Summary of the Day ✨ 7 March (07/03)
Sweden officially became NATO’s 32nd member while Hannah Gutierrez-Reed made history as the first person convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a death on a movie set, and the British House of Commons voted to transform the House of Lords into a fully elected chamber as explosions in Equatorial Guinea and a fatal attack on British soldiers in Northern Ireland underscored global security challenges.
Historical Events 📜
- 2024: Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member.
- 2024: Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust, the first time someone has been found guilty for causing a death on a movie set.
- 2021: At least 108 die and 615 are injured in the 2021 Bata explosions in Bata, Equatorial Guinea.
- 2009: Massereene Barracks shooting: The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and injures two other soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles.
- 2007: Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
- 2007: Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people.
- 2006: The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.
- 1989: Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.
- 1986: Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
- 1965: Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
- 1965: Aeroflot Flight 542 crashes in the Yermakovsky District, killing all 31 aboard.
- 1951: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crashes in Lynnhurst, Minneapolis, killing 15 people.
- 1951: Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
- 1951: Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada’iyan-e Islam, outside a mosque in Tehran.
- 1941: World War II: Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace.
Famous Births 👶
- 2007: Kiyan Anthony, American basketball player
- 2000: Rasmus Sandin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 2000: Sebastian Schwaighofer, Austrian politician
- 1998: Amanda Gorman, American poet and activist
- 1997: Taher Mohamed, Egyptian footballer
- 1997: Dylan Strome, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1996: Liam Donnelly, Northern Irish footballer
- 1996: Pablo López, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1995: Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer
- 1995: Aboubakar Kamara, French footballer
- 1995: Haley Lu Richardson, American actress
- 1994: Chase Kalisz, American swimmer
- 1994: Jake Layman, American basketball player
- 1994: Jordan Pickford, English footballer
- 1992: Bel Powley, English actress
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2026: Jamie Dunn, Australian actor, radio and television host (born 1950)
- 2025: D’Wayne Wiggins, American musical artist (born 1961)
- 2024: Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer (born 1935)
- 2019: Dick Beyer, American professional wrestler (born 1930)
- 2017: Lynne Stewart, American attorney and activist (born 1939)
- 2016: Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge (born 1951)
- 2016: Leonard Berney, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp liberator (born 1920)
- 2015: G. Karthikeyan, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1949)
- 2015: F. Ray Keyser, Jr., American lawyer and politician, Governor of Vermont (born 1927)
- 2015: Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1935)
- 2014: Ned O’Gorman, American poet and educator (born 1929)
- 2013: Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1947)
- 2013: Damiano Damiani, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922)
- 2013: Claude King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923)
- 2006: Gordon Parks, American photographer, director, and composer (born 1912)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Blessed Leonid Feodorov (Russian Greek Catholic Church) - Christian feast day:
María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa - Christian feast day:
Perpetua and Felicity - Christian feast day:
Siméon-François Berneux (part of The Korean Martyrs) - Christian feast day:
Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart - Christian feast day:
March 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Maritime Day in Slovenia