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Gravdigr · 03-07-2017, 01:57 PM

March 7

321 – Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.

1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.

1850 – Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.

1900 – The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.

1945 – World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen.

1965 – Bloody Sunday: a group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.

1970 - Lee Marvin was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Wand'rin Star', taken from the film 'Paint Your Wagon.'

1973 - A song from the movie Deliverance called 'Dueling Banjos' by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel became one of the few 1970s instrumentals to be awarded a Gold record. The record had topped the Cash Box Magazine Best Sellers list and reached No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

1985 – The song "We Are the World" receives its international release.

1986 – Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Space Shuttle Challenger on the ocean floor.

1989 – Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.

Births

1671 – Rob Roy MacGregor, 1788 – Antoine César Becquerel, 1792 – John Herschel, 1875 – Maurice Ravel♪ ♫, 1934 – Willard Scott, 1940 – Daniel J. Travanti, 1942 – Michael Eisner, 1942 – Tammy Faye Messner (Tammy Faye Baker), 1943 – Chris White

(The Zombies), 1944 – Townes Van Zandt♪ ♫, 1945 – John Heard, 1946 – Peter Wolf♪ ♫(The J. Geils Band), 1950 – Franco Harris, 1951 – Rocco Prestia♪ ♫(The Tower of Power), 1952 – Ernie Isley♪ ♫(The Isley Bros), 1956 – Bryan Cranston, 1959 – Tom Lehman, 1962 – Taylor Dayne♪ ♫, 1964 – Wanda Sykes, 1970 – Rachel Weisz, 1971 – Peter Sarsgaard

Deaths

1967 – Alice B. Toklas, 1988 – Divine, 1999 – Stanley Kubrick, 2004 – Paul Winfield, 2006 – Gordon Parks, 2013 – Claude King (sang "Wolverton Mountain")

03-07-2017, 01:57 PM	#603
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	March 7 321 – Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire. 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. 1850 – Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. 1900 – The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore. 1945 – World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen. 1965 – Bloody Sunday: a group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. 1970 - Lee Marvin was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Wand'rin Star', taken from the film 'Paint Your Wagon.' 1973 - A song from the movie Deliverance called 'Dueling Banjos' by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel became one of the few 1970s instrumentals to be awarded a Gold record. The record had topped the Cash Box Magazine Best Sellers list and reached No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100. 1985 – The song "We Are the World" receives its international release. 1986 – Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Space Shuttle Challenger on the ocean floor. 1989 – Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. Births 1671 – Rob Roy MacGregor, 1788 – Antoine César Becquerel, 1792 – John Herschel, 1875 – Maurice Ravel♪ ♫, 1934 – Willard Scott, 1940 – Daniel J. Travanti, 1942 – Michael Eisner, 1942 – Tammy Faye Messner (Tammy Faye Baker), 1943 – Chris White(The Zombies), 1944 – Townes Van Zandt♪ ♫, 1945 – John Heard, 1946 – Peter Wolf♪ ♫(The J. Geils Band), 1950 – Franco Harris, 1951 – Rocco Prestia♪ ♫(The Tower of Power), 1952 – Ernie Isley♪ ♫(The Isley Bros), 1956 – Bryan Cranston, 1959 – Tom Lehman, 1962 – Taylor Dayne♪ ♫, 1964 – Wanda Sykes, 1970 – Rachel Weisz, 1971 – Peter Sarsgaard Deaths 1967 – Alice B. Toklas, 1988 – Divine, 1999 – Stanley Kubrick, 2004 – Paul Winfield, 2006 – Gordon Parks, 2013 – Claude King (sang "Wolverton Mountain") __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.