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Today in History: March 7

0161 On the death of Antoninus at Lorium, Marcus Aurelius becomes emperor.

0322 The Greek philosopher Aristotle dies.

1774 The British close the port of Boston to all commerce.

1847 U.S. General Winfield Scott occupies Vera Cruz, Mexico.

1876 Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for the telephone.

1906 Finland becomes the third country to give women the right to vote, decreeing universal suffrage for all citizens over 24, however, barring those persons who are supported by the state.

1927 A Texas law that bans Negroes from voting is ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

1933 The board game Monopoly is invented.

1979 Voyager 1 reaches Jupiter.

2019 Chinese telecommunications company Huawei sues the US government over a federal ban on its products

2021 NY Governor Andrew Cuomo says "no way I resign' amid accusations of sexual assault and his office concealing nursing home deaths over controversial handling of COVID in nursing homes

Born on March 7

1707 Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

1875 Maurice Ravel, composer ("Bolero").

1908 Anna Magnani, Italian actress.


JOTD
Yesterday I asked a girl out, but she told me she had a boyfriend

I responded with "I have a math test tommorow"
She looked a bit confused so I said "I thought we were listing things we could cheat on."