This day in History - March 7

378 Historic Events for March 7
1900 Birth Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter
1900 Birth [Albert] Carel Willink, Dutch painter (magic realism)
1902 Event Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal
1902 Birth Heinz Ruehmann, German actor/director (Der Hauptmann von K”penick)
1904 Birth Ivar Ballangrud, Norway, Olympic speed skater (4 gold, 2 silver)
1904 Birth Reinhard Heydrich, German governor (Bohemen/Moravia (Lidice))
1904 Birth Virginia Downing, actress (Gig, Butterfield 8)
1904 Birth Willy Forst, Austria actor/director (Vienna Blood)
1905 Birth Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki)
1906 Event Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor
1906 Birth Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer
1906 Birth Hans Lachman, composer
1907 Birth Juan Francisco Giacobbe, composer
1907 Birth Mircea Eliade, religious historian (Le Yoga)
1907 Death Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer, dies at 64
1908 Event Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles"
1908 Birth Anna Magnani, Alexandria Egypt, actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle)
1908 Birth Tomas de Manzarraga, composer
1908 Birth Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st chamber member (CPN)
1909 Birth Greta Schoon, writer
1909 Birth Leo Malet, writer
1911 Event Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma, CA, patents coin-operated locker
1911 Death Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68
1911 Event US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border
1911 Birth Stefan Kisielewski, composer