What happened on 7 March?

13 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 161 Reign of Marcus Aurelius Philosopher-emperor; defends the Danube against Marcomanni and Sarmatians; writes the Meditations.
2. 1876 Bell patents the telephone Alexander Graham Bell is granted the patent for voice transmission over wire; three days later: "Mr Watson, come here, I want to see you."
3. 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches Voting-rights marchers attacked on Edmund Pettus Bridge on 'Bloody Sunday'; LBJ's response: Voting Rights Act.
4. 1936 Remilitarization of the Rhineland German troops reoccupy the demilitarised Rhineland in breach of Versailles and Locarno; Britain and France do not respond militarily.
5. 1966 France withdraws from NATO command De Gaulle pulls France out of NATO's integrated military command.
6. 1945 The bridge at Remagen American tanks arrive at the Rhine to find the Ludendorff railway bridge — wired for demolition — still standing after its charges half-fail. Infantry rush it under fire; within a
7. 1945 Tito's rule of Yugoslavia Held a federation of six republics together for thirty-five years, broke with Stalin and led the Non-Aligned Movement.
8. 1866 Satsuma and Choshu ally against the shogun Japan's two most powerful southern domains — bitter rivals until now — form a secret alliance brokered by the ronin Sakamoto Ryōma. Together they command the men, the modern guns a
9. 1875 Born: Maurice Ravel French composer of Boléro, the orchestral Daphnis et Chloé, and the Piano Concerto in G.
10. 1175 BCE Telemachus sails for Pylos and Sparta Odyssey 2–4: the boy slips out by night to seek news of his father from Nestor and Menelaus — while the suitors set an ambush for his return.
11. 1872 Born: Piet Mondrian Dutch painter whose grids of primary colour defined De Stijl.
12. 1994 Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music The Supreme Court rules 2 Live Crew's 'Pretty Woman' parody can be fair use.
13. 2021 Oprah interview with Harry and Meghan In a primetime CBS interview watched by some 17 million Americans, the Sussexes accuse the royal household of neglect of Meghan's mental health and of a racist remark about their s