MARCH 7
2004:The Rev. V. Gene Robinson is invested as the ninth bishop of New Hampshire in a ceremony in Concord, becoming the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church.
1876: At age 29, inventor Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone, beating out Elisha Gray's attempt to patent a similar invention by only a few hours.
1965: Acting on orders from Gov. George C. Wallace, Alabama state troopers and volunteer officers use tear gas and billy clubs to break up a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. More than 50 people are hospitalized in an event referred to as Bloody Sunday.
1876: At age 29, inventor Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone, beating out Elisha Gray's attempt to patent a similar invention by only a few hours.
1965: Acting on orders from Gov. George C. Wallace, Alabama state troopers and volunteer officers use tear gas and billy clubs to break up a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. More than 50 people are hospitalized in an event referred to as Bloody Sunday.
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