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Events
- 1799 - Napoleon I of France captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
- 1848 - The Great Mahele (land division) is signed in Hawaii.
- 1850 - United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
- 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone (patent # 174,464).
- 1911 - Revolution in Mexico
- 1912 - Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole.
- 1918 - World War I: Finland forms an alliance with Germany.
- 1919 - The February Revolution breaks out in Russia.
- 1936 - World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
- 1945 - World War II: American troops seize the bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany and begin to cross.
- 1947 - The Kuomintang and Communist Party of China resume full-fledged Civil War.
- 1951 - Korean War: Operation Ripper - In Korea, United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
- 1965 - In Selma, Alabama, State troopers and local law enforcement forcefully brake-up a group of 600 civil rights marchers. The event was televised and was dubbed "Bloody Sunday."
- 1968 - Vietnam War: The First Battle of Saigon begins.
- 1973 - Comet Kohoutek is discovered.
- 1983 - The Nashville Network (TNN) begins broadcasting.
- 1987 - Mike Tyson adds the WBA World Heavyweight boxing championship to his WBC one when he beats James Smith after a 12-round fight in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 1989 - The State Council of the People's Republic of China declares martial law in Lhasa, Tibet.
- 1994 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
- 1996 - The first democratically elected Palestinian parliament is formed
Births
- 189 - Publius Septimius Geta, Roman emperor, (d. 211)
- 1693 - Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
- 1746 - André Michaux, French botanist, (d. 1802)
- 1792 - John Herschel, mathematician, astronomer, (d. 1871)
- 1849 - Luther Burbank, biologist, botanist
- 1872 - Piet Mondrian, painter, (d. 1944)
- 1875 - Maurice Ravel, composer, (d. 1937)
- 1902 - Heinz Rühmann, actor, (d. 1994)
- 1904 - Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi official, (d. 1942)
- 1908 - Anna Magnani, actress, (d. 1973)
- 1930 - Antony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowdon
- 1938 - Janet Guthrie, automobile racer
- 1940 - Rudi Dutschke, student leader, (d. 1979)
- 1940 - Daniel J. Travanti, actor
- 1942 - Tammy Faye Bakker, evangelist
- 1942 - Michael Eisner, President of The Walt Disney Company
- 1945 - John Heard, actor
- 1946 - Peter Wolf, musician ("J Geils Band")
- 1947 - Walter Röhrl, car racer
- 1960 - Ivan Lendl, tennis player
- 1964 - Bret Easton Ellis, writer
- 1972 - Andrew Hurdis, mathematician, scholar
Deaths
- 322 BC - Aristotle, philosopher, (b. 384 BC)
- 161 - Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor, (b. 86)
- 1724 - Pope Innocent XIII, (b. 1655)
- 1932 - Aristide Briand, diplomat, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1926), (b. 1862)
- 1952 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru, (b. 1893)
- 1967 - Alice B. Toklas, personality, (b. 1877)
- 1988 - Divine, actor, (b. 1945)
- 1999 - Stanley Kubrick, film director, (b. 1928)
- 2002 - Doris Allen, founder of CISV organization (b. 1901)
- 2003 - Manfred Durniok, movie producer
Holidays and observances
- Catholicism - Feast day of Ss. Perpetua and Felicity
- Judaism - Purim celebrated (2004)
See Also:
March 6 - March 8 - February 7 - April 7 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December