On This Day: 7 March

7 March in Indian history

• 2006The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.India

7 March in world history

• 2024Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member.
• 2009Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.
• 2007Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people.
• 1989Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.
• 1971Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka.
• 1968Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area.
• 1965Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police on "Bloody Sunday".
• 1951Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crashes in Lynnhurst, Minneapolis, killing 15 people.
• 1951Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
• 1945World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which possibly hastened the war's conclusion.
• 1941World War II: Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace.
• 1936Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties that were signed after World War I.
• 1871José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in the state's history.
• 1826Shrigley abduction: 15-year old Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future figure in the establishment of colonies in South Australia and New Zealand.
• 1814War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon's army forced Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov's Russian troops to withdraw from the Chemin des Dames, but French casualties exceeded Russian losses.
• 1799Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
• 1277Bishop Étienne Tempier promulgated a condemnation of 219 heretical propositions that were being discussed at the University of Paris.

Born on 7 March

• 1962Taylor Dayne, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1958Rick Bass, American author and environmentalist
• 1943Billy MacMillan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2023)
• 1934Nari Contractor, Indian cricketerIndia
• 1888William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist (died 1977)
• 1858Cecilie Thoresen Krog, Norwegian women's rights pioneer (died 1911)

Died on 7 March

• 2015G. Karthikeyan, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1949)India
• 1986Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, New York State Attorney General (born 1904)
• 1949Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (born 1884)
• 1778Charles De Geer, Swedish entomologist and archaeologist (born 1720)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 7 March in history?

2024: Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member. 2009: Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland. 2007: Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people. 2006: The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.

What happened on 7 March in Indian history?

2006: The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.

Which famous people were born on 7 March?

Taylor Dayne, American singer-songwriter and actress (1962); Rick Bass, American author and environmentalist (1958); Billy MacMillan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2023) (1943); Nari Contractor, Indian cricketer (1934).

Which day is observed on 7 March?

Maritime Day in Slovenia.