March 7 in history
Events on March 7
Notable events that happened on March 7 in past years.
- 2024
Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member.
Wikipedia article: Sweden - 2021
At least 108 die and 615 are injured in the 2021 Bata explosions in Bata, Equatorial Guinea.
Wikipedia article: 2021 Bata explosions - 2007
Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
Wikipedia article: Reform of the House of Lords - 2006
The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.
Wikipedia article: Lashkar-e-Taiba - 1986
Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
Wikipedia article: Space Shuttle Challenger disaster - 1965
Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
Wikipedia article: Selma to Montgomery marches - 1951
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crashes in Lynnhurst, Minneapolis, killing 15 people.
Wikipedia article: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 - 1945
World War II: The American 9th Armored Division unexpectedly captures an intact bridge over the Rhine.
Wikipedia article: 9th Armored Division (United States) - 1931
The Parliament House of Finland is officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland.
Wikipedia article: Parliament House, Helsinki - 1902
Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, defeat the British at the Battle of Tweebosch.
Wikipedia article: Second Boer War - 1850
Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
Wikipedia article: United States Senate - 1814
Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Craonne - 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.
Wikipedia article: Ottoman Empire - 1138
Konrad III von Hohenstaufen is elected king of Germany at Coblenz in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin.
- 161
Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
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