This Day in History

March 7th in History

Selma police attack civil rights marchers, USA for Africa releases "We are the World," and the Roman empire decrees Sunday as its official day of rest. Happy birthday to Maurice Ravel, Piet Mondrian (cover artist), Luther Burbank, and Rob Roy; RIP Stanley Kubrick, Cool Papa Bell, Alice B. Toklas, and Thomas Aquinas. Happy Albanian Teacher's Day!

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Quote of the Day

"The greatness of human beings consists in this: that it is capable of the universe."

Saint Thomas Aquinas, philosopher and theologian died March 7, 1274