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What happened in history on this day: March 7?
On March 7 in ...
- 1975 - ABC airs the final episode of The Odd Couple TV show in the US.
- 1980 - Universal releases the film Coal Miner's Daughter to theaters.
- 1983 - The CBS TV network debuts the Disney TV series Small and Frye.
- 1986 - The final episode of TV show Different Strokes airs in the US.
- 2010 - In Los Angeles, California, the 82nd Academy Awards are presented.
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Foreign Language Film: El Secreto de Sus Ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes)
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Original Screenplay: Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker
Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Animated Feature: Up
Animated Short Film: Logorama
Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg for art direction and Kim Sinclair for set decoration on Avatar
Costume Design: Sandy Powell for The Young Victoria
Makeup: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow for Star Trek
Cinematography: Mauro Fiore for Avatar
Live Action Short Film: The New Tenants
Documentary Feature: The Cove
Documentary Short: Music by Prudence
Visual Effects: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones for Avatar
Sound Editing: Paul N.J. Ottosson for The Hurt Locker
Sound Mixing: Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett for The Hurt Locker
Film Editing: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis for The Hurt Locker
Original Score: Michael Giacchino for Up
Original Song: "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart
Births on March 7
- 1886 - Birth of Raymond Largay in Wisconsin, USA; actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl).
- 1902 - Birth of Heinz [Heinrich William] Ruehmann in Essen, Germany; actor/director (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick).
- 1904 - Birth of Willy Forst in Austria; actor/director (Vienna Blood).
- 1914 - Birth of Morton DaCosta in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; director (Island of Love, Music Man).
- 1917 - Birth of Davis Roberts in Mobile, Alabama, USA; actor (Mr Johnson - Boone).
- 1930 - Birth of James Broderick in Charleston, New Hampshire, USA; actor (Brenner - Brenner, Doug - Family).
- 1934 - Birth of Willard Scott; weather forecaster (Today Show).
- 1937 - Birth of Anne Kristen; actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel - Dr Finlay, Sunset Song).
- 1940 - Birth of Daniel J Travanti in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Frank Furillo - Hill Street Blues).
- 1945 - Birth of John Heard in Washington, DC, USA; actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD).
- 1947 - Birth of Donna Loren in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo).
- 1947 - Birth of Lewis J Stadlen in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (John - Benson, Savages, Windy City).
- 1947 - Birth of Richard Lawson in Loma Linda, California, USA; actor (Eddie - The O'Neills).
- 1950 - Birth of Mark Pinter in Decorah, Iowa, USA; actor (Karl - Behind the Screen, Another World).
- 1951 - Birth of Linda Gibboney; actress (Search for Tomorrow, Jessica - Generations).
- 1961 - Birth of Mary Beth Evans in Pasadena, California, USA; actress (Katherine - General Hospital, Kayla - Days of Our Lives).
- 1965 - Birth of Cameron Daddo in Melbourne, Australia; actor (Brian Petersen - Models Inc).
Deaths on March 7
- 1955 - Tom Dugan, actor (Pick a Star), dies at age 66.
- 1967 - American actor/singer Nelson Eddy dies at age 65 in hospital in Miami, Florida, after suffering a stroke while performing onstage at the Doral Country Club in Miami the previous day.
- 1975 - Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at age 73.
- 1975 - Francine Larrimore, actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at age 76.
- 1983 - Death of Robert Bray at age 66 after a heart attack; actor (Corey - Lassie TV show, Simon - Stagecoach West).
- 1988 - Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead], American actor (Hairspray, Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies in Los Angeles, California at age 42 (born 1945).
- 1988 - Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at age 83 of emphysema.
- 1993 - Death of Earl Wrightson of heart failure at age 76; American singer, actor (The At Home Show, Pinafore).
- 1999 - Death of Stanley Kubrick, American film director and producer (born 1928).
- 2013 - Death of Damiano Damiani, Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1922).
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