A bit of March 7th history…
161 - Roman Emperor Antonius Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Veros, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire
321 - Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the empire
1785 - Hutton, geologist, presents his theory of uniformitarianism
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell receives patent for telephone
1912 - Roald Amundsen announces his discovery of South Pole
1946 - Bikini Atoll islanders are evacuated by the US government to make way for a nuclear testing site (pictured)
1965 - Alabama state troopers and 600 black protesters clash in Selma during “Bloody Sunday”; protesters beaten and hospitalized
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