony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowdon
- 1934 – Willard Scott, television broadcaster
- 1938 – Janet Guthrie, American racecar driver
- 1940 – Rudi Dutschke, German student leader (d. 1979)
- 1940 – Daniel J. Travanti, American actor (Hill Street Blues)
- 1942 – Tammy Faye Bakker, evangelist
- 1942 – Michael Eisner, president of The Walt Disney Company
- 1944 – Townes Van Zandt, musician, songwriter
- 1944 – Stanley Schmidt, science fiction editor
- 1945 – John Heard, American actor
- 1945 – Arthur Lee, musician (Love)
- 1946 – Peter Wolf, musician ("J Geils Band")
- 1947 – Walter Röhrl, German racecar driver
- 1949 – Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician
- 1950 – Iris Chacon, Puerto Rican singer and dancer
- 1950 – Franco Harris, American football player
- 1952 – Ernie Isley, American singer
- 1952 – Lynn Swann, American football player
- 1955 – Tommy Kramer, American football player
- 1956 – Bryan Cranston, American actor
- 1960 – Joe Carter, baseball star
- 1960 – Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player
- 1963 – Bill Brochtrup, American actor
- 1963 – Denyce Graves, American opera singer
- 1964 – Bret Easton Ellis, writer
- 1964 – Wanda Sykes, American actress, comedienne
- 1965 – Jesper Parnevik, Swedish golfer
- 1971 – Rachel Weisz, British actress
- 1980 – Laura Prepon, American actress
Deaths
- 322 BC – Aristotle, philosopher (b. 384 BC)
- 161 – Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (b. 86)
- 308 – Saint Eubulus, Christian martyr
- 851 – Nominoe, Duke of Brittany
- 1274 – Thomas Aquinas, Italian scholastic philosopher (b. 1225)
- 1724 – Pope Innocent XIII (b. 1655)
- 1932 – Aristide Briand, French diplomat, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1926) (b. 1862)
- 1952 – Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (b. 1893)
- 1957 – Wyndham Lewis, British author, painter
- 1967 – Alice B. Toklas, companion to Gertrude Stein and brownie chef (b. 1877)
- 1974 – Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
- 1976 – Wright Patman, American politician (b. 1893)
- 1981 – Kiril Kondrashin, Russian conductor (b. 1914)
- 1986 – Jacob Javits, American politician
- 1988 – Divine, actor (b. 1945)
- 1991 – Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player
- 1999 – Sidney Gottlieb, Director of the CIA's Technical Services Staff. (b. 1918)
- 1999 – Stanley Kubrick, film director (b. 1928)
- 2000 – Charles Gray, British actor
- 2000 – Jack Sanford, ML baseball pitcher
- 2002 – Doris Allen, founder of CISV organization (b. 1901)
- 2003 – Manfred Durniok, movie producer
- 2004 – Paul Winfield, American actor
Holidays and observances
- Catholicism – Feast day of Ss. Perpetua and Felicity
- Albania – Teacher's Day
- Illinois – Casimir Pulaski Day observed, 2005 (First Monday of March)
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