Sweden
2024
Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member..
March-7
Historical Events on March 7
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Rust shooting incident
Hannah 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.
2024
2021 Bata explosions
At least 108 die and 615 are injured in the 2021 Bata explosions in Bata, Equatorial Guinea.
2021
Real Irish Republican Army
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.
2009
Reform of the House of Lords
Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
2007
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200
2007
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people..
Lashkar-e-Taiba
The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.
2006
Thomas Hebert
The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA.
1993
Iran
Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.
1989
1987 Lieyu massacre
Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen.
1987
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
1986
Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor..
Selma to Montgomery marches
Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
1965
Aeroflot Flight 542
Aeroflot Flight 542 crashes in the Yermakovsky District, killing all 31 aboard.
1965
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crashes in Lynnhurst, Minneapolis, killing 15 people.
1951
Korean War
Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
1951
Haj Ali Razmara
1951
Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, outside a mosque in Tehran..
Günther Prien
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.
1941
Parliament House, Helsinki
The Parliament House of Finland is officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland.
1931
Labin Republic
The short-lived socialist Labin Republic is proclaimed.
1921
Second Boer War
Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, defeat the British at the Battle of Tweebosch.
1902
Alexander Graham Bell
1876
Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone"..
United States Senate
Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
1850
Shrigley abduction
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.
1826
Battle of Craonne
Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
1814
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
1799
Ottoman Empire
1573
A peace treaty is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, ending the Ottoman–Venetian War and leaving Cyprus in Ottoman hands..
Condemnations of 1210–1277
The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses.
1277
Conrad III of Germany
Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Coblenz in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin.
1138
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
161