On This Day March 7th

 OTD

March 7th is the Sixty-sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 299 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changed his name to Lucius Verus) became joint emperors of Rome upon the death of Antoninus Pius.

1277 – The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses

1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine, and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.

1814 – Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.

1876 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone."

1900 – The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.

1965 – Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.

2007 – Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.

 

Birthdays

1481 – Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537)

1671 – Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (d. 1734)

1765 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, invented photography (d. 1833)

1811 – Increase A. Lapham, American botanist, and author (d. 1875)

1875 – Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1937)

1917 – Betty Holberton, American engineer and programmer (d. 2001)

1944 – Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)

1952 – Lynn Swann, American football player, sportscaster, and politician

1958 – Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

 

Holidays And Observances

Sock Monkey Day

During the Victorian era, the demand for stuffed animals spread from Europe to North America and collided with the Arts and Crafts movement. As stories of exotic animals from Africa became more popular, crafters started sewing stuffed toys for children. Stuffed monkeys eventually became a regular feature in many American nurseries.

The original sock monkey is believed to have been created from Rockford Red Heel socks during the Great Depression in the 1930s. However, some disputes suggest the 1950s are a more accurate guess. Some reports claim that a woman named Helen Cooke got a patent for sock monkeys in 1953. Unfortunately, we can't ask the monkeys themselves.

In 1869, John Nelson received a patent for sock knitting machines and founded The Nelson Knitting Company. In 1890, the Red Heel Socks were introduced, mainly worn by factory employees and farmers. A customer is said to have fashioned a Sock Monkey from a pair of Red Heel Socks and forwarded it to Nelson Knitting Mills in the 1930s.

To cater to the growing love for stuffed toys, the mill began offering Sock Monkey kits, which included pairs of Red Heel Socks on sale. The Red Heel Sock Monkey became popular in the United States for several decades. Today, sock monkeys are popular gifts for important events, including anniversaries, birthdays, and graduations. Depictions of sock monkeys have appeared in photographs, literature, greeting cards, films, and other media.

 

Others Include.

Alexander Graham Bell Day

Nametag Day

National Be Heard Day

National Cereal Day

National Crown Roast of Pork Day

National Hospitalist Day

Plant Power Day

World Book Day

World Math Day

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