# What happened on March 7 in history?

**Date:** March 7  
**Events recorded:** 29  
**Years spanned:** 161 – 2024  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/march/7/

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## Featured Event

**2024** — Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden)

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## Events on this date

- **161** — Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius))
- **681** — The Third Council of Constantinople deposes patriarch Macarius I of Antioch. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Council_of_Constantinople))
- **1138** — Konrad III von Hohenstaufen is elected king of Germany at Coblenz in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_III_of_Germany))
- **1277** — The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condemnations_of_1210%E2%80%931277))
- **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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire))
- **1799** — Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon))
- **1814** — Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Craonne))
- **1826** — Shrigley abduction: 15-year old Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future figure in the establishment of colonies in South Australia and New Zealand. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrigley_abduction))
- **1850** — Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate))
- **1876** — Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone". ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell))
- **1902** — Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, defeat the British at the Battle of Tweebosch. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War))
- **1921** — The short-lived socialist Labin Republic is proclaimed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labin_Republic))
- **1931** — The Parliament House of Finland is officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_House%2C_Helsinki))
- **1941** — World War II:  Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1951** — Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crashes in Lynnhurst, Minneapolis, killing 15 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Orient_Airlines_Flight_307))
- **1951** — Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War))
- **1951** — Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, outside a mosque in Tehran. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Razmara))
- **1965** — Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches))
- **1965** — Aeroflot Flight 542 crashes in the Yermakovsky District, killing all 31 aboard. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_542))
- **1971** — Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman))
- **1986** — Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster))
- **1989** — Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran))
- **2006** — The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lashkar-e-Taiba))
- **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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords))
- **2007** — Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda_Indonesia_Flight_200))
- **2009** — Massereene Barracks shooting: The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and injures two other soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massereene_Barracks_shooting))
- **2021** — At least 108 die and 615 are injured in the 2021 Bata explosions in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Bata_explosions))
- **2024** — Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden))
- **2024** — Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust, the first time someone has been found guilty for causing a death on a movie set. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_shooting_incident))

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## Notable births on March 7

- **2007** — **Kiyan Anthony** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyan_Anthony))
- **2000** — **Rasmus Sandin** — Swedish ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Sandin))
- **2000** — **Sebastian Schwaighofer** — Austrian politician ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Schwaighofer))
- **1998** — **Amanda Gorman** — American poet and activist ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Gorman))
- **1997** — **Taher Mohamed** — Egyptian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taher_Mohamed))
- **1997** — **Dylan Strome** — Canadian ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Strome))
- **1996** — **Liam Donnelly** — Northern Irish footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Donnelly_(footballer)))
- **1996** — **Pablo López** — Venezuelan baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_L%C3%B3pez_(baseball)))
- **1995** — **Jerome Binnom-Williams** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Binnom-Williams))
- **1995** — **Aboubakar Kamara** — French footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboubakar_Kamara))

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## Notable deaths on March 7

- **2026** — **Jamie Dunn** — Australian actor, radio and television host (born 1950) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Dunn))
- **2025** — **D'Wayne Wiggins** — American musical artist (born 1961) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D'Wayne_Wiggins))
- **2024** — **Steve Lawrence** — American actor and singer (born 1935) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Lawrence))
- **2019** — **Dick Beyer** — American professional wrestler (born 1930) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Beyer))
- **2017** — **Lynne Stewart** — American attorney and activist (born 1939) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Stewart))
- **2016** — **Adrian Hardiman** — Irish lawyer and judge (born 1951) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Hardiman))
- **2016** — **Leonard Berney** — Bergen-Belsen concentration camp liberator (born 1920) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Berney))
- **2015** — **G. Karthikeyan** — Indian lawyer and politician (born 1949) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Karthikeyan))
- **2015** — **F. Ray Keyser** — Jr., American lawyer and politician, Governor of Vermont (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Ray_Keyser_Jr.))
- **2015** — **Yoshihiro Tatsumi** — Japanese author and illustrator (born 1935) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiro_Tatsumi))

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