378 Historic Events for March 7
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| 1940 |
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Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home
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| 1940 |
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Ray Steele beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Harald Gerlach, writer
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Daniel J Travanti, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Viktor Petrovich Savinykh, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader (Glasnost Berlin)
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| 1941 |
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British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
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| 1941 |
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3rd largest snowfall in NYC history (18.1")
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| 1941 |
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50,000 British soldiers lands in Greece
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| 1941 |
Death |
Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63
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| 1941 |
Death |
GĀnther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle
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| 1942 |
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1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Paul Preuss, US, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Tammy Faye Bakker, gospel singer/wife of Jim Baker (PTL)
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| 1942 |
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15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Tommy F Robinson, (Rep-D-AR, 1985- )
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| 1942 |
Birth |
U N Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Al[bert] Tanara, WLAF defensive coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Michael Eisner, Mt Kisko NY, CEO (Walt Disney)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Chris White, rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Leon Frank Sylvers, rocker
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Carole Peel, Australian softball asst coach (Olympics-bronze-96)
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| 1943 |
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Gen-major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia
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| 1944 |
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Japans begins offensive in Burma
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Townes Van Zandt, musician
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