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Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV for a second time on March 7, 1080, during the Investiture Controversy, after Henry defied papal authority by appointing his own bishops and even an antipope, leading to renewed conflict after an earlier reconciliation in 1077.
Henry had been previously excommunicated in February 1076 for defying Gregory's authority by appointing bishops which led to the famous Henry IV penance at Canossa and reconciliation in 1077.
On March 7, 1936, over 20,000 German troops re-occupied the Rhineland, a de-militarized zone in Germany according to the Treaty of Versailles, that bordered France, . This action was directly against the terms which Germany had accepted after the First World War but neither France or Britain took any direct military action.
Hitler argue that it was done in response to France and the USSR signing a treaty of friendship and mutual support, saying it was a hostile move against Germany, and the area of the Rhineland could in turn be used by France to invade Germany. More
On March 7, 1945, U.S. troops capture the strategic German bridge of Remagen (also known as the Ludendorff Bridge), establishing a crucial crossing point during World War II. The bridge remained in use for 10 days before collapsing due to heavy use, but after allowing for the rapid transport of over five divisions across the Rhine barrier.
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Civil rights marchers, including John Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr., are attacked by police on March 7, 1965, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in what becomes known as "Bloody Sunday." More
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The Kepler space observatory, designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, is launched by NASA on March 7, 2009.
