On this day: March 7

POSTED: 10:20 AM PST Mar 04, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Mar 06, 2013 

The board game Monopoly is born, Glamour begins publishing, a civil rights march in Selma, Ala., ends in violence, and Kathryn Bigelow makes Oscar history, all on this day.

OTD March 7 - Joe Carter
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1960: Former major-league outfielder Joe Carter, a five-time All Star who won two World Series titles with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1992 and 1993, is born in Oklahoma City, Okla. Carter, who also played for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Baltimore Orioles and San Francisco Giants during his 16-year career, is most famous for hitting a walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series for the Blue Jays (pictured).

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