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, 413,568 hours 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
- 161 –Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
- 321 –Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.
- 1814 –Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
- 1850 –Senator Daniel Webster gives his “Seventh of March” speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
- 1876 –Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
- 1886 –The City of Lábrea in Amazonas, Brazil is founded. Today, the town is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Lábrea.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1878 –Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (d. 1927)
- 1888 –Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician (d. 1978)
- 1945 –Elizabeth Moon, American author
- 1946 –Daniel Goleman, American author and psychologist
- 1952 –Ernie Isley, American musician (The Isley Brothers)
- 1957 –Robert Harris, English TV reporter and journalist
- 1963 –Bill Brochtrup, American actor
- 1969 –Hideki Noda, Japanese racing driver
- 1980 –Éric Godard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 –Manucho, Angolan footballer
Who died on March 7?
- 308 –Saint Eubulus, Christian martyr
- 1932 –Aristide Briand, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1862)
- 1943 –Alma Moodie, Australian classical violinist (b. 1898)
- 1954 –Otto Diels, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
- 1975 –Ben Blue, Canadian actor (b. 1901)
- 1981 –Kiril Kondrashin, Russian conductor (b. 1914)
- 1986 –Jacob K. Javits, American politician (b. 1904)
- 2000 –Pee Wee King, American country music songwriter and musician (b. 1914)
- 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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