What are the important events that happened on March 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 7: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 7 is the 66th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 299 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 22, 2017 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,488,844,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontahexagon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 349 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,537 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 7 Historical Events
- 238 –Roman subjects in Africa revolt against Maximinus Thrax and elect Gordian I as emperor.
- 1277 –Stephen Tempier, bishop of Paris, condemns 219 philosophical and theological theses.
- 1827 –Brazil marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
- 1876 –Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
- 1912 –Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
- 1914 –Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign.
- 1965 –Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama.
- 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.
- 1985 –The song “We Are the World” has its international release.
- 1994 –Copyright Law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
Who were born on March 7?
- 1866 –Hans Fruhstorfer, German lepidopterist (d. 1922)
- 1933 –Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1998)
- 1942 –Tammy Faye Bakker, American televangelist (d. 2007)
- 1951 –Francis Rocco Prestia, American musician (Tower of Power)
- 1962 –Peter Manley, English darts player
- 1965 –Cameron Daddo, Australian actor
- 1966 –Joy Tanner, American actress
- 1969 –Hideki Noda, Japanese racing driver
- 1979 –Amanda Somerville, American singer (Aina) and vocal coach
- 1982 –Kate Michael, American beauty queen
Who died on March 7?
- 308 –Saint Eubulus, Christian martyr
- 1578 –Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (b. 1515)
- 1625 –Johann Bayer, German astronomer (b. 1572)
- 1810 –Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (b. 1750)
- 1938 –Andreas Michalakopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
- 1967 –Alice B. Toklas, American companion to Gertrude Stein (b. 1877)
- 2000 –Pee Wee King, American country music songwriter and musician (b. 1914)
- 2001 –Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
- 2005 –John Box, British film production designer and art director (b. 1920)
- 2009 –Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress (b. 1982)
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