Important Events From This day in History – 07 March

Today in History

• 1971 A speech by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman helps spark the Bangladesh war of independence

  Bangladesh’s founding leader delivered his historic speech at a time when tensions were rising between East Pakistan, which later became Bangladesh, and West Pakistan, which later became Pakistan.

• 1965 Police brutally attack civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama

  Hundreds of protesters were injured, and the day became known as Bloody Sunday. The event influenced public opinion in favor of the Civil Rights Movement.

• 1945 U.S. troops capture the Ludendorff Bridge and cross the Rhine at Remagen

  The legendary capture provided little strategic advantage, but it boosted morale among US troops pursuing retreating German fighters.

• 1926 The first two-way transatlantic telephone takes place

  A short-wave radio signal was used to establish communication between the post office in London and Bell Laboratories in New York.

• 1900 The SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore

  To compete with Hamburg America Line, Norddeutscher Lloyd outfitted the German transatlantic liner with wireless communication.