March 7 is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 299 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
NATIONAL CROWN OF PORK ROAST DAY
NATIONAL CROWN OF PORK ROAST DAY
1573 – A peace treaty is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, ending the Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–73) and leaving Cyprus in Ottoman hands.
1876 – Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell is granted a U.S. patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
1850 – Senator Daniel Webster (MA) gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. – From www.senate.gov/
1862 – American Civil War: Union forces defeat Confederate troops at the Battle of Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
1876 – Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell is granted a U.S. patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
1912 – Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
1945 – World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen providing a gateway into Germany.
1950 – The Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy. Records made available after the fall of the Soviet Union documented Fuchs was a spy.
1950 – The Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy. Records made available after the fall of the Soviet Union documented Fuchs was a spy.
1951 – The Korean War: Operation Ripper – United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
1986 – The space shuttle Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
1989 – Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.
2009 – The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles.
2014 – The opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Paralympics take place in Sochi, Russia.
BORN TODAY
1671 – Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (d. 1734)
1792 – John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1871)
1875 – Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1937)
1904 – Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer, one of the architects of the Holocaust, assassinated in Prague (d. 1942)
2007 – The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
2009 – The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles.
2009 – The Kepler space observatory, designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, is launched.
2014 – The opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Paralympics take place in Sochi, Russia.
BORN TODAY
1671 – Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (d. 1734)
1792 – John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1871)
1875 – Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1937)
1904 – Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer, one of the architects of the Holocaust, assassinated in Prague (d. 1942)
1929 – Yvonne Chouteau, noted Native American ballerina (d. 2016)
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.
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