This Day In History

March 7

Sts. Perpetua & Felicity - - Martyrs

1836  187 days and 13 lives later, the Alamo fell.
1853  Verdi's opera La Traviata premiered.
1981  Respected & trusted CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite signs off
1982  Ayn Rand dies.
1901  By Concurrent Resolution the Legislature of Texas adopted the Bluebonnet as the State Flower of Texas.
1926  The first successful transatlantic radio telephone conversation took place, linking London and New York. Patent No. 174,465 issued to Alexander Graham Bell.
1936  Adolf Hitler broke the treaty of Versailles by ordering troops to march into the Rhineland.
1946  Foundation for Economic Education founded.
1975  The US Senate revised its filibuster rule, allowing 60 Senators to limit debate in most cases instead of the previously required two-thirds.
1998  Titanic, becomes the first to break the billion dollar draw mark for a movie.

1875  Composer Maurice Ravel was born in Cibourne, France.
1812  Novelist Charles Dickens
1940  Actor Daniel J. Travanti
1942  Actor Michael York
1946  Singer Peter Wolf (Blankfield)
1962  Country Star Singer Garth Brooks

1957

• Young Love - Tab Hunter

• Butterfly - Charlie Gracie / Andy Williams

• Round and Round - Perry Como

• Young Love - Sonny James

1962

• Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel

• Don't Break the Heart that Loves You - Connie Francis

• Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler

• Cryin' in the Rain - The Everly Brothers

1971

• One Bad Apple - The Osmonds

• Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

• She's a Lady - Tom Jones

• I'd Rather Love You - Charley Pride

1980

• Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

• Longer - Dan Fogelberg

• On the Radio - Donna Summer

• I Ain't Livin' Long like This - Waylon Jennings

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