March 7th is the 66th day of 2021. There are 299 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is .. National Cereal Day and National Flapjack Day

In 1854, Charles Miller patented the first U.S. sewing machine to stitch buttonholes.
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his telephone.
In 1897, Dr. John Kellogg served the world's first corn flakes to his patients at a mental hospital in Battle Creek, MI. It was put on sale years later.
In 1910, D.W. Griffith featured Mary Pickford in "The Thread of Destiny", the first film notable for his use of multiple shots to build scenes, jumping from image to image to construct a narrative in a way that was unrelated to viewing a play on the stage.
In 1911, The first coin-operated locker is patented by Willis S. Farnsworth.
In 1926, the first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversation took place, between New York and London.
In 1933, CBS Radio debuted the first daytime radio serial on this day. "Marie The Little French Princess" had a successful run of two years on-the-air.
In 1933, the game "Monopoly" was invented. It was mass marketed by Parker Brothers in 1935.
In 1977, Jay Leno’s First Tonight Show Appearance: Fifteen years later, following numerous guest appearances and a long apprenticeship as permanent fill-in, the comic will succeed JOHNNY CARSON.
In 1980, "Coal Miner's Daughter" starring Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn opened in theaters in the U.S.A.
In 1986, "A Room With A View" opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.
In 1997, the movie "Jungle 2 Jungle" starring Tim Allen opened in USA theaters.

Actors:

Bryan Cranston is 65 (“Saving Private Ryan,” “Malcolm In The Middle,” "Breaking Bad," “Trumbo,” “Argo,” “Sneaky Pete”)
Jenna Fischer is 47 (“Blades of Glory,” “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” “Hall Pass,” “The Giant Mechanical Man,” “You, Me and the Apocalypse,” “The Office”) (FAST FACT: Her first paying acting job was for a sex ed video released by the UCLA Medical Center)
Brandon T. Jackson is 37 (“Tropic Thunder,” “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” “Lottery Ticket,” “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son,” “”Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters”)
Richard Lawson is 74 (“Poltergeist,” “V,” “Scream Blacula Scream,” “Wag the Dog,” “Real Husbands of Hollywood,” “Saints & Sinners”)
Laura Prepon is 41 (“That's 70's Show,” “Orange Is The New Black,” “The Girl On A Train”) (FAST FACTS: She’s been with Ben Foster since 2017, which is when she announced they were expecting their first child together. The couple, who has been married since 2018, now have two children together. They are both avowed Scientologists).
Peter Sarsgaard is 50 (“Boys Don’t Cry,” “The Man in the Iron Mask,” “Green Lantern,” “Experimenter,” “Magnificent Seven”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Maggie Gyllenhaal since 2009)
TJ Thyne is 46 (“Erin Brockovich,” “How The Grinch Stole Christmas,” “The Human Contract,” “Bones”)
Daniel J. Travanti is 81 (“Patty Duke Show,” “Hill Street Blues,” “Boss”)
Rachel Weisz is 51 ("The Mummy," “Constantine,” “Oz the Great and Powerful,” “The Light Between Oceans”) (FAST FACTS: She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for “The Constant Gardener” and has been married to Daniel Craig since 2011.)
The late John Heard (1946 – 2017)…he would have been 75 (“Home Alone” series, “Cutter's Way,” “The Pelican Brief,” “Sharknado,” “NCIS: Los Angeles”)
The late Rick Mayall (1958-2014)…he would have been 63 (“The Young Ones,” “Drop Dead Fred”)