THURSDAY, March 7, 2024

1917-First jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step", recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden NJ

1962-Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio

1962-Launch of OSO 1, first astronomy satellite (solar flare data)

1977-Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections

1981-First homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death

1989-Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Salman Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses"

1989-Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland)

1994-U.S. Navy issues first permanent order assigning women on combat ship

1995-New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty

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

1996-British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million ￡ order