On This Day (March 7)

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322 BCE - Aristotle, Greek philosopher died. (b. 384 BCE) (A Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many different subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology.)

161 – Following the death of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus agreed to become co-Emperors in an unprecedented arrangement in the Roman Empire.
1274 - Thomas Aquinas, Philosopher died. (b. 1225) (An Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, a philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition.)
1277 – Étienne Tempier, Bishop of Paris, promulgated a Condemnation of 219 philosophical and theological propositions that were being discussed at the University of Paris.
1788 - Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist born. (d. 1878) (A French scientist and a pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena.)
1862 – American Civil War: Union forces engaged Confederate troops at the Battle of Pea Ridge in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, fighting to a victory one day later that essentially
cemented their control in Missouri.
1875 - Maurice Ravel, French composer born. (d. 1937)

"Pavane pour une Infante Défunte"

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone (patent # 174,465).
1912 - Roald Amundsen first announces to the world that his expedition has reached the South Pole, though they had arrived on December 14, 1911.
1950 – The Soviet Union issued a statement denying that German nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs had served as a Soviet spy.
1994 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music that commercial parodies of an original, copyrighted work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.