What happened on March 7? There are more than 236 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About March 7
March 7 is the 67th day of the year 2024. There are 299 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday. This day falls under the 10th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Guild, New Hampshire 03754 sunrise occured at 06:11 AM and sunset occured at 05:46 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Pisces. The modern birthstone for this month is Aquamarine while the mystical birthstone is Jade.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 328 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For March 7
- 161Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
- 238Roman subjects in Africa revolt against Maximinus Thrax and elect Gordian I as emperor.
- 321Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.
- 1277Stephen Tempier, bishop of Paris, condemns 219 philosophical and theological theses.
- 1799Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
- 1814Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
- 1827Brazil marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
- 1827Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand.
- 1850Senator Daniel Webster gives his “Seventh of March” speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
- 1862American Civil War: Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
- 1876Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
- 1886The City of Lábrea in Amazonas, Brazil is founded. Today, the town is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Lábrea.
- 1900The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
- 1902Second Boer War: In the Battle of Tweebosch, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey inflicts the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war
- 1912Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
- 1914Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign.
- 1936World War II (Prelude to): In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
- 1945World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen.
- 1950Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
- 1951Korean War: Operation Ripper – United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
- 1965Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama.
- 1968Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho.
- 1985The song “We Are the World” has its international release.
- 1986Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
- 1989Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel.
- 1994Copyright Law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
- 2006The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.
- 2007The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
- 2009The Kepler space observatory, designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, is launched.
- 2009The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and two civilians, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since The Troubles.
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Who Were Born On March 7?
- 189Publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor (d. 211)
- 1481Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537)
- 1556Guillaume du Vair, French writer (d. 1621)
- 1671Robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (d. 1734)
- 1678Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect (d. 1736)
- 1687Jean Lebeuf, French historian (d. 1760)
- 1693Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
- 1715Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (d. 1755)
- 1715Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (d. 1759)
- 1730Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (d. 1807)
- 1765Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor of photography (d. 1833)
- 1785Alessandro Manzoni, Italian writer (d. 1873)
- 1788Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1878)
- 1792John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1871)
- 1837Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (d. 1882)
- 1841William Rockhill Nelson, American publisher (The Kansas City Star) and patron of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (d. 1915)
- 1849Luther Burbank, American botanist (d. 1926)
- 1850Champ Clark, American politician (d. 1921)
- 1850Tomáš Masaryk, first President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1937)
- 1857Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1940)
- 1866Hans Fruhstorfer, German lepidopterist (d. 1922)
- 1872Piet Mondriaan, Dutch painter (d. 1944)
- 1873Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (d. 1959)
- 1875Maurice Ravel, French composer (d. 1937)
- 1878Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (d. 1927)
- 1886Virginia Pearson, American silent film actress (d. 1958)
- 1887Heino Eller, Estonian composer (d. 1970)
- 1888Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician (d. 1978)
- 1893Milton Avery, American artist (d. 1965)
- 1902Heinz Rühmann, German actor (d. 1994)
- 1904Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1969)
- 1904Reinhard Heydrich, German Nazi SS senior officer (d. 1942)
- 1908Anna Magnani, Italian actress (d. 1973)
- 1909Léo Malet, French writer (Nestor Burma) (d. 1996)
- 1914John Rodney, American actor
- 1915Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician (d. 2000)
- 1917Lee Young, American jazz drummer and singer (d. 2008)
- 1920Eddy Paape, Franco-Belgian comics artist (Luc Orient)
- 1922Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 2004)
- 1925Rene Gagnon, American Marine shown in photograph of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1979)
- 1927Henri Landwirth, Belgian-American hotelier and philanthropist
- 1927James Broderick, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1927Jean-Paul Desbiens, Quebec writer and teacher (d. 2006)
- 1930Antony Armstrong-Jones, British aristocrat, Lord Snowdon, former husband of Princess Margaret
- 1933Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1998)
- 1934Douglas Cardinal, Canadian architect
- 1934Giorgos Katsaros, Greek musician and composer
- 1934Willard Scott, American television broadcaster
- 1938David Baltimore, American biologist, Nobel laureate
- 1938Janet Guthrie, American race car driver
- 1940Daniel J. Travanti, American actor
- 1940Rudi Dutschke, German student leader (d. 1979)
- 1942Charles R. Boutin, American politician
- 1942Michael Eisner, American film studio executive
- 1942Tammy Faye Bakker, American televangelist (d. 2007)
- 1943Chris White, British musician (The Zombies)
- 1944Sir Ranulph Fiennes, British soldier and explorer
- 1944Stanley Schmidt, American editor
- 1944Townes Van Zandt, American musician and songwriter (d. 1997)
- 1944Zhiuli Shartava, Georgian politician and the Head of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia (d. 1993)
- 1945Arthur Lee, American musician (Love) (d. 2006)
- 1945Bob Herbert, American journalist
- 1945Elizabeth Moon, American author
- 1945John Heard, American actor
- 1946Daniel Goleman, American author and psychologist
- 1946Matthew Fisher, British musician (Procol Harum)
- 1946Peter Wolf, American musician (The J. Geils Band)
- 1947Helen Eadie, Scottish politician
- 1947Richard Lawson, American actor
- 1947Walter Röhrl, German race and rally car driver
- 1949Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician
- 1950Billy Joe Dupree, American football player
- 1950Franco Harris, American football player
- 1950Iris Chacon, Puerto Rican singer and dancer
- 1951Francis Rocco Prestia, American musician (Tower of Power)
- 1952Ernie Isley, American musician (The Isley Brothers)
- 1952Lynn Swann, American football player
- 1952Viv Richards, Antiguan West Indies cricketer
- 1955Anupam Kher, Indian actor
- 1955Tommy Kramer, American football player
- 1956Bryan Cranston, American actor
- 1957Robert Harris, English TV reporter and journalist
- 1958Alan Hale, American astronomer
- 1958Donna Murphy, American actress and singer
- 1958Rik Mayall, British actor
- 1960Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player
- 1960Jim Spivey, American track and field athlete
- 1960Joe Carter, American baseball player
- 1962Peter Manley, English darts player
- 1962Taylor Dayne, American recording artist
- 1963Bill Brochtrup, American actor
- 1963Denyce Graves, American singer
- 1964Bret Easton Ellis, American writer
- 1964Wanda Sykes, American actress and comedienne
- 1965Cameron Daddo, Australian actor
- 1965Jack Armstrong, American baseball player
- 1965Jesper Parnevik, Swedish golfer
- 1965Steve Beuerlein, American football player
- 1966Joy Tanner, American actress
- 1967Ai Yazawa, Japanese manga artist
- 1967Jean-Pierre Barda, Swedish singer (Army of Lovers)
- 1967Ruthie Henshall, English theatre actress and singer
- 1968Denis Boucher, Canadian baseball player
- 1968Jeff Kent, American baseball player
- 1969Hideki Noda, Japanese racing driver
- 1969Massimo Lotti, Italian footballer
- 1969Shin Ae Ra, Korean actress and radio DJ
- 1969Warrel Dane, American singer (Nevermore)
- 1970Rachel Weisz, British actress
- 1971Matthew Vaughn, British film producer and director
- 1971Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
- 1972Jang Dong-gun, South Korean actor and musician
- 1972Maxim Roy, Quebec actress
- 1973Jason Bright, Australian racing driver
- 1973Ray Parlour, English footballer
- 1973Sébastien Izambard, operatic pop singer (Il Divo)
- 1974Facundo Sava, Argentine footballer
- 1974Jenna Fischer, American actress
- 1974Krizz Kaliko, American Rapper
- 1974Larry Bagby, American actor and musician
- 1975Audrey Marie Anderson, American actress
- 1975TJ Thyne, American actor
- 1977Gianluca Grava, Italian footballer
- 1977Mitja Zastrow, German-born swimmer
- 1977Paul Cattermole, British singer, actor and member of pop group S Club
- 1977Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby union footballer
- 1979Amanda Somerville, American singer (Aina) and vocal coach
- 1979Rodrigo Braña, Argentine footballer
- 1980Éric Godard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980Laura Prepon, American actress
- 1981Rica Peralejo, Philippine Actress
- 1982Erika Yamakawa, Japanese talent
- 1982Kate Michael, American beauty queen
- 1983Manucho, Angolan footballer
- 1983Taylor Tankersley, American baseball player
- 1984Brandon T. Jackson, American actor
- 1984Mathieu Flamini, French footballer
- 1984Rachel Rice, Welsh reality tv star
- 1985Andre Fluellen, American football player
- 1985Thomas Erak, American guitarist
- 1986Ben Griffin, Australian soccer player
- 1986George Whitelock, New Zealand rugby player
- 1987Hatem Ben Arfa, French footballer
- 1987Niclas Bergfors, Swedish hockey player
- 1988Larry Asante, American football player
- 1989Gerald Anderson, Filipino actor and model
- 1990Abigail and Brittany Hensel, American conjoined twins
- 1990Choi Jong Hun, South Korean guitarist, leader in F.T. Island
- 1990Lefteris Matsoukas, Greek footballer
- 1991Michele Rigione, Italian footballer
- 1992Bel Powley, English actress
- 2009Prince Umberto of Savoy
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Who Died On March 7?
- 161Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (b. 86)
- 308Saint Eubulus, Christian martyr
- 413Heraclianus, Roman usurper
- 851Nominoe, Duke of Brittany
- 1226William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader
- 1274Saint Thomas Aquinas, Philosopher (b. 1225)
- 1578Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (b. 1515)
- 1625Johann Bayer, German astronomer (b. 1572)
- 1724Pope Innocent XIII (b. 1655)
- 1767Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer (b. 1680)
- 1778Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1720)
- 1810Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (b. 1750)
- 1904Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (b. 1828)
- 1913Emily Pauline Johnson, Native Canadian poet (b. 1861)
- 1928Robert Abbe, American surgeon (b. 1851)
- 1932Aristide Briand, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1862)
- 1938Andreas Michalakopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
- 1942Lucy Parsons, American anarchist, communist and labor organizer (b. 1853)
- 1943Alma Moodie, Australian classical violinist (b. 1898)
- 1949Bradbury Robinson, American football player (b. 1884)
- 1949Francis Dodd, English artist (b. 1874)
- 1952Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (b. 1893)
- 1954Otto Diels, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
- 1957Wyndham Lewis, British author (b. 1882)
- 1965Louise Mountbatten, Swedish queen (b. 1889)
- 1967Alice B. Toklas, American companion to Gertrude Stein (b. 1877)
- 1974Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (b. 1906)
- 1975Ben Blue, Canadian actor (b. 1901)
- 1975Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (b. 1895)
- 1976Wright Patman, American politician (b. 1893)
- 1978Steve Bilko, American baseball player (b. 1928)
- 1981Kiril Kondrashin, Russian conductor (b. 1914)
- 1983Igor Markevitch, Ukrainian conductor and composer (b. 1912)
- 1984Paul Rotha, English director (b. 1907)
- 1986Jacob K. Javits, American politician (b. 1904)
- 1988Divine, American actor (b. 1945)
- 1988Robert Livingston, American film actor (b. 1904)
- 1991Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player (b. 1903)
- 1995Paul-Émile Victor, French explorer (b. 1907)
- 1997E. H. Bronner, German-American soap magnate (b. 1908)
- 1997Edward Mills Purcell, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
- 1999Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (b. 1918)
- 1999Stanley Kubrick, American film director (b. 1928)
- 2000Charles Gray, British actor (b. 1928)
- 2000Pee Wee King, American country music songwriter and musician (b. 1914)
- 2001Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
- 2004Paul Winfield, American actor (b. 1941)
- 2005Debra Hill, American screenwriter and film producer (b. 1950)
- 2005John Box, British film production designer and art director (b. 1920)
- 2006Ali Farka Touré, Malian musician (b. 1939)
- 2006Gordon Parks, photographer (b. 1912)
- 2006John Junkin, British performer (b. 1930)
- 2009Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress (b. 1982)
- 2010Mary Josephine Ray, Canadian-American supercentenarian (b. 1895)
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