In History, Today on March 7

The University of Paris issued the Condemnation of 1277, a list of 219 philosophical and theological propositions that were deemed heretical by the Bishop of Paris, Étienne Tempier.

Napoleon Bonaparte captured Jaffa during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.

Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the invention of the telephone.

Nazi Germany reoccupied the Rhineland, violating the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties.

The first of the Selma to Montgomery marches, known as "Bloody Sunday," took place, where civil rights demonstrators were brutally attacked by law enforcement at the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Iran and the United Kingdom broke diplomatic relations over Salman Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses," which had provoked a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death.

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission was designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars by monitoring the brightness of over 150,000 stars.

Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director for her film 'The Hurt Locker', which also won Best Picture at the 82nd Academy Awards.

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a new set of sanctions against North Korea in response to its third nuclear test conducted in February 2013, aiming to curb its nuclear program.

The European Union and Turkey reached a deal to stem the flow of migrants into Europe, agreeing that migrants arriving in Greece would be sent back to Turkey if they did not apply for asylum or if their claim was rejected.

Gary Cohn, the chief economic advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, resigned from his position following disagreements over tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.