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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 7
- 750th: 1274 - Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian, religious writer, influenced official policy of Catholic Church, dies at age 48.
- 300th: 1724 - Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at age 68.
- 250th: 1774 - British close port of Boston to all commerce.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Eduardo Paolozzi; British sculptor (Hydra).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Kobo Abe in Tokyo, Japan; playwright (Woman, The Dunes).
- 100th: 1924 - Pat Moran, manager (Cincinnati Reds), dies of Bright's Disease.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Nari Contractor; cricket player (Indian batsman and captain).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Willard Scott; weather forecaster (Today Show).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Elton Gallegly; American politician (Representative-Republican-California).
- 80th: 1944 - Japan begins offensive in Burma.
- 70th: 1954 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Matt Frenette; rock drummer (Loverboy - "Lovin' Every Minute of It").
- 70th: 1954 - Russia wins title in their first international ice hockey competition.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Amy Baltus in Bloomington, Indiana, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Nationals-13th-1992).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Jeff Criswell; NFL tackle (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 60th: 1964 - Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at age 73.
- 50th: 1974 - Monitor (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
- 50th: 1974 - First general strike in Ethiopia.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Joost Volmer; soccer player (FC Twente).
- 30th: 1994 - 8th American Comedy Awards: Carrot Top wins.
- 30th: 1994 - African National Congress chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa.
- 30th: 1994 - Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia.
- 30th: 1994 - David Platt appointed captain of English football team.
- 30th: 1994 - US Navy issues first permanent order assigning women on combat ship.
- 30th: 1994 - Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Sidney Gottlieb, American Central Intelligence Agency official (born 1918).
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Stanley Kubrick, American film director and producer (born 1928).
- 15th: 2009 - NASA launches from Cape Canaveral in Florida the unmanned Kepler telescope to orbit the Sun to search for Earth-like planets with the potential to host life.
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