This Day in USA History
March 7

What happened in history on this day: March 7? On March 7 in ... 1801 - Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law. 1825 - Richard Rush takes office as Treasury Secretary. 1862 - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Generals McCulloch and McIntosh killed. 1865 - Battles round Kinston, North Carolina. 1889 - William Windom begins second term as Treasury Secretary. 1911 - US sends 20,000 troops to Mexican border. 1917 - First jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step", recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey. 1918 - US President Woodrow Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal. 1925 - American Negro Congress organizes. 1926 - First transatlantic telephone call (London - New York). 1932 - Riots at Ford factory in Dearborn, Michigan, kills 4. 1938 - The US signs reciprocal trade treaty with Czechoslovakia. 1941 - Third largest snowfall in New York City, New York history (18.1 inches). 1942 - First cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee. 1945 - US 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen, Germany, crosses Rhine. 1946 - British and American governments jointly announce the total score of enemy submarine kills during the war. Total enemy submarine losses from all causes: 996. Germany lost 781, Italy lost 85, and Japan lost 130. 1955 - In Los Angeles, California, the 7th Annual Emmy Awards are presented. Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series: Danny Thomas for Make Room for Daddy Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series: Loretta Young for Letter to Loretta Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program: This Is Your Life and What's My Line? Best Children's Program: Lassie Best Daytime Program: House Party Best Dramatic Program: The United States Steel Hour Best Female Singer: Dinah Shore Best Individual Program of the Year: Disneyland Best Male Singer: Perry Como Best Mystery, Action, or Adventure Program: Dragnet Best News Reporter or Commentator: John Daly Best Situation Comedy: Make Room for Daddy Best Sports Program: Cavalcade of Sports Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series: Art Carney for The Jackie Gleason Show Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series: Audrey Meadows for The Jackie Gleason Show Best Variety Program: Disneyland Best Western or Adventure Series: Stories of the Century Most Outstanding New Personality: George Gobel. 1962 - Launch of OSO 1, first astronomy satellite (solar flare data). 1965 - A group of 600 demonstrators from Selma, Alabama, march on the capital city of Montgomery to protest their disenfranchisement of voting rights and the earlier killing of a black man, Jimmie Lee Jackson, by a state trooper. 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1967 - Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins eight-year jail sentence at Lewisburg Federal Prison for defrauding the union and jury tampering (commuted December 23, 1971). 1974 - Monitor (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. 1975 - US Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate. 1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1977 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets US President Jimmy Carter. 1981 - First homicide at Disneyland, 18-year old is stabbed to death. 1983 - TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV. 1989 - Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, North West North America, Greenland). 1989 - In Geneva, Switzerland, the Geneva international auto show is held, over eleven days. Chevrolet introduces the Corvette ZR-1 and LT5 engine. 1990 - Three passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 1990 - H Wayne Huizenga buys half Joe Robbie Stadium and 15 percent of Miami Dolphins for US$30 million. 1994 - 8th American Comedy Awards: Carrot Top wins. 1994 - US Navy issues first permanent order assigning women on combat ship. 1994 - Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use. 1995 - New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty. 1998 - The Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan is fined for burning a cross in his garden and infringing air regulations in California. 2000 - George W. Bush and Al Gore emerge victorious in the Republican and Democratic caucuses and primaries of the United States presidential election. 2008 - The US Federal Reserve promises to provide up to US$200 billion in temporary loans to banks and bond-market dealers. 2008 - A dozen tornadoes cause much damage in northern Florida and southern Georgia. Cars are flipped, trees and power poles knocked down, homes and businesses damaged, and two people are killed. 2009 - NASA launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida the unmanned Kepler telescope to orbit the Sun to search for Earth-like planets with the potential to host life. 2010 - In Los Angeles, California, the 82nd Academy Awards are presented. Best Picture: The Hurt Locker Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart Best Actress: Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker Foreign Language Film: El Secreto de Sus Ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes) Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Original Screenplay: Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Animated Feature: Up Animated Short Film: Logorama Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg for art direction and Kim Sinclair for set decoration on Avatar Costume Design: Sandy Powell for The Young Victoria Makeup: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow for Star Trek Cinematography: Mauro Fiore for Avatar Live Action Short Film: The New Tenants Documentary Feature: The Cove Documentary Short: Music by Prudence Visual Effects: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones for Avatar Sound Editing: Paul N.J. Ottosson for The Hurt Locker Sound Mixing: Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett for The Hurt Locker Film Editing: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis for The Hurt Locker Original Score: Michael Giacchino for Up Original Song: "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart Births on March 7 1914 - Birth of Morton DaCosta in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; director (Island of Love, Music Man). 1917 - Birth of Davis Roberts in Mobile, Alabama, USA; actor (Mr Johnson - Boone). 1930 - Birth of James Broderick in Charleston, New Hampshire, USA; actor (Brenner - Brenner, Doug - Family). 1938 - Birth of Homero Blancas in Houston, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1972 Phoenix Open). 1939 - Birth of Marion Marlowe in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; singer (Arthur Godfrey and Friends). 1942 - Birth of Michael Eisner in Mount Kisko, New York, USA; CEO (Walt Disney Company). 1945 - Birth of John Heard in Washington, DC, USA; actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD). 1947 - Birth of Donna Loren in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo). 1947 - Birth of Lewis J Stadlen in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (John - Benson, Savages, Windy City). 1947 - Birth of Richard Lawson in Loma Linda, California, USA; actor (Eddie - The O'Neills). 1950 - Birth of Franco Harris; NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers). 1950 - Birth of Mark Pinter in Decorah, Iowa, USA; actor (Karl - Behind the Screen, Another World). 1953 - Birth of Kathleen Sullivan in Pasadena, California, USA; newscaster (E!). 1959 - Birth of Thomas Edward Lehman in Austin, Minnesota, USA; PGA golfer (1994 Memorial Tournament). 1960 - Birth of Joe Carter in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays). 1961 - Birth of Mary Beth Evans in Pasadena, California, USA; actress (Katherine - General Hospital, Kayla - Days of Our Lives). 1962 - Birth of Taylor Dayne [Leslie Wunderman], on Long Island, New York, USA; vocalist ("I'll Always Love You"). 1964 - Birth of Amy Baltus in Bloomington, Indiana, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Nationals-13th-1992). 1968 - Birth of Jeff Kent in Bellflower, California, USA; infielder (New York Mets). 1969 - Birth of Anne Marie Lauck in Rochester, New York, USA; marathon runner (Olympics-10th-1996). 1969 - Birth of Brian Jamieson in Livingston, New Jersey, USA; rower (Olympics-silver-1996). 1970 - Birth of Jacquelyn Doucette; Miss Massachusetts-USA (1996). 1970 - Birth of James Calvin Spivey in Schiller Park, Illinois, USA; mile runner. 1970 - Birth of Kathy Gedney in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-25th-1994). 1980 - Birth of Laura Prepon; American actress. Deaths on March 7 1964 - Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at age 73. 1967 - American actor/singer Nelson Eddy dies at age 65 in hospital in Miami, Florida, after suffering a stroke while performing onstage at the Doral Country Club in Miami the previous day. 1985 - Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at age 95. 1986 - Jacob K Javits, American politician (Senator-Republican-New York), dies in Palm Beach, Florida at age 81. 1988 - Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead], American transvestite actor (Hairspray, Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies in Los Angeles, California at age 42 (born 1945). 1993 - Arnold Franchetti, Italian/US composer, dies. 1993 - Death of Earl Wrightson, American singer/actor (The At Home Show, Pinafore), of heart failure at age 76. 1997 - Death of Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912). 1999 - Death of Sidney Gottlieb, American Central Intelligence Agency official (born 1918). 1999 - Death of Stanley Kubrick, American film director and producer (born 1928). 2004 - Death of Paul Winfield, American actor (heart attack) (born 1941).         Your Ad Here You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. 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