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March 7

March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 299 days remain until the end of the year.

Events
Pre-1600161Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. • 681 – The Third Council of Constantinople deposes patriarch Macarius I of Antioch. • 1138Konrad III von Hohenstaufen is elected king of Germany at Coblenz in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin. • 1277 – The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses. • 1573 – A peace treaty is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, ending the Ottoman–Venetian War and leaving Cyprus in Ottoman hands. 1601–19001799Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. • 1814 – Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne. • 1826Shrigley abduction: 15-year old Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future figure in the establishment of colonies in South Australia and New Zealand. • 1850Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. • 1876Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone". 1901–present1902Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, defeat the British at the Battle of Tweebosch. • 1921 – The short-lived socialist Labin Republic is proclaimed. • 1931 – The Parliament House of Finland is officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland. • 1941World War II: Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace. • 1951 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crashes in Lynnhurst, Minneapolis, killing 15 people. • 1951Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces. • 1951 – Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, outside a mosque in Tehran. • 1965Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. • 1965 – Aeroflot Flight 542 crashes in the Yermakovsky District, killing all 31 aboard. • 1986Challenger Disaster: Divers from the locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. • 1989Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. • 2006 – The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India. • 2007Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected. • 2007 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people. • 2009Massereene Barracks shooting: The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and injures two other soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles. • 2021 – At least 108 die and 615 are injured in the 2021 Bata explosions in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. • 2024Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member. • 2024 – Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust, the first time someone has been found guilty for causing a death on a movie set. ==Births==
Births
Pre-1600189Publius Septimius Geta, Roman emperor (died 211) • 1556Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and author (died 1621) 1601–19001671Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (died 1734) • 1678Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Superga (died 1736) • 1693Clement XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1769) • 1715Ewald Christian von Kleist, German soldier and poet (died 1759) • 1730Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French soldier and politician (died 1807) • 1765Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, invented photography (died 1833) • 1785Alessandro Manzoni, Italian author and poet (died 1873) • 1792John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1871) • 1811Increase A. Lapham, American scientist (died 1875) • 1837Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (died 1882) • 1839Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (died 1909) • 1841William Rockhill Nelson, American businessman and publisher, founded The Kansas City Star (died 1915) • 1843Marriott Henry Brosius, American senator (died 1901) • 1849Luther Burbank, American botanist (died 1926) • 1850Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1921) • 1850 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Austrian-Czech politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (died 1937) • 1857Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1940) • 1858Cecilie Thoresen Krog, Norwegian women's rights pioneer (died 1911) • 1872Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (died 1944) • 1875Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1937) • 1885Milton Avery, American painter (died 1965) • 1885 – John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (died 1971) • 1886Virginia Pearson, American actress (died 1958) • 1886 – G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (died 1975) • 1886 – Wilson Dallam Wallis, American anthropologist (died 1970) • 1888William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist (died 1977) • 1895Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (died 1988) 1901–present1902Heinz Rühmann, German actor (died 1994) • 1903Maud Lewis, Canadian folk artist (died 1970) • 1904Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (died 1969) • 1904 – Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and a principle architect of the Holocaust (died 1942) • 1904 – Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author (died 1993) • 1908Anna Magnani, Italian actress (died 1973) • 1915Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 2000) • 1917Janet Collins, American ballerina and choreographer (died 2003) • 1917 – Betty Holberton, American engineer and programmer (died 2001) • 1922Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2004) • 1922 – Peter Murphy, English footballer (died 1975) • 1922 – Andy Phillip, American basketball player and coach (died 2001) • 1925Richard Vernon, British actor (died 1997) • 1927James Broderick, American actor and director (died 1982) • 1929Dan Jacobson, South African-English author and critic (died 2014) • 1930Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and politician (died 2017) • 1933Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and accountant (died 1998) • 1933 – Ed Bouchee, American baseball player (died 2013) • 1934Nari Contractor, Indian cricketer • 1934 – Gray Morrow, American illustrator and comic book artist (died 2002) • 1934 – Willard Scott, American television personality and actor (died 2021) • 1938David Baltimore, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025) • 1938 – Janet Guthrie, American race car driver • 1940Daniel J. Travanti, American actor • 1943 – Chris White, English singer-songwriter and bass player • 1944 – Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997) • 1945 – Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2006) • 1945 – Elizabeth Moon, American author • 1946Matthew Fisher, English musician, songwriter, and producer • 1946 – Peter Wolf, American singer-songwriter and musician • 1950Billy Joe DuPree, American football player • 1950 – Franco Harris, American football player and businessman (died 2022) • 1950 – J. R. Richard, American baseball player and minister (died 2021) • 1952William Boyd, British author and screenwriter • 1952 – Ernie Isley, American guitarist and songwriter • 1952 – Lynn Swann, American football player, sportscaster, and politician • 1956Bryan Cranston, American actor, director, and producer • 1957Robert Harris, English journalist and author • 1958Rick Bass, American author and environmentalist • 1958 – Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2014) • 1958 – Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (died 2012) • 1959Tom Lehman, American golfer • 1959 – Donna Murphy, American actress and singer • 1960 – Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player and coach • 1961Mary Beth Evans, American actress • 1963Mike Eagles, Canadian ice hockey player and coach • 1963 – E. L. James, English author • 1964 – Wanda Sykes, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter • 1965Jesper Parnevik, Swedish golfer • 1966Terry Carkner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach • 1966 – Jeff Feagles, American football player • 1967Zheng Haixia, Chinese basketball player and coach • 1967 – Ruthie Henshall, English actress, singer, and dancer • 1968Jeff Kent, American baseball player • 1969Brian Jamieson1970Rachel Weisz, English actress • 1971 – Peter Sarsgaard, American actor • 1972Craig Polla-Mounter, Australian rugby league player • 1973Jason Bright, Australian race car driver • 1973 – Jay Duplass, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter • 1975Audrey Marie Anderson, American actress and model • 1977 – Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby player and coach • 1979Rodrigo Braña, Argentine footballer • 1980Eric Godard, Canadian ice hockey player • 1980 – Laura Prepon, American actress • 1984Steve Burtt Jr., American-Ukrainian basketball player • 1984 – Mathieu Flamini, French footballer • 1984 – Jacob Lillyman, Australian rugby league player • 1984 – Brandon T. Jackson, American actor and comedian • 1986Ryan Ciminelli, American bowler • 1987Niclas Bergfors, Swedish ice hockey player • 1990Jeff Withey, American basketball player • 1991Ian Clark, American basketball player • 1992Bel Powley, English actress • 1994 – Jake Layman, American basketball player • 1994 – Jordan Pickford, English footballer • 1995Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer • 1995 – Aboubakar Kamara, French footballer • 1995 – Haley Lu Richardson, American actress • 1996 – Pablo López, Venezuelan baseball player • 1997Taher Mohamed, Egyptian footballer • 1997 – Dylan Strome, Canadian ice hockey player • 1998Amanda Gorman, American poet and activist • 2000Rasmus Sandin, Swedish ice hockey player • 2000 – Sebastian Schwaighofer, Austrian politician • 2007Kiyan Anthony, American basketball player ==Deaths==
Deaths
Pre-1600161Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (born 86) • 413Heraclianus, Roman politician and failed usurper851Nominoe, Duke of Brittany1226William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English commander • 1274Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italian priest and philosopher (born 1225) • 1407Francesco I Gonzaga, ruler of Mantua • 1578Margaret Douglas, English noblewoman, daughter of Margaret Tudor and Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (born 1515) 1601–19001625Johann Bayer, German lawyer and cartographer (born 1572) • 1724Pope Innocent XIII (born 1655) • 1767Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, Colonial Governor of Louisiana (born 1680) • 1778Charles De Geer, Swedish entomologist and archaeologist (born 1720) • 1809Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (born 1753) • 1810Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (born 1748) • 1838Robert Townsend, American spy (born 1753) • 1897Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (born 1813) 1901–present1913Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (born 1861) • 1920Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1866) • 1928Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (born 1851) • 1931Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish artist (born 1865) • 1932Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862) • 1949Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (born 1884) • 1954Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876) • 1957Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic (born 1882) • 1967Alice B. Toklas, American writer (born 1877) • 1971Richard Montague, American mathematician and philosopher (born 1930) • 1973Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor (born 1927) • 1975Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1895) • 1976Wright Patman, American politician (born 1893) • 1981Muhammad Zaki Abd al-Qadir, Egyptian journalist and writer (born 1906) • 1982Ida Barney, American astronomer (born 1886) • 1983Igor Markevitch, Ukrainian conductor and composer (born 1912) • 1986Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, New York State Attorney General (born 1904) • 1987Karl Leichter, Estonian musicologist and academic (born 1902) • 1988Divine, American drag queen and film actor (born 1945) • 1988 – Ülo Õun, Estonian sculptor (born 1940) • 1991Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player (born 1903) • 1993Tony Harris, South African cricketer (born 1916) • 1993 – J. Merrill Knapp, American musicologist (born 1914) • 1993 – Martti Larni, Finnish writer (born 1909) • 1993 – Eleanor Sanger, American television producer (born 1929) • 1993 – Josef Steindl, Austrian economist (born 1912) • 1997Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912) • 1999Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (born 1918) • 1999 – Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928) • 2000Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter (born 1914) • 2005John Box, English production designer and art director (born 1920) • 2005 – Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (born 1950) • 2006Gordon Parks, American photographer, director, and composer (born 1912) • 2013Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1947) • 2013 – Damiano Damiani, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922) • 2013 – Claude King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923) • 2014Ned O'Gorman, American poet and educator (born 1929) • 2015G. Karthikeyan, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1949) • 2015 – F. Ray Keyser, Jr., American lawyer and politician, Governor of Vermont (born 1927) • 2015 – Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1935) • 2016Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge (born 1951) • 2016 – Leonard Berney, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp liberator (born 1920) • 2017Lynne Stewart, American attorney and activist (born 1939) • 2019Dick Beyer, American professional wrestler (born 1930) • 2024Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer (born 1935) • 2025D'Wayne Wiggins, American musical artist (born 1961) • 2026Jamie Dunn, Australian actor, radio and television host (born 1950) ==Holidays and observances==
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