On This Day - March 7th

Featured Event:

Attack on civil rights protesters in Selma, Alabama (1965) 🪧

On this day in 1965, state troopers used nightsticks and tear gas to attack American civil rights activists as they crossed a bridge in Selma, Alabama.

Other Events:

161: Marcus Aurelius became emperor of Rome. 🇮🇹

1876: Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone. ☎️

1987: American boxer Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight to acquire WBA championship belt when he defeated James Smith in 12 rounds. 🥊

2010: American director Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director, for The Hurt Locker (2008). 🎬

Holidays:

Maritime Day 🇸🇮

Featured Birthdays:

1792: John Herschel 🇬🇧 (Astronomer)

1872: Piet Mondrian 🇳🇱 (Painter)

1904: Reinhard Heydrich 🇩🇪 (Nazi Oficial)

1956: Bryan Cranston 🇺🇸 (Actor)

Featured Deaths:

322 BC: Aristotle 🇬🇷 (Philosopher)

1274: St. Thomas Aquinas 🇮🇹 (Christian Theologian)

1999: Stanley Kubrick 🇺🇸 (Director)

2006: Gordon Parks 🇺🇸 (Author)