March 7
1850 - Daniel Webster gave a three-hour speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 as a means of preserving the Union.
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone.
1911 - President William Howard Taft ordered 20,000 troops to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the Mexican Revolution.
1926 - The first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversation took place, between New York City and London.
1936 - Adolf Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact when he ordered troops to march into the Rhineland.
1945 - During World War II, U.S. troops crossed the bridge at Remagen, the first incursion into Germany by Allied forces.
1965 - Peaceful civil rights demonstrators marching from Selma, Alabama are brutally attacked with billy clubs and tear gas by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The event is later called Bloody Sunday.
1975 - The Senate revised its filibuster rule, allowing 60 senators to limit debate in most cases, instead of the previously required two-thirds of senators present.
1989 - Iran broke off diplomatic relations with Britain over Salman Rushdie's novel Satanic Verses.
1994 - The U.S. Navy issued its first permanent orders assigning women to regular duty on a combat ship -- in this case, the USS Eisenhower.
2004 - V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire was invested as the first openly gay Episcopal Church bishop.
2005 - John Bolton was nominated by President George W. Bush as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
2010 - Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director for her Iraq War thriller "The Hurt Locker," which won six Oscars, including best picture.
2011 - Reversing course, President Barack Obama approved the resumption of military trials at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ending a two-year ban.
2011 - Charlie Sheen was fired from the sitcom "Two and a Half Men" by Warner Bros. Television following repeated misbehavior and weeks of the actor's angry, often-manic media campaign against his studio bosses.
2020 - In an interim report, Ethiopian investigators put most of the blame on Boeing for the 2019 crash of a 737 Max jet shortly after takeoff, saying there were design failures and inadequate training for pilots; the crash killed all 157 people on board.
Birthdays
26 - Haley Lu Richardson (actress)
29 - Bel Powley (actress)
41 - Laure Prepon (actress)
46 - TJ Thyne (actor)
46 - Audrey Marie Anderson (actress)
47 - Tobias Menzies (actor)
47 - Jolie Jenkins (actress)
47 - Jenna Fischer (actress)
48 - Jay Duplass (actor)
50 - Peter Sarsgaard (actor)
51 - Rachel Weisz (actress)
55 - Jonathan Del Arco (actor)
57 - Wanda Sykes (actress/comedian)
58 - Bill Brochtrup (actor)
59 - Taylor Dayne (actor/singer)
60 - Mary Beth Evans (actress)
61 - Ivan Lendl (tennis player)
62 - Tom Lehman (golfer)
62 - Nick Searcy (actor)
62 - Donna Murphy (actress)
65 - Bryan Cranston (actor)
69 - Ernie Isley (singer)
69 - Lynn Swann (football player)
71 - Franco Harris (football player)
87 - Willard Scott (TV personality)
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Today in Sports History - March 7
1939 - The Boston Bruins won the Prince Wales Trophy when they clinched the NHL regular season championship. This marked the first time the Prince of Wales Trophy was awarded for this reason.
1954 - The NBA raised the baskets from 10 feet to 12 feet for an exhibition game between the Minneapolis Lakers and Milwaukee Hawks.
1970 - Austin Carr (Notre Dame) scored 61 points against Ohio University. The feat was an NCAA tournament record.
1974 - New Orleans became the 18th NBA franchise. The team was bought by nine people for $6.15 million.
1982 - The NCAA men's basketball tournament selections were televised for the first time.
1987 - Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight titlist when he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round fight in Las Vegas.
1995 - Dominique Wilkins (Boston Celtics) became the ninth NBA player to achieve 25,000 career points.
1996 - Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers) became the second player to reach 10,000 assists.
1998 - Wayne Gretzky (New York Rangers) scored his 1,000th NHL goal. He had scored 878 regular season goals and 122 goals in the playoffs.
2016 - Peyton Manning announced his retirement after 18 seasons of football.
2016 - A jury in Nashville, Tennessee, awarded sports reporter Erin Andrews $55 million in her lawsuit against a stalker who rented a hotel room next to hers and secretly recorded her, finding that the hotel companies and the stalker shared in the blame.
2016 - Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors scored 41 points and became the first player in NBA history to make 300 3-pointers in a season as the Warriors defeated the Orlando Magic 119-133 for their 45th straight home victory.
1850 - Daniel Webster gave a three-hour speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 as a means of preserving the Union.
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone.
1911 - President William Howard Taft ordered 20,000 troops to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the Mexican Revolution.
1926 - The first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversation took place, between New York City and London.
1936 - Adolf Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact when he ordered troops to march into the Rhineland.
1945 - During World War II, U.S. troops crossed the bridge at Remagen, the first incursion into Germany by Allied forces.
1965 - Peaceful civil rights demonstrators marching from Selma, Alabama are brutally attacked with billy clubs and tear gas by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The event is later called Bloody Sunday.
1975 - The Senate revised its filibuster rule, allowing 60 senators to limit debate in most cases, instead of the previously required two-thirds of senators present.
1989 - Iran broke off diplomatic relations with Britain over Salman Rushdie's novel Satanic Verses.
1994 - The U.S. Navy issued its first permanent orders assigning women to regular duty on a combat ship -- in this case, the USS Eisenhower.
2004 - V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire was invested as the first openly gay Episcopal Church bishop.
2005 - John Bolton was nominated by President George W. Bush as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
2010 - Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director for her Iraq War thriller "The Hurt Locker," which won six Oscars, including best picture.
2011 - Reversing course, President Barack Obama approved the resumption of military trials at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ending a two-year ban.
2011 - Charlie Sheen was fired from the sitcom "Two and a Half Men" by Warner Bros. Television following repeated misbehavior and weeks of the actor's angry, often-manic media campaign against his studio bosses.
2020 - In an interim report, Ethiopian investigators put most of the blame on Boeing for the 2019 crash of a 737 Max jet shortly after takeoff, saying there were design failures and inadequate training for pilots; the crash killed all 157 people on board.
Birthdays
26 - Haley Lu Richardson (actress)
29 - Bel Powley (actress)
41 - Laure Prepon (actress)
46 - TJ Thyne (actor)
46 - Audrey Marie Anderson (actress)
47 - Tobias Menzies (actor)
47 - Jolie Jenkins (actress)
47 - Jenna Fischer (actress)
48 - Jay Duplass (actor)
50 - Peter Sarsgaard (actor)
51 - Rachel Weisz (actress)
55 - Jonathan Del Arco (actor)
57 - Wanda Sykes (actress/comedian)
58 - Bill Brochtrup (actor)
59 - Taylor Dayne (actor/singer)
60 - Mary Beth Evans (actress)
61 - Ivan Lendl (tennis player)
62 - Tom Lehman (golfer)
62 - Nick Searcy (actor)
62 - Donna Murphy (actress)
65 - Bryan Cranston (actor)
69 - Ernie Isley (singer)
69 - Lynn Swann (football player)
71 - Franco Harris (football player)
87 - Willard Scott (TV personality)
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Today in Sports History - March 7
1939 - The Boston Bruins won the Prince Wales Trophy when they clinched the NHL regular season championship. This marked the first time the Prince of Wales Trophy was awarded for this reason.
1954 - The NBA raised the baskets from 10 feet to 12 feet for an exhibition game between the Minneapolis Lakers and Milwaukee Hawks.
1970 - Austin Carr (Notre Dame) scored 61 points against Ohio University. The feat was an NCAA tournament record.
1974 - New Orleans became the 18th NBA franchise. The team was bought by nine people for $6.15 million.
1982 - The NCAA men's basketball tournament selections were televised for the first time.
1987 - Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight titlist when he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round fight in Las Vegas.
1995 - Dominique Wilkins (Boston Celtics) became the ninth NBA player to achieve 25,000 career points.
1996 - Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers) became the second player to reach 10,000 assists.
1998 - Wayne Gretzky (New York Rangers) scored his 1,000th NHL goal. He had scored 878 regular season goals and 122 goals in the playoffs.
2016 - Peyton Manning announced his retirement after 18 seasons of football.
2016 - A jury in Nashville, Tennessee, awarded sports reporter Erin Andrews $55 million in her lawsuit against a stalker who rented a hotel room next to hers and secretly recorded her, finding that the hotel companies and the stalker shared in the blame.
2016 - Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors scored 41 points and became the first player in NBA history to make 300 3-pointers in a season as the Warriors defeated the Orlando Magic 119-133 for their 45th straight home victory.