What are the important events that happened on March 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 7: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 7 is the 66th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 299 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 22, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,021,760 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontahexagon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 347 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,459 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 7 Historical Events
- 321 –Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.
- 1799 –Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
- 1827 –Brazil marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
- 1886 –The City of Lábrea in Amazonas, Brazil is founded. Today, the town is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Lábrea.
- 1900 –The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
- 1902 –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
- 1914 –Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign.
- 1950 –Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
- 1951 –Korean War: Operation Ripper – United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
- 1985 –The song “We Are the World” has its international release.
Who were born on March 7?
- 1730 –Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (d. 1807)
- 1837 –Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (d. 1882)
- 1878 –Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (d. 1927)
- 1908 –Anna Magnani, Italian actress (d. 1973)
- 1952 –Ernie Isley, American musician (The Isley Brothers)
- 1952 –Lynn Swann, American football player
- 1964 –Bret Easton Ellis, American writer
- 1969 –Massimo Lotti, Italian footballer
- 1990 –Choi Jong Hun, South Korean guitarist, leader in F.T. Island
- 1991 –Michele Rigione, Italian footballer
Who died on March 7?
- 1767 –Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer (b. 1680)
- 1913 –Emily Pauline Johnson, Native Canadian poet (b. 1861)
- 1942 –Lucy Parsons, American anarchist, communist and labor organizer (b. 1853)
- 1954 –Otto Diels, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
- 1965 –Louise Mountbatten, Swedish queen (b. 1889)
- 1986 –Jacob K. Javits, American politician (b. 1904)
- 1988 –Divine, American actor (b. 1945)
- 1999 –Stanley Kubrick, American film director (b. 1928)
- 2006 –Gordon Parks, photographer (b. 1912)
- 2009 –Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress (b. 1982)
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