How Many Days Until March 7?

This day in history: March 7

1. 1965

   Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police on "Bloody Sunday".

2. 1968

   Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area.

3. 1985

   The charity single "We Are the World" by the supergroup USA for Africa was released, and went on to sell more than 20 million copies.

4. 1990

   Teachers in West Virginia began a labor strike that involved several thousand educators across the state.

5. 2009

   The Kepler space telescope (depicted), designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, was launched.

6. 2009

   Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

7. 2021

   A series of four explosions at a military barracks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea caused at least 107 deaths.

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