Tukuk-OS📅 March 7
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on March 7? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2021 — A series of four explosions at a military barracks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea caused at least 107 deaths.
- 2009 — The Kepler space telescope (depicted), designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, was launched.
- 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.
Dissident Irish republican campaignMassereene Barracks shootingReal Irish Republican Army
- 1990 — Teachers in West Virginia began a labor strike that involved several thousand educators across the state.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1965 — Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police (pictured) on "Bloody Sunday".
- 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.
- 1941 — The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.
- 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.
Remilitarisation of the RhinelandRhinelandTreaty of Versailles
- 1900 — The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
War of the Sixth CoalitionNapoleonMikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov
- 1573 — A peace treaty brought the Ottoman–Venetian War to an end, ceding Cyprus from the Republic of Venice to the Ottoman Empire.
Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)Republic of VeniceOttoman Empire
- 1277 — Bishop Étienne Tempier promulgated a condemnation of 219 heretical propositions that were being discussed at the University of Paris.
- 321 — Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest.
Births
- 2007 — Kiyan Anthony, American basketball player
- 2000 — Rasmus Sandin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 2000 — Sebastian Schwaighofer, Austrian politician
- 1999 — Ronald Araújo, Uruguayan footballer
- 1998 — Amanda Gorman, American poet and activist
- 1997 — Taher Mohamed, Egyptian footballer
- 1997 — Dylan Strome, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1996 — Liam Donnelly, Northern Irish footballer
- 1996 — Pablo López, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1995 — Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer
- 1995 — Aboubakar Kamara, French footballer
- 1995 — Haley Lu Richardson, American actress
Deaths
- 2026 — Jamie Dunn, Australian actor, radio and television host (born 1950)
- 2025 — D'Wayne Wiggins, American musical artist (born 1961)
- 2024 — Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer (born 1935)
- 2019 — Dick Beyer, American professional wrestler (born 1930)
- 2017 — Lynne Stewart, American attorney and activist (born 1939)
- 2016 — Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge (born 1951)
- 2016 — Leonard Berney, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp liberator (born 1920)
- 2015 — G. Karthikeyan, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1949)
- 2015 — F. Ray Keyser, Jr., American lawyer and politician, Governor of Vermont (born 1927)
- 2015 — Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1935)
- 2014 — Ned O'Gorman, American poet and educator (born 1929)
- 2013 — Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1947)
Observances & holidays
- 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
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