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February 7
February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 327 days remaining, 328 in leap years.
Events
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457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
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1301 - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first Prince of Wales.
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1550 - Julius III becomes Pope.
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1613 - Mikhail Romanov becomes Tsar of Russia.
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1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
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1807 - Napoléon's French Empire began fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at the Battle of Eylau in Eylau, Poland.
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1812 - The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
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1882 - In Mississippi City, Mississippi , the last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place.
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1898 - Emile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse .
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1900 - The British Labour Party is formed.
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1904 - A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
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1940 - Pinocchio, an Academy Award-winning animated feature based on the story Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, was first released by Walt Disney Productions.
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1943 - World War II: In the United States it is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in two days.
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1944 - World War II: In Anzio, Italy Nazi forces launch a counteroffensive.
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1962 - The United States Government bans all US-related Cuban imports and exports.
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1964 - The Beatles arrived on their first visit to the United States.
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1967 - A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people.
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1971 - Women gain the right to vote in Switzerland.
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1974 - Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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1976 - Darryl Sittler sets NHL record with ten points in one game.
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1977 - The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 24.
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1984 - Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk.
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1985 - "New York, New York" becomes the official city anthem of New York City.
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1986 - 28 years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
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1990 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly of power.
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1991 - Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
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1992 - The European Union is formed.
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1998 - The 1998 Winter Olympic Games open in Nagano, Japan.
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1999 - Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the ruler of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
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2003 - Last contact to Pioneer 10 was replied.
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2010 - Super Bowl XLIV will take place.
Births
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1102 - Empress Maud, opponent of Stephen I of England in The Anarchy (d. 1169)
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1478 - Sir Thomas More, statesman and humanist, author (d. 1535)
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1812 - Charles Dickens, novelist (d. 1870)
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1834 - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, chemist and inventor of the Periodic table of the chemical elements (d. 1907)
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1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, author (d. 1957)
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1883 - Eubie Blake, musician, composer (d. 1983)
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1885 - Sinclair Lewis, author (d. 1951)
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1904 - Ernst Ginsberg , actor and film director (d. 1964)
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1905 - Paul Nizan, author (d. 1940)
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1908 - Buster Crabbe, Olympic Games swimming gold medalist, actor (d. 1983)
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1910 - Max Bense , philosopher (d. 1990)
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1914 - Ramón Mercader, assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978)
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1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
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1919 - Jock Mahoney , American actor (d. 1989)
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1920 - An Wang, computer pioneer (d. 1990)
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1922 - Hattie Jacques, actress (d. 1980)
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1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut
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1927 - Juliette Greco, singer and actor
- 1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Soviet long-distance runner
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1932 - Gay Talese, author
- 1932 - Al Worden, astronaut
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1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)
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1943 - Gareth Hunt. actor
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1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, actor
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1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian Footballer and Coach
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1953 - Lige Curry , musician (P Funk)
- 1953 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball pitcher (d. 1998)
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1954 - Dieter Bohlen German Composer and Performer (Modern Talking)
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1955 - Mario Coutinho Brazilian Physician
- 1955 - Miguel Ferrer, American actor
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1960 - James Spader, actor (Pretty in Pink, Stargate)
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1962 - Garth Brooks, country music star
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1962 - Eddie Izzard, actor, comic
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1967 - Chris Rock, comedian, actor
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1968 - Peter Bondra, hockey player
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1973 - Drew Curtis, founder and moderator of Fark.com
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1974 - Steve Nash, Canadian NBA star
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1978 - Ashton Kutcher, actor
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1983 - Elin Grindemyr, model
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1985 - Tina Majorino, American actress
Deaths
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780 - Nicetas, Patriarch of Constantinople
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1045 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)
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1823 - Ann Radcliffe, novelist (b. 1764)
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1837 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)
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1873 - Sheridan Le Fanu, writer (b. 1814)
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1878 - Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
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1920 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (b. 1874)
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1938 - Harvey Firestone, manufacturer (b. 1868)
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1968 - Nick Adams, American actor
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1979 - Josef Mengele, Nazi war criminal (b. 1911)
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1980 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer (b. 1904)
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1985 - Matt Monro, singer (b. 1932)
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1990 - Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter
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1993 - Lillian Gish, actress (b. 1893)
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1994 - Stephen Milligan, British journalist and Conservative MP (b. 1948), died of autoerotic asphyxiation
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1998 - Lawrence Sanders, author
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1999 - King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935)
- 1999 - Bobby Troup, musician, actor
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2000 - Doug Henning, magician (b. 1947)
- 2000 - Big Pun, singer (b. 1971)
- 2000 - Dave Peverett , English musician (Foghat)
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2001 - Dale Evans, actress, singer
- 2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author, aviator (b. 1906)
- 2001 - Dale Evans, American actress, singer
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2003 - Augusto Monterroso, author
- 2003 - John Reading, mayor of Oakland, California
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2004 - John Hench, Artistic designer for Walt Disney
- 2004 - Rebeca Martinez, girl born with two heads, died of complications from surgery to remove extra head (b. 2003)
Holidays and observances
External links
February 6 - February 8 - January 7 - March 7 -- listing of all days
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