On This Day — March 7

🕰️ Notable Events on March 7

• 2009 — 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 2007 — The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected. Wikipedia ↗
• 2006 — The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India. Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen. Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Vietnam 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Sementara (MPRS), Indonesian provisional parliament, revoked Sukarno's mandate as President of Indonesia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Bloody Sunday: a group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces. Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy. Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen. Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King. Wikipedia ↗
• 1902 — Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch. Wikipedia ↗
• 1900 — The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore. Wikipedia ↗
• 1876 — Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone". Wikipedia ↗
• 1862 — American Civil War: Union forces defeat Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas. Wikipedia ↗
• 1850 — Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. Wikipedia ↗
• 1827 — Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina. Wikipedia ↗
• 1827 — Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand. Wikipedia ↗
• 1814 — Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne. Wikipedia ↗
• 1799 — Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1277 — Stephen Tempier, bishop of Paris, condemns 219 philosophical and theological theses. Wikipedia ↗
• 321 — Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire. Wikipedia ↗
• 238 — Roman subjects in the province of Africa revolt against Maximinus Thrax and elect Gordian I as emperor. Wikipedia ↗
• 161 — Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on March 7

• 1996 — Liam Donnelly, Northern Irish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1995 — Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Denisa Allertová, Czech tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Bel Powley, English actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Michele Rigione, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Larry Asante, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Hatem Ben Arfa, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Niclas Bergfors, Swedish ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Ben Griffin, Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Andre Fluellen, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Cameron Prosser, Australian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Mathieu Flamini, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Jacob Lillyman, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Lindsay McCaul, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Manucho, Angolan footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Taylor Tankersley, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Sebastián Viera, Uruguayan footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Brent Kite, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Murat Boz, Turkish singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Eric Godard, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Laura Prepon, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Rodrigo Braña, Argentinian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Amanda Somerville, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Jaqueline Jesus, Brazilian psychologist and activist Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Paul Cattermole, British singer and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Jenna Fischer, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Facundo Sava, Argentinian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Jason Bright, Australian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Sébastien Izambard, French tenor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Işın Karaca, English-Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Craig Polla-Mounter, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Peter Sarsgaard, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Matthew Vaughn, English director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Rachel Weisz, English-American actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Massimo Lotti, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Hideki Noda, Japanese race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Jeff Kent, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Muhsin al-Ramli, Iraqi author, poet, translator, and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Ruthie Henshall, English actress, singer, and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Ai Yazawa, Japanese author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Terry Carkner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Tony Daly, Australian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Steve Beuerlein, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Jesper Parnevik, Swedish golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Bret Easton Ellis, American author and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Wanda Sykes, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Mike Eagles, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — E. L. James, English author Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Taylor Dayne, American singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — David Rutley, English businessman and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, French politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Joe Carter, American baseball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Jim Spivey, American runner and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Tom Lehman, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Donna Murphy, American actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Rick Bass, American author and environmentalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Robert Harris, English journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Tomás Yarrington, Mexican economist and politician, Governor of Tamaulipas Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Bryan Cranston, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Andrea Levy, English author Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Tommy Kramer, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Eva Brunne, Swedish bishop Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — William Boyd, Ghanaian-English author and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Ernie Isley, American guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Viv Richards, Caribbean cricketer and footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Lynn Swann, American football player, sportscaster, and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Billy Joe DuPree, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Franco Harris, American football player and businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — J. R. Richard, American baseball player and minister Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Helen Eadie, Scottish politician (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Walter Röhrl, German race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Matthew Fisher, English keyboard player, songwriter, and record producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Peter Wolf, American singer-songwriter and musician Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — John Heard, American actor and producer (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Bob Herbert, American journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Elizabeth Moon, American lieutenant and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997) Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Chris White, English singer-songwriter and bass player Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Michael Eisner, American businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist, television personality, and talk show host (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Piers Paul Read, English historian and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Daniel J. Travanti, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Danyel Gérard, French singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — David Baltimore, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (d. 1982) Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Willard Scott, American television personality and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and accountant (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Ed Bouchee, American baseball player (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and politician (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Robert Trotter, Scottish actor and photographer (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Dan Jacobson, South African-English author and critic (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — James Broderick, American actor and director (d. 1982) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Rene Gagnon, American soldier (d. 1979) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Morton Bard, American psychologist (d. 1997) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Bill Boedeker, American football player (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and author (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗
• 1917 — Janet Collins, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
• 1917 — Betty Holberton, American engineer and programmer (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Dollard Ménard, Canadian general (d. 1997) Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat (d. 1992) Wikipedia ↗
• 1911 — Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Indian journalist and author (d. 1987) Wikipedia ↗
• 1911 — Stefan Kisielewski, Polish libertarian writer and politician (d. 1991) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Will Glickman, American playwright (d. 1983) Wikipedia ↗
• 1908 — Anna Magnani, Italian actress (d. 1973) Wikipedia ↗
• 1904 — Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1969) Wikipedia ↗
• 1904 — Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer (d. 1942) Wikipedia ↗
• 1902 — Heinz Rühmann, German actor (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
• 1895 — Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (d. 1988) Wikipedia ↗
• 1888 — William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist and author (d. 1977) Wikipedia ↗
• 1888 — Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1978) Wikipedia ↗
• 1886 — Virginia Pearson, American actress (d. 1958) Wikipedia ↗
• 1886 — G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1975) Wikipedia ↗
• 1886 — Wilson Dallam Wallis, American anthropologist (d. 1970) Wikipedia ↗
• 1885 — Milton Avery, American painter (d. 1965) Wikipedia ↗
• 1885 — John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (d. 1971) Wikipedia ↗
• 1878 — Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (d. 1927) Wikipedia ↗
• 1875 — Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1937) Wikipedia ↗
• 1873 — Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (d. 1959) Wikipedia ↗
• 1872 — Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (d. 1944) Wikipedia ↗
• 1857 — Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940) Wikipedia ↗
• 1850 — Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1921) Wikipedia ↗
• 1850 — Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Austrian-Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1937) Wikipedia ↗
• 1849 — Luther Burbank, American botanist and author (d. 1926) Wikipedia ↗
• 1843 — Marriott Henry Brosius, American senator (d. 1901) Wikipedia ↗
• 1841 — William Rockhill Nelson, American businessman and publisher, founded The Kansas City Star (d. 1915) Wikipedia ↗
• 1839 — Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (d. 1909) Wikipedia ↗
• 1837 — Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (d. 1882) Wikipedia ↗
• 1811 — Increase A. Lapham, American botanist and author (d. 1875) Wikipedia ↗
• 1792 — John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1871) Wikipedia ↗
• 1788 — Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and biochemist (d. 1878) Wikipedia ↗
• 1785 — Alessandro Manzoni, Italian author and poet (d. 1873) Wikipedia ↗
• 1765 — Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, invented photography (d. 1833) Wikipedia ↗
• 1730 — Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1807) Wikipedia ↗
• 1723 — Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (d. 1725) Wikipedia ↗
• 1715 — Ewald Christian von Kleist, German soldier and poet (d. 1759) Wikipedia ↗
• 1693 — Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769) Wikipedia ↗
• 1678 — Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Superga (d. 1736) Wikipedia ↗
• 1671 — Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (d. 1734) Wikipedia ↗
• 1556 — Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and author (d. 1621) Wikipedia ↗
• 1543 — John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, German prince and reigning count palatine of Simmern (d. 1592) Wikipedia ↗
• 1482 — Fray Thomas de San Martín, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop (d. 1555) Wikipedia ↗
• 1481 — Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537) Wikipedia ↗
• 1437 — Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg (d. 1512) Wikipedia ↗
• 189 — Publius Septimius Geta, Roman emperor (d. 211) Wikipedia ↗

🕯️ Notable Deaths on March 7

• 2017 — Lynne Stewart, American attorney and activist (b. 1939) Wikipedia ↗
• 2016 — Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge (b. 1951) Wikipedia ↗
• 2015 — G. Karthikeyan, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1949) Wikipedia ↗
• 2015 — F. Ray Keyser, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont (b. 1927) Wikipedia ↗
• 2015 — Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1935) Wikipedia ↗
• 2014 — Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov, Russian actor and director (b. 1930) Wikipedia ↗
• 2014 — Ned O'Gorman, American poet and educator (b. 1929) Wikipedia ↗
• 2014 — Victor Shem-Tov, Israeli lawyer and politician, 8th Israeli Minister of Health (b. 1915) Wikipedia ↗
• 2013 — Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947) Wikipedia ↗
• 2013 — Sybil Christopher, Welsh actress (b. 1929) Wikipedia ↗
• 2013 — Damiano Damiani, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1922) Wikipedia ↗
• 2013 — Frederick B. Karl, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1924) Wikipedia ↗
• 2013 — Claude King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923) Wikipedia ↗
• 2012 — Ravi, Indian director and composer (b. 1926) Wikipedia ↗
• 2012 — Włodzimierz Smolarek, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1957) Wikipedia ↗
• 2007 — Ronnie Wells, American singer and educator (b. 1943) Wikipedia ↗
• 2006 — Gordon Parks, American photographer, director, and composer (b. 1912) Wikipedia ↗
• 2006 — Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939) Wikipedia ↗

📅 National Days on March 7 (Calendar.cx)

Also observed on March 7

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Shabbat Parah