Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces. Date: March 7, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today)

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crashes in Lynnhurst, Minneapolis, killing 15 people. Date: March 7, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today)

Aeroflot Flight 542 crashes in the Yermakovsky District, killing all 31 aboard. Date: March 7, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)

Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. Date: March 7, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka. Date: March 7, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. Date: March 7, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)

Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. Date: March 7, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)

The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India. Date: March 7, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people. Date: March 7, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)

Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected. Date: March 7, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)