TOP 5 events that happened on March 7th.

The following are the TOP 5 events that occurred on MARCH 7th.

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#1

– in 161; On the death of Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome.

#2

– in 1876; The telephone was patented by Alexander Graham Bell.

 

#3

– 1965; Bloody Sunday. In Selma, Alabama, local police brutally attack a group of 600 civil rights marchers.

 

#4

– 1987; Mike Tyson became the youngest World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion when he defeated James Smith in 12 rounds.

 

#5

– 2010; For the movie “The Hurt Locker”, American director Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director.

 

Holidays and commemorations

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Maritime Day in Slovenia

Slovenia celebrates Maritime Day, a day dedicated to maritime activities and history. It is observed annually on March 7th. On March 7, 1996, the Government of Slovenia established it by decree. The occasion was marked by the unveiling of an eco-friendly ship in 2019 and the establishment of a center for maritime traffic control and management in crisis situations in 2021.

Christian feast day: Perpetua and Felicity 

Perpetua and Felicity were third-century Christian martyrs. Perpetua was a recently married, well-educated noblewoman who was 22 years old when she died and the mother of an infant son she was nursing.

Felicity, an enslaved woman imprisoned with her at the time and pregnant, was martyred alongside her. They were executed alongside others in Carthage, Africa, in the Roman province of Africa (now known as Tunisia).