The Hurt Locker became the lowest-grossing film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture
Despite earning only $49 million at the box office, Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War thriller beat Avatar to win the top prize, making Bigelow the first wom...
March 7 in History
Significant events that happened on this day.
Historical Events
2010
2009
The Kepler space telescope launched on a mission to discover Earth-like planets
MajorDuring its nine-year mission, Kepler would discover over 2,600 confirmed exoplanets, fundamentally changing our understanding of planetary systems. Th...
1994
The Supreme Court ruled that parody is protected under the First Amendment
In Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, the court unanimously decided that 2 Live Crew's raunchy parody of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" was fair use. The...
1988
Mike Tyson knocked out Larry Holmes in the fourth round to defend his heavyweight title
The 21-year-old Tyson demolished the 38-year-old former champion in Atlantic City, dropping Holmes twice before the referee stopped the fight. It was...
1981
Walter Cronkite signed off from the CBS Evening News for the final time
After 19 years as anchor, "the most trusted man in America" ended his broadcast with his signature phrase "And that's the way it is." An estimated 17...
1965
Bloody Sunday occurred when state troopers attacked peaceful civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama
MajorSix hundred marchers attempting to walk from Selma to Montgomery were brutally beaten by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The televised violence sh...
1945
U.S. forces captured the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, the last standing bridge across the Rhine River
MajorAmerican soldiers were shocked to find the bridge still intact, as the Germans had failed to destroy it. This unexpected prize allowed Allied forces t...
1936
Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles by reoccupying the Rhineland
MajorHitler sent 30,000 troops into the demilitarized zone, gambling that France and Britain wouldn't respond militarily. He was right—neither country inte...
1926
The first successful transatlantic telephone call was made between London and New York
Exactly 50 years after Bell's telephone patent, the technology had advanced enough to connect continents. The call used radio waves to bridge the Atla...
1912
Roald Amundsen announced that he had reached the South Pole
The Norwegian explorer revealed to the world that his expedition had beaten Robert Falcon Scott's British team to the pole by 34 days. While Amundsen'...
1876
Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone
MajorJust three days later, Bell would make the first successful telephone call to his assistant with the famous words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to se...
1875
Maurice Ravel was born in the French Basque town of Ciboure
The composer would go on to create some of classical music's most beloved works, including "Boléro" and "Daphnis et Chloé." Ironically, Ravel is most...
1849
The Austrian Empire issued the world's first government postage stamps
Austria became the third country to issue adhesive postage stamps, following Great Britain and Brazil. The stamps featured the Austrian imperial coat...