History for March 7

History for March 7 - On-This-Day.com:
Luther Burbank 1849, Maurice Ravel 1875, Willard Scott 1934 - Television personality ("Today")


Janet Guthrie 1938 - Auto racer, Michael Eisner 1942 - Walt Disney CEO, Tammy Faye Bakker 1942


0322 BC - Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, died.


1876 - Alexander Graham Bell received a patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465) for his telephone.


1908 - Cincinnati's Mayor Leopold Markbreit announced before the city council that, "Women are not physically fit to operate automobiles."


1933 - The board game Monopoly was invented.


1945 - During World War II, U.S. forces crossed the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany.


1975 - The U.S. Senate revised the filibuster rule. The new rule allowed 60 senators to limit debate instead of the previous two-thirds.


1987 - Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight titleholder when he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round fight in Las Vegas, NV.


1994 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that does not require permission from the copyright holder.


2002 - A federal judge awarded Anna Nicole Smith more than $88 million in damages. The ruling was the latest in a legal battle over the estate of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall II.