March 7th, 1942

Born on March 7th, 1942

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What happened on March 7th?

March 7th, 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.

March 7th, 1968

Vietnam 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.

March 7th, 1965

Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police (pictured) on "Bloody Sunday".

March 7th, 1945

World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which possibly hastened the war's conclusion.

March 7th, 1941

The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.

March 7th, 1936

Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties that were signed after World War I.

March 7th, 1900

The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver.

March 7th, 1871

José 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.

March 7th, 1850

United States senator Daniel Webster delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state.

March 7th, 1814

War 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.

March 7th, 1573

A peace treaty brought the Ottoman–Venetian War to an end, ceding Cyprus from the Republic of Venice to the Ottoman Empire.

March 7th, 0321

Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest.

March 7th, 2007

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people.

March 7th, 2006

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

March 7th, 1993

The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 7th

Born on March 7th, 1942

82

Michael Eisner

American business executive

*March 7th, 1942, New York City

70

Audrey Arno

German pop singer (1942-2012)

*March 7th, 1942, Mannheim †June 9th, 2012, Las Vegas

65

Tammy Faye Messner

American evangelist (1942-2007)

*March 7th, 1942, International Falls †July 20th, 2007, Loch Lloyd

72

Ralph Bryans

British motorcycle racer

*March 7th, 1942, Belfast †August 6th, 2014, Scotland

82

Peter Burleigh

American diplomat

*March 7th, 1942, Los Angeles

82

Ivar Eriksen

Norwegian speed skater

*March 7th, 1942, Hamar Municipality

82

René Malo

Canadian film producer

*March 7th, 1942, Joliette

82

Erik Clausen

Danish actor, film director, screenwriter

*March 7th, 1942, Copenhagen

82

Jaan Manitski

Estonian politician

*March 7th, 1942, Viinistu

82

Tommy F. Robinson

American politician

*March 7th, 1942, Little Rock

82

John McDowell

South African philosopher and academic

*March 7th, 1942, Boksburg

82

Bella Neri

Swiss actress

*March 7th, 1942, Embrach

82

Paul Preuss

American writer of science fiction

*March 7th, 1942, Albany

82

Valery Petrosyan

Azerbaijani chemist

*March 7th, 1942, Baku

82

Pete Beathard

American football player

*March 7th, 1942, Hermosa Beach

82

Jerry Fotheringill

Figure skater

*March 7th, 1942, Tacoma

82

Christopher Seaman

British conductor

*March 7th, 1942, Kent

82

Luciano Odorisio

Actor and director

*March 7th, 1942, Chieti

82

Pieter Winsemius

Dutch former politician

*March 7th, 1942, Voorburg

82

Phil Parmet

American cinematographer

*March 7th, 1942, Princeton

78

Hamilton Bohannon

American percussionist, band leader, songwriter and record producer (1942–2020)

*March 7th, 1942, Newnan †April 24th, 2020, Atlanta

74

H. Joel Deckard

American politician (1942-2016)

*March 7th, 1942, Vandalia †September 7th, 2016, McKinney

79

Waiphot Phetsuphan

Thai singer

*March 7th, 1942, Suphan Buri †January 12th, 2022

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Who's birthday is on March 7th?

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

27

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

80

Michael Rosbash

American geneticist and chronobiologist

*March 7th, 1944, Kansas City

80

Ranulph Fiennes

British explorer (born 1944)

*March 7th, 1944, Windsor

79

Gerta Keller

American geologist and paleontologist

*March 7th, 1945, Schaan

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

70

Panajot Pano

Albanian association football player (1939–2010)

*March 7th, 1939, Durrës †January 19th, 2010, Jacksonville

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

76

Tony Conrad

American filmmaker, violinist and composer (1940-2016)

*March 7th, 1940, Concord †April 9th, 2016, Cheektowaga

86

Albert Fert

French physicist, Nobel laureate in physics

*March 7th, 1938, Carcassonne

29

Fajar Alfian

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1995, Bandung City

54

Rachel Weisz

British actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

94

Elin Reimer

Danish actress (1928-2022)

*March 7th, 1928, Frederiksberg †September 17th, 2022, Virum

65

Donna Murphy

American actress, singer

*March 7th, 1959, New York City

68

Hannelore Kohl

Wife of German chancellor Helmut Kohl

*March 7th, 1933, Berlin †July 5th, 2001, Ludwigshafen

63

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

French politician (born 1961)

*March 7th, 1961, 15th arrondissement of Paris

46

Rebecca Bellingham

New Zealand badminton player

*March 7th, 1978, Auckland

77

Michel Mercier

French politician

*March 7th, 1947, Bourg-de-Thizy

78

Philippe Mohlitz

French engraver

*March 7th, 1941, Saint-André-de-Cubzac †March 14th, 2019, Bordeaux

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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