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What happened in history on this day: March 7?
On March 7 in ...
- 1857 - Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs.
- 1900 - Stanley Cup of hockey: Montréal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in two games.
- 1922 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard.
- 1922 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Sherwin Badger.
- 1930 - Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball.
- 1940 - Montreal Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home.
- 1940 - Ray Steele beats B Nagurski in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, to become wrestling champion.
- 1950 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in London, England won by Karol Kennedy and Peter Kennedy (USA).
- 1950 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in London, England won by Alena Vrzanova (Czechoslovakia).
- 1950 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in London, England won by Richard Button (USA); this is his third consecutive win.
- 1951 - Ezzard Charles wins 15-round heavyweight decision against Jersey Joe Walcott.
- 1953 - Jackie McGlew scores 255 versus New Zealand at Wellington.
- 1954 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open.
- 1954 - Russia wins title in their first international ice hockey competition.
- 1955 - Baseball commissioner Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter.
- 1959 - West Indies all out 76 versus Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34.
- 1965 - Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton.
- 1970 - World Ice Dance Championship in Ljubljana won by Liudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR).
- 1970 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov (USSR).
- 1970 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (German Democratic Republic).
- 1970 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA).
- 1978 - Vancouver Canucks' Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against New York Islanders.
- 1979 - Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro and amateur umpires.
- 1979 - Warren Giles and Hack Wilson selected to baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1982 - Jarmilla Kratochvilova runs world record 400 metre indoor (49.59 seconds).
- 1982 - NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for first time.
- 1982 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic.
- 1986 - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist.
- 1987 - Gavaskar becomes first cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs.
- 1987 - Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1988 - Jim Abbott, one-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award.
- 1990 - H Wayne Huizenga buys half Joe Robbie Stadium and 15 percent of Miami Dolphins for US$30 million.
- 1992 - Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200 metre backstroke (2:06.78).
- 1994 - David Platt appointed captain of English football team.
- 1996 - Magic Johnson is second NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists.
- 1997 - Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site.
- 2006 - In their World Baseball Classic debut, Team USA blank Mexico, 2-0.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats Edmonton Oilers by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats New York Islanders by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Buffalo Sabres by score 6-1.
- 2022 - At TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Boston Bruins by score 3-2.
Births of sports figures on March 7
- 1904 - Birth of Ivar Ballangrud in Norway; Olympics speed skater (four gold, two silver).
- 1920 - Birth of Willie Watson; cricket player (England batsman and soccer international).
- 1934 - Birth of Nari Contractor; cricket player (Indian batsman and captain).
- 1938 - Birth of Homero Blancas in Houston, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1972 Phoenix Open).
- 1938 - Birth of Janet Guthrie; race car driver (Indy 500).
- 1942 - Birth of Al[bert] Tanara; WLAF defensive coach (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1942 - Birth of U N Kulkarni; cricket player (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68).
- 1943 - Birth of Carole Peel; Australian softball assistant coach (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1950 - Birth of Franco Harris; NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1952 - Birth of Lynn Swann; NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster.
- 1959 - Birth of Thomas Edward Lehman in Austin, Minnesota, USA; PGA golfer (1994 Memorial Tournament).
- 1960 - Birth of Ivan Lendl in Czechoslovakia; tennis professional (US Open 1985-87).
- 1960 - Birth of Joe Carter in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1963 - Birth of Mike Eagles in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada; NHL center (Washington Capitals).
- 1963 - Birth of Mohammad Ishaq; cricket player (United Arab Emirates batsman 1996 World Cup).
- 1964 - Birth of Amy Baltus in Bloomington, Indiana, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Nationals-13th-1992).
- 1964 - Birth of Jeff Criswell; NFL tackle (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1965 - Birth of Jesper Bo Parnevik in Stockholm, Sweden; PGA golfer (1995 Nestle-5th).
- 1965 - Birth of Steve Beuerlein; NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Panthers).
- 1965 - Birth of [Willie] Flipper Anderson; NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1966 - Birth of Jeff Feagles; NFL punter (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1966 - Birth of Mel Rojas in Haina, Dominican Republic; pitcher (Montreal Expos).
- 1966 - Birth of Terry Carkner in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers).
- 1967 - Birth of Zheng Haixia; WNBA center (Los Angeles Sparks).
- 1968 - Birth of Jeff Kent in Bellflower, California, USA; infielder (New York Mets).
- 1968 - Birth of Ricky Proehl; NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears).
- 1969 - Birth of Anne Marie Lauck in Rochester, New York, USA; marathon runner (Olympics-10th-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Anthony Davis; NFL linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1969 - Birth of Brian Jamieson in Livingston, New Jersey, USA; rower (Olympics-silver-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Geoff Smith in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers).
- 1969 - Birth of Matt Blundin; NFL quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions).
- 1969 - Birth of Sam Gash; NFL running back (New England Patriots).
- 1970 - Birth of James Calvin Spivey in Schiller Park, Illinois, USA; mile runner.
- 1970 - Birth of Kathy Gedney in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-25th-1994).
- 1971 - Birth of Alison Herst in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; kayaker (Olympics-5-1992, 1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Andrew Finch; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Marina Hatzakis; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Joost Volmer; soccer player (FC Twente).
- 1975 - Birth of Andrey Savenkov; hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998).
- 1975 - Birth of William Hampton; Canadian Football League defensive back (Calgary Stampeders).
- 1977 - Birth of Ludmila Richterova in Kosice, Slovakia; tennis star (1995 Bournemouth).
Deaths of sports figures on March 7
- 1924 - Pat Moran, manager (Cincinnati Reds), dies of Bright's Disease.
- 1993 - Tony Harris, cricket player (8 Tests for South Africa 1947-49, 100 runs), dies.
- 2003 - Death of Ilya Pavlov, former champion wrestler, probably Bulgaria's richest man, murdered in Sofia.
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