Historical Events In March - 07

1953  On this day in history "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances   

1953  On March - 07 jackie McGlew scores 255 vs New Zealand at Wellington   

1953  Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by L E Marron, in Chile on March - 07.   

1953  On March - 07 jackie McGlew scores 255* v NZ at Wellington   

1954  On this day in history french surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu   

1954  On March - 07 russia defeated Canada 7-2 to capture the world ice-hockey title in Stockholm, Sweden.   

1954  On this day in history russia wins title in their first international ice hockey competition   

1954  On this day in history uS, Great-Britain & France reject Russian membership in NATO   

1954  On March - 07 babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open   

1955  On March - 07 7th Emmy Awards Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas &Loretta Young   

1955  On this day in history mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised   

1955  USSR signs peace treaty with France & Great-Britain on March - 07.   

1955  On March - 07 west Europe Union established   

1955  7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young on this day in history.   

1955  Tom Dugan, actor (Pick a Star), dies at 66 on March - 07.   

1955  On this day in history 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas &Loretta Young   

1956  Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300 on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 07 pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett   

1958  Commissioning of USS Grayback, first submarine built from keel up with guided missile capability, to fire Regulus II missile on this day in history.   

1958  On March - 07 major Howard Johnson, USAF, sets aircraft altitude record in F-104 (Lockheed Starfighter), 27,810 meters   

1958  Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo on this day in history.   

1959  Melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes on March - 07.   

1959  On March - 07 the first aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 Mkm) in a jet (MC Garlow)   

1959  West Indies all out 76 vs Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34 on March - 07.   

1959  "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 perfs on this day in history.   

1959  Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies on March - 07.   

1960  On March - 07 "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances   

1960  "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances on March - 07.   

1960  On this day in history dutch Builders strike for CLA   

1960  Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR on March - 07.   

1960  Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship on this day in history.   

1960  The birth of Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player on this day in history.   

1960  USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) rescues 4 Russian soldiers from their landing craft 1,000 miles from Midway Island, which was drifting several weeks after their engine failed off Kamchatka Peninsula on March - 07.   

1960  USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy on this day in history.   

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0189  Publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor (d. 211) was born on this day in history.   

1481  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537) was born on this day in history.   

1543  Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent) was born on March - 07.   

1556  Guillaume du Vair, French writer (d. 1621) was born on March - 07.   

1574  John Wilbye, composer was born on March - 07.   

1602  Kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits) was born on March - 07.   

1621  Georg Neumark, composer was born on March - 07.   

1659  On March - 07 birth of henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)   

0161  Antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74 on March - 07.   

0203  On this day in history death of perpetua and Felicitas, Christian martyrs (perhaps after 209)   

0308  On March - 07 death of saint Eubulus, Christian martyr   

0851  On March - 07 death of nominoe, Duke of Brittany   

1111  Bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies on this day in history.   

1226  On this day in history death of william de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader   

1274  On March - 07 thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48   

1305  Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78 on this day in history.