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7 March 2024 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 7 March 2024 was a Thursday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Texas Hold 'Em” by Beyoncé.
- Top Film of 2024
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2024 was Inside Out 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 7 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 7 March 2024 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 7 March 2024 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 7 March
- 1965 Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
- 1971 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka.
- 1989 Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.
- 2007 Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
- 2024 Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member.
Famous people born on March 7
- Bret Easton Ellis, American author and screenwriter (born 1964)
- Rachel Weisz, English actress (born 1970)
- Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer (born 1944)
- Bryan Cranston, American actor, director, and producer (born 1956)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2024 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 10 – The 96th Academy Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is nominated for 13 awards and wins seven, including Best Picture.
- April 8 – A total solar eclipse is viewable in the central and northeastern US, with the path of total eclipse over parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
- April 19 – Taylor Swift releases her new double album The Tortured Poets Department. It breaks the record for most-streamed album in a single day and she becomes the most-streamed artist in a single day.
Life in the US in 2024
President
Joe Biden
Gas (per gallon)
$3.31
Loaf of Bread
$3.04
Average House
$420,000
Weekly Wage
$1,145
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