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February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 327 days remaining (328 in Leap Year s).
Events
- 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire .
- 1301 - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II Of England ) becomes the first English Prince Of Wales .
- 1550 - Julius III becomes Pope .
- 1613 - Mikhail Romanov becomes Tsar of Russia .
- 1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
- 1807 - Napoléon 's French Empire begin fighting against Russia n and Prussia n forces of the Fourth Coalition at the Battle Of Eylau in Eylau, Poland .
- 1812 - The strongest in a series of Earthquake s strikes New Madrid, Missouri .
- , Regent of the Emperor Of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien .
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- 1863 - ''HMS Orpheus'' sinks off the coast of Auckland , New Zealand , killing 189.
- 1882 - The last heavyweight Boxing championship Bare-knuckle fight takes place in Mississippi City , Mississippi .
- 1898 - Emile Zola is brought to trial for Libel for publishing '' J'Accuse ''.
- 1900 - The British Labour Party is formed.
- 1904 - A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
- 1914 - Charlie Chaplin first appears as " The Tramp ", as his first film ''Kid Auto Races at Venice'' is released at Keystone Studios .
- 1942 - In Drakulici , Banja Luka , Croatia n Nazis kill 2,300 Serbian civilians, among them 551 children.
- , Italy Nazi forces launch a counteroffensive.
- 1948 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff and was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley .
- 1962 - The United States Government bans all Cuba n imports and exports.
- 1964 - The Beatles arrive on their first visit to the United States .
- 1967 - A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery , Alabama kills 25 people.
- 1971 - Women gain the right to vote in Switzerland .
- 1974 - Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom .
- 1976 - Future Hall Of Famer Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs scores six goals and records four assists in an 11-4 victory over the Boston Bruins , setting a NHL record with 10 points in one game.
- 1977 - The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 24 .
- 1979 - Pluto moves inside Neptune 's orbit for the first time since either planet was known to science.
- 1984 - Astronaut s Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered Space Walk .
- 1985 - ''" New York, New York "'' becomes the official city anthem of New York City .
- 1986 - Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti , when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
- of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly of power.
- 1991 - Haiti 's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide , is sworn in.
- 1991 - The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
- 1992 - The European Union is formed.
- 1995 - Ramzi Yousef , the alleged mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan .
- 1999 - Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein .
- 2000 - Bahria University is established through the Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 of Government of Pakistan .
- 2003 - Last contact with Pioneer 10 .
Births
- 1102 - Empress Matilda , Princess of England and wife of Henry V Of The Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169 )
- 1478 - Sir Thomas More , English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535 )
- 1693 - Empress Anna Of Russia (d. 1740 )
- 1812 - Charles Dickens , English novelist (d. 1870 )
- 1842 - Alexandre Ribot , French statesman (d. 1923 )
- 1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder , American author (d. 1957 )
- 1870 - Alfred Adler , Austrian psychologist (d. 1937 )
- 1877 - Godfrey Harold Hardy , English mathematician (d. 1947 )
- 1883 - Eubie Blake , American musician and composer (d. 1983 )
- 1885 - Sinclair Lewis , American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951 )
- 1889 - Harry Nyquist , important contributor to Information Theory (d. 1976 )
- 1895 - Anita Stewart , American film actress (d. 1961 )
- 1898 - Dock Boggs , American musician (d. 1971 )
- 1905 - Ulf Von Euler , Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983 )
- 1905 - Paul Nizan , French author (d. 1940 )
- 1906 - Oleg Antonov , Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984 )
- 1906 - Puyi , Emperor of China (d. 1967 )
- 1907 - Yevgeniy Abalakov , famous Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948 )
- 1908 - Buster Crabbe , American swimmer and actor (d. 1983 )
- 1914 - Ramón Mercader , Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978 )
- 1915 - Eddie Bracken , American actor (d. 2002 )
- 1918 - Markey Robinson , Northern Irish painter (d. 1999 )
- 1920 - An Wang , Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990 )
- 1922 - Hattie Jacques , English actress (d. 1980 )
- 1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov , cosmonaut
- 1927 - Juliette Greco , French singer and actor
- 1927 - Vladimir Kuts , Russian runner
- 1932 - Gay Talese , American author
- 1932 - Al Worden , American astronaut
- 1934 - Earl King , American musician (d. 2003 )
- 1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai , Indian communist leader
- 1943 - Gareth Hunt , English actor
- 1945 - Gerald Davies , Welsh rugby player
- 1945 - Pete Postlethwaite , English actor
- 1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani , Brazilian footballer and coach
- 1953 - Dan Quisenberry , baseball player (d. 1998 )
- 1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer
- 1955 - Rolf Benirschke , American football player
- 1955 - Mario Coutinho Brazilian physician
- 1955 - Miguel Ferrer , American actor
- 1956 - Emo Philips , American comedian
- 1957 - Carney Lansford , American baseball player
- 1960 - James Spader , American actor
- 1962 - Garth Brooks , American singer
- 1962 - Eddie Izzard , British actor and comedian
- 1962 - David Bryan , American musician ( Bon Jovi )
- 1965 - Jason Gedrick , American actor
- 1965 - Chris Rock , American comedian and actor
- 1968 - Peter Bondra , Ukrainian-born hockey player
- 1968 - Sully Erna , American singer ( Godsmack )
- 1972 - Alex Bassi , American Race Car Driver
- 1974 - Steve Nash , Canadian basketball player
- 1974 - J Dilla , also known as Jay-Dee, American hip-hop producer (d. 2006 )
- 1975 - Wes Borland , American guitarist ( Limp Bizkit )
- 1978 - Ashton Kutcher , American actor
- 1985 - Tina Majorino , American actress
- 1988 - Ai Kago , Japanese singer ( W (Double You) , Morning Musume , and MiniMoni )
Deaths
- 1045 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009 )
- 1317 - Robert, Count Of Clermont , French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256 )
- 1560 - Bartolommeo Bandinelli , Italian sculptor (b. 1493 )
- 1626 - William V, Duke Of Bavaria (b. 1548 )
- 1642 - William Bedell , English clergyman (b. 1571 )
- 1652 - Gregorio Allegri , Italian composer (b. 1582 )
- 1690 - William Morice , English royalist statesman
- 1693 - Paul Pellisson , French writer (b. 1624 )
- 1736 - Stephen Gray , English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666 )
- 1779 - William Boyce , English composer (b. 1711 )
- 1799 - Qianlong , Emperor of China (b. 1711 )
- 1801 - Daniel Chodowiecki , Polish painter (b. 1726 )
- 1823 - Ann Radcliffe , English novelist (b. 1764 )
- 1837 - King Gustav IV Adolf Of Sweden (b. 1778 )
- 1839 - Karl August Nicander , Swedish poet (b. 1799 )
- 1873 - Sheridan Le Fanu , Irish writer (b. 1814 )
- 1878 - Pope Pius IX (b. 1792 )
- 1897 - Galileo Ferraris , Italian physicist (b. 1847 )
- 1898 - John Reily Knox , Founder of Beta Theta Pi (b. 1820 )
- 1919 - William Halford , American naval officer and Medal Of Honor recipient
- 1920 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak , Russian military commander (b. 1874 )
- 1937 - Elihu Root , American statesman and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1845 )
- 1938 - Harvey Firestone , American manufacturer (b. 1868 )
- 1960 - Igor Kurchatov , Russian physicist (b. 1903 )
- 1968 - Nick Adams , American actor (b. 1931 )
- 1979 - Josef Mengele , Nazi war criminal (b. 1911 )
- 1980 - Secondo Campini , Italian jet pioneer (b. 1904 )
- 1985 - Matt Monro , English singer (b. 1932 )
- 1986 - Cheikh Anta Diop , Senegalese historian (b. 1923 )
- 1990 - Jimmy Van Heusen , American songwriter (b. 1913 )
- 1993 - Lillian Gish , American actress (b. 1893 )
- 1994 - Witold Lutosławski , Polish composer (b. 1913 )
- 1994 - Stephen Milligan , British journalist and politician (b. 1948 )
- 1996 - Phillip Davidson , US Army general (b. 1915 )
- 1998 - Lawrence Sanders , American author (b. 1920 )
- 1999 - King Hussein Of Jordan (b. 1935 )
- 1999 - José Silva , author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System (b. 1914 )
- 1999 - Bobby Troup , American musician and actor (b. 1918 )
- 2000 - Big Pun , Puerto Rican rapper (b. 1971 )
- 2000 - Doug Henning , Canadian magician (b. 1947 )
- 2001 - Dale Evans , American actress and singer (b. 1912 )
- 2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh , American author and aviator (b. 1906 )
- 2002 - Elisa Bridges , American model (b. 1973 )
- 2003 - Augusto Monterroso , Guatemalan author (b. 1921 )
- 2003 - John Reading , Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917 )
- 2004 - John Hench , American animator (b. 1908 )
- 2006 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914 )
Holidays and observances
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External links
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