FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2014

Today is Friday, March 7, the 66th day of 2014. There are 299 days left in the year.

1530 ― King Henry VIII’s divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England’s church

1857 ― Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs

1876 ― Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone

1912 ― Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole

1917 ― First jazz record “Dixie Jazz Band One Step,” recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden, N.J.

1986 ― Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist

1988 ― Jim Abbott, one-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E. Sullivan Award

1989 ― Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Salman Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses"

1996 ― First surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope)

1997 ― Five sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country’s constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life