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What Happened On March 7

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1876: Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone". 1277: The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses. 1941: The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board. 1900: The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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1876 Oddly true
Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
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1277 Oddly true
The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1941 Oddly true
The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1900 First ever
The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2009 First ever
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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1941 Oddly true
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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1826 Oddly true
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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1871 Oddly true
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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1850 Oddly true
United States senator Daniel Webster (pictured) delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1814 Oddly true
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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Observed today

2024Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member. Wikipedia →
2024Hannah 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 →
2021At least 108 die and 615 are injured in the 2021 Bata explosions in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. Wikipedia →
2009Massereene 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 →
2007Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected. Wikipedia →
2007Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people. Wikipedia →
2006The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India. Wikipedia →
1989Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. Wikipedia →
1986Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. Wikipedia →
1971Sheikh 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 →
1965Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. Wikipedia →
1965Aeroflot Flight 542 crashes in the Yermakovsky District, killing all 31 aboard. Wikipedia →
1951Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crashes in Lynnhurst, Minneapolis, killing 15 people. Wikipedia →
1951Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces. Wikipedia →
1951Iranian 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 →
1945World War II: The American 9th Armored Division unexpectedly captures an intact bridge over the Rhine. Wikipedia →
1941World 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 →
1931The Parliament House of Finland is officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland. Wikipedia →
1921The short-lived socialist Labin Republic is proclaimed. Wikipedia →
1902Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, defeat the British at the Battle of Tweebosch. Wikipedia →
1876Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone". Wikipedia →
1850Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. Wikipedia →
1826Shrigley 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 →
1814Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne. Wikipedia →
1799Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. Wikipedia →
1573A 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 →
1277The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses. Wikipedia →
1138Konrad III von Hohenstaufen is elected king of Germany at Coblenz in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin. Wikipedia →
681The Third Council of Constantinople deposes patriarch Macarius I of Antioch. Wikipedia →
161Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. Wikipedia →

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