378 Historic Events for March 7
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| 1912 |
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Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole
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| 1914 |
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Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Morton DaCosta, Phila, director (Island of Love, Music Man)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician
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| 1917 |
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1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden NJ
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Robert Erickson, composer
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Janet Collins, ballerina
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Davis Roberts, Mobile Ala, actor (Mr Johnson-Boone)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
June Wayne, artist/lithographer/teacher
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| 1918 |
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Pres Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal
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| 1918 |
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H Carroll and J McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!," premieres in NYC
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian writer (Twilight in Djakarta)
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Jocelyn Olaf Hambro, financier
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Willie Watson, cricketer (England batsman and soccer international)
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| 1921 |
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Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt
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| 1922 |
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
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| 1922 |
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Eduardo Paolozzi, British sculptor (Hydra)
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Kobo Abe, Tokyo Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes)
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| 1924 |
Death |
Pat Moran, manager (Cin Reds), dies of Bright's Disease
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| 1925 |
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American Negro Congress organizes
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| 1926 |
Death |
Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan, composer, dies at 73
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| 1926 |
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1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)
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| 1927 |
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Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan
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| 1930 |
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Lord Snowdon, [Anthony Armstrong-Jones], London, photographer
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