Post by Buckeye Dale on Mar 7, 2017 11:02:57 GMT -5
March 7 is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 299 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
321 – Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_7
On this day...
In 322 BC, Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, died.
In 1774, The British closed the port of Boston to all commerce.
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465) for his telephone.
In 1904, In Springfield, OH, a mob broke into a jail and shot a black man accused of murder.
In 1908, Cincinnati's Mayor Leopold Markbreit announced before the city council that, "Women are not physically fit to operate automobiles."
In 1911, M******* sucked.
In 1933, The board game Monopoly was invented.
In 1935, Malcolm Campbell set an auto speed record of 276.8 mph in Florida.
In 1945, During World War II, U.S. forces crossed the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany.
In 1955, Baseball commissioner Ford Frick said that he was in favor of legalizing the spitball.
In 1965, State troopers and a sheriff's posse broke up a march by civil rights demonstrators in Selma, AL.
In 1970, Austin Carr (Notre Dame) scored 61 points against Ohio University. The feat was an NCAA tournament record.
In 1975, The U.S. Senate revised the filibuster rule. The new rule allowed 60 senators to limit debate instead of the previous two-thirds.
In 1982, The NCAA college basketball tournament selections were televised for the first time.
In 1983, ESPN televised the first live professional football game on cable. The game was between the USFL's Birmingham Stallions and the Michigan Panthers.
In 1985, The song "We Are the World" was heard on the radio for the first time.
In 1986, The final episode of "Different Strokes" was aired.
In 1987, Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight titleholder when he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round fight in Las Vegas, NV.
In 1994, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that does not require permission from the copyright holder.
In 2002, A federal judge awarded Anna Nicole Smith more than $88 million in damages. The ruling was the latest in a legal battle over the estate of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall II.
In 2003, Scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center announced that they had transferred 6.7 gigabytes of uncompressed data from Sunnvale, CA, to Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 58 seconds. The data was sent via fiber-optic cables and traveled 6,800 miles.
321 – Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_7
On this day...
In 322 BC, Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, died.
In 1774, The British closed the port of Boston to all commerce.
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465) for his telephone.
In 1904, In Springfield, OH, a mob broke into a jail and shot a black man accused of murder.
In 1908, Cincinnati's Mayor Leopold Markbreit announced before the city council that, "Women are not physically fit to operate automobiles."
In 1911, M******* sucked.
In 1933, The board game Monopoly was invented.
In 1935, Malcolm Campbell set an auto speed record of 276.8 mph in Florida.
In 1945, During World War II, U.S. forces crossed the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany.
In 1955, Baseball commissioner Ford Frick said that he was in favor of legalizing the spitball.
In 1965, State troopers and a sheriff's posse broke up a march by civil rights demonstrators in Selma, AL.
In 1970, Austin Carr (Notre Dame) scored 61 points against Ohio University. The feat was an NCAA tournament record.
In 1975, The U.S. Senate revised the filibuster rule. The new rule allowed 60 senators to limit debate instead of the previous two-thirds.
In 1982, The NCAA college basketball tournament selections were televised for the first time.
In 1983, ESPN televised the first live professional football game on cable. The game was between the USFL's Birmingham Stallions and the Michigan Panthers.
In 1985, The song "We Are the World" was heard on the radio for the first time.
In 1986, The final episode of "Different Strokes" was aired.
In 1987, Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight titleholder when he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round fight in Las Vegas, NV.
In 1994, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that does not require permission from the copyright holder.
In 2002, A federal judge awarded Anna Nicole Smith more than $88 million in damages. The ruling was the latest in a legal battle over the estate of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall II.
In 2003, Scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center announced that they had transferred 6.7 gigabytes of uncompressed data from Sunnvale, CA, to Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 58 seconds. The data was sent via fiber-optic cables and traveled 6,800 miles.
