On this day: March 7

March 7

José Paranhos

• 1573 – A peace treaty brought the Ottoman–Venetian War to an end, transferring Cyprus from Venetian hands to Ottoman control.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Union forces engaged Confederate troops in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, fighting to a victory one day later that essentially cemented their control in Missouri.
• 1871 – José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (pictured), became Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, starting a four-year rule, the longest in the state's history.
• 1945 – World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly seized the Ludendorff Bridge, possibly hastening the war's conclusion.
• 1985 – The charity single "We Are the World" by the supergroup USA for Africa was released, and would go on to sell more than 20 million copies.

Reinhard Heydrich (b. 1904) · Divine (d. 1988) · Cool Papa Bell (d. 1991)

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