It happened one 07 March

1876 : Patent for Bell


On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the United States for an invention that changed the world, the telephone.

1906 : Voting rights in Finland


On March 7, 1906, the right to vote is granted for both men and women in Finland.

1965 : First Civil Rights March in Alabama


On March 7, 1965, armed with sticks, shotguns and tear gas, police attacked a group of 600 civil rights marchers during an attempted march of 80 miles between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama.

1973 : First election of a Prime Minister in Bangladesh


On March 7, 1973, the first independent elections in Bangladesh are coming to power, Sheikh Mujib Rahman.

Quote of the day : 07 March

Alexander Graham Bell
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

Birthdays : 07 March

Nicéphore Niépce, one of the inventors of photography (1765)
Alessandro Manzoni, Italian novelist (1785)
Antoine Becquerel, French physicist (1788)
John Herschel, English astronomer and mathematician (1792)
Maurice Ravel, French composer (1875)
Anna Magnani, Italian actress (1908)
Léo Malet, French writer (1909)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician (1915)
Anupam Kher, Indian actor (1955)
Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player (1960)
Rachel Weisz, English actress (1970)
T. J. Thyne, American actor (1975)
Mathieu Flamini, French footballer (1984)
Hatem Ben Arfa, French footballer (1987)

They left us one 07 March

Thomas d'Aquin, Italian philosopher (1274)
Aristide Briand, Prime Minister of French republic, Nobel Peace Prize (1932)
Otto Diels, German chemist, Nobel Laureate (1954)
Paul-Émile Victor, French explorer (1995)
Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1997)
Stanley Kubrick, American director (1999)
Debra Hill, American screenwriter (2005)
Gordon Parks, American photographer (2006)
Jeanne L'Herminier, French Resistance fighter (2007)

Tip of the Day : 07 March

Dry salt


For your salt to be no longer wet in the saltshaker, add the rice grains.

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