On This Day in History - March 7 |
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| What Happened On This Day In History - March 7 |
1862 March 7
1862-03-07
American Civil War: Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
1876 March 7
1876-03-07
American inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, was granted a patent for the telephone.
1902 March 7
1902-03-07
Second Boer War: In the Battle of Tweebosch, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey inflicts the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war
1936 March 7
1936-03-07
World War II (Prelude to): In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
1951 March 7
1951-03-07
Korean War: Operation Ripper – United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
1965 March 7
1965-03-07
Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama.
1968 March 7
1968-03-07
Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding M? Tho.
1989 March 7
1989-03-07
Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel.
1994 March 7
1994-03-07
Copyright Law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
2006 March 7
2006-03-07
The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.
2009 March 7
2009-03-07
The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and two civilians, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since The Troubles.
