Historical Events for 7th March 2024

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1922 - US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
1940 - Peter Saur, fighting as Ray Steele, beats Bronko Nagurski in St Louis, to become National Wrestling Association Heavyweight Champion
1942 - 1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee, Alabama
1950 - Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in London won by Alena Vrzanova CZE
1953 - South African cricket opening batsman Jackie McGlew scores an unbeaten 255 in 1st Test win against New Zealand in Wellington
1970 - WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1975 - RCA releases "Young Americans", David Bowie's 9th studio album, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New York City; featuring appearances by John Lennon on two tracks, it peaks in the U.S. charts at No. 9, and No. 2 in the U.K.
1994 - Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia
1996 - 1st surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope)
2019 - Thailand's Constitutional Court dissolves opposition party Thai Raksa Chart, after it nominated the King's sister as candidate for Prime Minister

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