March 7

What happened on March 7 in history

3 events fall on March 7, from 1876 to 1965. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on March 7

  1. 1876

    Bell is granted the telephone patent

    Patent 174,465 covers the method of transmitting speech by wire.

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  2. 1936

    Germany remilitarises the Rhineland

    Troops march into the demilitarised zone and the Versailles order begins to unravel.

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  3. 1965

    Bloody Sunday in Selma

    Marchers are beaten at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, hastening the Voting Rights Act.

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