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.
- 1799 –Napoleon 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.
- 1827 –Brazil marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
- 1862 –American Civil War: Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
- 1886 –The City of Lábrea in Amazonas, Brazil is founded. Today, the town is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Lábrea.
- 1965 –Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama.
- 1985 –The song “We Are the World” has its international release.
- 2006 –The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.
Who were born on March 7?
- 1687 –Jean Lebeuf, French historian (d. 1760)
- 1886 –Virginia Pearson, American silent film actress (d. 1958)
- 1893 –Milton Avery, American artist (d. 1965)
- 1938 –David Baltimore, American biologist, Nobel laureate
- 1940 –Rudi Dutschke, German student leader (d. 1979)
- 1942 –Michael Eisner, American film studio executive
- 1965 –Steve Beuerlein, American football player
- 1972 –Jang Dong-gun, South Korean actor and musician
- 1973 –Jason Bright, Australian racing driver
- 1985 –Andre Fluellen, American football player
Who died on March 7?
- 161 –Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (b. 86)
- 308 –Saint Eubulus, Christian martyr
- 1938 –Andreas Michalakopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
- 1943 –Alma Moodie, Australian classical violinist (b. 1898)
- 1949 –Bradbury Robinson, American football player (b. 1884)
- 1965 –Louise Mountbatten, Swedish queen (b. 1889)
- 1995 –Paul-Émile Victor, French explorer (b. 1907)
- 2000 –Pee Wee King, American country music songwriter and musician (b. 1914)
- 2004 –Paul Winfield, American actor (b. 1941)
- 2009 –Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress (b. 1982)
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