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On This Day in History — March 7
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Highlights of March 7
- 2021 — A series of four explosions at a military barracks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea caused at least 107 deaths. Read more
- 2009 — The Kepler space telescope (depicted), designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, was launched. Read more
- 2009 — Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland. Read more
- 1990 — Teachers in West Virginia began a labor strike that involved several thousand educators across the state. Read more
- 1985 — The charity single "We Are the World" by the supergroup USA for Africa was released, and went on to sell more than 20 million copies. Read more
- 1968 — Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area. Read more
- 1965 — Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police (pictured) on "Bloody Sunday". Read more
- 1945 — World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which possibly hastened the war's conclusion. Read more
- 1941 — The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board. Read more
- 1936 — Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties that were signed after World War I. Read more
- 1900 — The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver. Read more
- 1871 — José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in the state's history. Read more
- 1850 — United States senator Daniel Webster (pictured) delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state. Read more
- 1814 — War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon's army forced Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov's Russian troops to withdraw from the Chemin des Dames, but French casualties exceeded Russian losses. Read more
- 1573 — A peace treaty brought the Ottoman–Venetian War to an end, ceding Cyprus from the Republic of Venice to the Ottoman Empire. Read more
- 1277 — Bishop Étienne Tempier promulgated a condemnation of 219 heretical propositions that were being discussed at the University of Paris. Read more
- 321 — Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest. Read more
Events
- 2024 — Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 2021 — At least 108 die and 615 are injured in the 2021 Bata explosions in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. Read more
- 2009 — Massereene 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. Read more
- 2007 — Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected. Read more
- 2007 — Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people. Read more
- 2006 — The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India. Read more
- 1989 — Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. Read more
- 1986 — Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. Read more
- 1971 — Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka. Read more
- 1965 — Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. Read more
- 1965 — Aeroflot Flight 542 crashes in the Yermakovsky District, killing all 31 aboard. Read more
- 1951 — Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crashes in Lynnhurst, Minneapolis, killing 15 people. Read more
- 1951 — Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1945 — World War II: The American 9th Armored Division unexpectedly captures an intact bridge over the Rhine. Read more
- 1941 — World 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. Read more
- 1931 — The Parliament House of Finland is officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland. Read more
- 1921 — The short-lived socialist Labin Republic is proclaimed. Read more
- 1902 — Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, defeat the British at the Battle of Tweebosch. Read more
- 1876 — Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone". Read more
- 1850 — Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. Read more
- 1826 — Shrigley 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. Read more
- 1814 — Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne. Read more
- 1799 — Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1277 — The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses. Read more
- 1138 — Konrad III von Hohenstaufen is elected king of Germany at Coblenz in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin. Read more
- 681 — The Third Council of Constantinople deposes patriarch Macarius I of Antioch. Read more
- 161 — Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. Read more
Born on March 7
- 2007 — Kiyan Anthony, American basketball player Read more
- 2000 — Rasmus Sandin, Swedish ice hockey player Read more
- 2000 — Sebastian Schwaighofer, Austrian politician Read more
- 1999 — Ronald Araújo, Uruguayan footballer Read more
- 1998 — Amanda Gorman, American poet and activist Read more
- 1997 — Taher Mohamed, Egyptian footballer Read more
- 1997 — Dylan Strome, Canadian ice hockey player Read more
- 1996 — Liam Donnelly, Northern Irish footballer Read more
- 1996 — Pablo López, Venezuelan baseball player Read more
- 1995 — Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer Read more
- 1995 — Aboubakar Kamara, French footballer Read more
- 1995 — Haley Lu Richardson, American actress Read more
- 1994 — Chase Kalisz, American swimmer Read more
- 1994 — Jake Layman, American basketball player Read more
- 1994 — Jordan Pickford, English footballer Read more
- 1992 — Bel Powley, English actress Read more
- 1991 — Ian Clark, American basketball player Read more
- 1990 — Jeff Withey, American basketball player Read more
- 1987 — Niclas Bergfors, Swedish ice hockey player Read more
- 1986 — Ryan Ciminelli, American bowler Read more
- 1985 — Cameron Prosser, Australian swimmer Read more
- 1984 — Steve Burtt Jr., American-Ukrainian basketball player Read more
- 1984 — Mathieu Flamini, French footballer Read more
- 1984 — Jacob Lillyman, Australian rugby league player Read more
- 1984 — Brandon T. Jackson, American actor and comedian Read more
- 1983 — Manucho, Angolan footballer Read more
- 1980 — Eric Godard, Canadian ice hockey player Read more
- 1980 — Laura Prepon, American actress Read more
- 1979 — Rodrigo Braña, Argentine footballer Read more
- 1977 — Paul Cattermole, English singer and actor (died 2023) Read more
- 1977 — Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby player and coach Read more
- 1975 — Audrey Marie Anderson, American actress and model Read more
- 1975 — T. J. Thyne, American actor Read more
- 1974 — Jenna Fischer, American actress Read more
- 1974 — Tobias Menzies, English actor Read more
- 1974 — Facundo Sava, Argentine footballer and manager Read more
- 1973 — Jason Bright, Australian race car driver Read more
- 1973 — Jay Duplass, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Read more
- 1973 — Sébastien Izambard, French tenor and producer Read more
- 1972 — Craig Polla-Mounter, Australian rugby league player Read more
Died on March 7
- 2026 — Jamie Dunn, Australian actor, radio and television host (born 1950) Read more
- 2025 — D'Wayne Wiggins, American musical artist (born 1961) Read more
- 2024 — Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer (born 1935) Read more
- 2019 — Dick Beyer, American professional wrestler (born 1930) Read more
- 2017 — Lynne Stewart, American attorney and activist (born 1939) Read more
- 2016 — Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge (born 1951) Read more
- 2016 — Leonard Berney, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp liberator (born 1920) Read more
- 2015 — G. Karthikeyan, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1949) Read more
- 2015 — F. Ray Keyser, Jr., American lawyer and politician, Governor of Vermont (born 1927) Read more
- 2015 — Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1935) Read more
- 2014 — Ned O'Gorman, American poet and educator (born 1929) Read more
- 2013 — Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1947) Read more
- 2013 — Damiano Damiani, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922) Read more
- 2013 — Claude King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923) Read more
- 2006 — Gordon Parks, American photographer, director, and composer (born 1912) Read more
- 2005 — John Box, English production designer and art director (born 1920) Read more
- 2005 — Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (born 1950) Read more
- 2000 — Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter (born 1914) Read more
- 1999 — Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (born 1918) Read more
- 1999 — Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928) Read more
- 1997 — Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912) Read more
- 1993 — Tony Harris, South African cricketer (born 1916) Read more
- 1993 — J. Merrill Knapp, American musicologist (born 1914) Read more
- 1993 — Martti Larni, Finnish writer (born 1909) Read more
- 1993 — Eleanor Sanger, American television producer (born 1929) Read more
- 1993 — Josef Steindl, Austrian economist (born 1912) Read more
- 1991 — Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player (born 1903) Read more
- 1988 — Divine, American drag queen and film actor (born 1945) Read more
- 1988 — Ülo Õun, Estonian sculptor (born 1940) Read more
- 1987 — Karl Leichter, Estonian musicologist and academic (born 1902) Read more
- 1986 — Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, New York State Attorney General (born 1904) Read more
- 1983 — Igor Markevitch, Ukrainian conductor and composer (born 1912) Read more
- 1982 — Ida Barney, American astronomer (born 1886) Read more
- 1981 — Muhammad Zaki Abd al-Qadir, Egyptian journalist and writer (born 1906) Read more
- 1976 — Wright Patman, American politician (born 1893) Read more
- 1975 — Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1895) Read more
- 1973 — Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor (born 1927) Read more
- 1971 — Richard Montague, American mathematician and philosopher (born 1930) Read more
- 1971 — Stevie Smith, English poet and novelist (born 1902) Read more
- 1967 — Alice B. Toklas, American writer (born 1877) Read more
Holidays & observances
Christian feast day:
Blessed Leonid Feodorov (Russian Greek Catholic Church); Christian feast day:
María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa; Christian feast day:
Perpetua and Felicity; Christian feast day:
Siméon-François Berneux (part of The Korean Martyrs); Christian feast day:
Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart; Christian feast day:
March 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics); Maritime Day in Slovenia
Events, births and deaths from Wikipedia contributors, “March 7”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Lists are selections; the full record lives at the source.