Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On March 7, 1965, state troopers attacked voting-rights marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and the televised brutality changed America.
On March 7, 1912, a telegram from Hobart told the world that Norwegians had won the race to the bottom of the planet.
On March 7, 1876, Bell secured patent No. 174,465—and three days later spoke the first words ever carried by phone.
