March 7 - The Day in History

March 7 : General Interest
1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone

On this day in 1876, 29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention--the telephone... read more


American Revolution
1777 : Five letters pass between Abigail and John Adams
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/five-letters-pass-between-abigail-and-john-adams

Automotive
1938 : Janet Guthrie, first female Indy 500 driver, born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/janet-guthrie-first-female-indy-500-driver-born

Civil War
1862 : Yankees clash with Rebels at the Battle of Pea Ridge
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-pea-ridge-elkhorn-tavern-arkansas

Cold War
1950 : Soviet Union denies Klaus Fuchs served as its spy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-union-denies-klaus-fuchs-served-as-its-spy

Crime
2002 : Defense rests in Andrea Yates trial
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/defense-rests-in-andrea-yates-trial

Disaster
1988 : Cyclone Bola hits New Zealand
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cyclone-bola-hits-new-zealand

General Interest
1936 : Hitler reoccupies the Rhineland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-reoccupies-the-rhineland
1973 : Bangladesh's first democratic leader
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bangladeshs-first-democratic-leader
1999 : Stanley Kubrick dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stanley-kubrick-dies

Hollywood
1988 : Writers Guild of America strike begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/writers-guild-of-america-strike-begins
2010 : Kathryn Bigelow becomes the first female director to win an Oscar
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kathryn-bigelow-becomes-the-first-female-director-to-win-an-oscar

Literary
1923 : "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" is published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening-is-published

Music
1974 : Pearl Bailey and Richard Nixon serenade a White House audience
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pearl-bailey-and-richard-nixon-serenade-a-white-house-audience

Old West
1885 : Kansas quarantines Texas cattle
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kansas-quarantines-texas-cattle

Presidential
1977 : Carter meets with Yitzhak Rabin
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carter-meets-with-yitzhak-rabin

Sports
1987 : Mike Tyson unifies titles
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mike-tyson-unifies-titles

Vietnam War
1966 : U.S. jets launch heaviest air raids of the war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-jets-launch-heaviest-air-raids-of-the-war
1967 : Republic of Korea forces operation launch
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/republic-of-korea-forces-operation-launch
1972 : Jets engage in aerial combat
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jets-engage-in-aerial-combat

World War I
1918 : Finland signs treaty with Germany
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/finland-signs-treaty-with-germany

World War II
1941 : British forces arrive in Greece
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-forces-arrive-in-greece