321: Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.
1277: Stephen Tempier, Bishop of Paris, condemns 219 philosophical and theological theses.
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1787: American boxer Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight to acquire the World Boxing Association (WBA) championship belt when he defeated James Smith in 12 rounds.
1876: Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
1900: The SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore. The German transatlantic liner was fitted with wireless communication by its owner, Norddeutscher Lloyd, in order to outdo its rival Hamburg America Line.
1912: Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
1926: The first two-way transatlantic telephone takes place. The conversation between the post office in London and Bell Laboratories in New York was established using a short-wave radio signal
1936: World War II (Prelude to) – In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
1941: A British expeditionary force from North Africa lands in Greece.
1945: U.S. troops capture the Ludendorff Bridge and cross the Rhine at Remagen. The legendary capture yielded little strategic advantage but it elevated the morale of the U.S. troops in pursuit of retreating German fighters.
1965: Bloody Sunday – A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama. Scores of demonstrators were injured, and the day entered history books as Bloody Sunday. The event helped to shift public opinion in favour of the Civil Rights movement.
1971: A speech by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman helps spark the Bangladesh war of independence
Bangladesh’s founding leader made his historical speech at a time of mounting tensions between East Pakistan, which later became Bangladesh, and West Pakistan, which became present-day Pakistan.
1985: The song “We Are the World” receives its international release.
2007: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
2009: The Kepler space observatory, designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, is launched.
2010: Kathryn Bigelow becomes the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director, for her movie “The Hurt Locker,” about an American bomb squad that disables explosives in Iraq in 2004. Prior to Bigelow, only three women had been nominated for a best director Oscar.
2015: 54 people are killed & 143 are wounded by 5 Boko Haram suicide bombings in Maiduguri city, Nigeria
2021: For the first time, an African hosts the Grammy Awards Ceremony that honours the world’s best recordings and artists. South African Comedian, Trevour Noah hosts from Los Angeles. The live stream audience that views the show on the internet is up 83% over the 2020 ceremony.
Births on This Day, March 7
Rachel Weisz, 54 years
Rachel Hannah Weisz is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received several awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award.
Obafemi Awolowo (6 March 1909 – 9 May 1987)
Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo was born Ikenne, present day Ogun State Nigeria. He was a economist, lawyer, journalist and one of founding fathers of Nigeria. He led AG (1st republic) and UPN (2nd republic) He died at the age of 78.
Nicéphore Niépce (7 March 1765 – 5 July 1833)
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was a French inventor and one of the earliest pioneers of photography. Niépce developed heliography, a technique he used to create the world’s oldest surviving product of a photographic process: a print made from a photoengraved printing plate in 1825. He was 68 years by time he died.
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