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February 7 Gregorian calendar . There are 327 days remaining until the end of the year (328 in leap years ).
Events [ ] 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire .1074 - Battle of Montesarchio wherein the prince of Benevento , Pandulf IV , is killed battling the encroaching Normans .1301 - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England ) becomes the first English Prince of Wales .1550 - Julius III becomes Pope .1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.1807 - Napoleonic Wars : Battle of Eylau - Napoléon 's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland .1812 - The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid .1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking over it, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar .1842 - Battle of Debre Tabor : Ras Ali Alula , Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.1856 - The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the first piece of legislation (the Electoral Act 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot . [1] 1863 - HMS Orpheus Auckland , New Zealand , killing 189.1882 - The last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place in Mississippi City, Mississippi .1894 - The Cripple Creek miner's strike , led by the Western Federation of Miners , begins in Cripple Creek .1898 - Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse 1904 - A fire in Baltimore 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 .1935 - Birthday of Tottenham Hotspur legend Cliff Jones .1944 - World War II : In Anzio , Italy German forces launch a counteroffensive.1944 - World War II: American Aircraft carrier strike on Truk .
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 Cuban imports and exports.1967 - A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery , Alabama kills 25 people.1969 - The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is removed from service.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.1979 - Pluto moves inside Neptune 's orbit for the first time since either was known to science.1979 - The final session of Iranian National Consultative Assembly was held.
1984 - Space Shuttle program : STS-41-B Mission - Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).1986 - Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti , when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.1990 - Collapse of the Soviet Union : The Central Committee 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 launched a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
1992 - The Maastricht Treaty signed, it led to the creation of the European Union .1995 - Ramzi Yousef , the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was arrested in Islamabad .1999 - Crown Prince Abdullah became the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein .1999 - Indian cricketer Anil Kumble became the second person in the history of cricket to take all 10 wickets in a single inning of a test match.2000 - Bahria University is established through the Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 of Government of Pakistan .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 )1612 - Thomas Killigrew , English dramatist (d. 1683 )1693 - Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740 )1804 - John Deere , American manufacturer (Deere & Company ) (d. 1886 )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 )1885 - Sinclair Lewis , American writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1951 )1885 - Hugo Sperrle , German field marshal (d. 1953 )
1887 - Eubie Blake , American musician and composer (d. 1983 )1889 - Harry Nyquist , important contributor to information theory (d. 1976 )1891 - Ann Little , American actress (d. 1984 )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 , Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948 )1908 - Buster Crabbe , American swimmer and actor (d. 1983 )1909 - Hélder Câmara , Roman catholic archbishop (d. 1999 )1914 - Ramón Mercader , Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978 )1915 - Eddie Bracken , American actor (d. 2002 )1915 - Teoctist , Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 2007 )
1918 - Markey Robinson , Northern Irish painter (d. 1999 )1920 - An Wang , Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990 )1924 - Hattie Jacques , English actress (d. 1980 )1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov , cosmonaut1927 - Juliette Greco , French singer and actor1927 - Vladimir Kuts , Russian runner (d. 1975 )
1932 - Gay Talese , American author1932 - Al Worden , American astronaut
1933 - John Anderton , English footballer1934 - Earl King , American musician (d. 2003 )1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami , President of Malta
1934 - King Curtis , American saxophonist (d. 1971 )
1937 - Juan Pizarro , Major League Baseball pitcher1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai , Indian communist leader1941 - Peter Foxhall , Australian evangelist1943 - Gareth Hunt , English actor (d. 2007 )1945 - Gerald Davies , Welsh rugby player1945 - Pete Postlethwaite , English actor
1945 - Ian Jack , Scottish journalist
1947 - Joe Shea , American journalist1949 - Joe English , American drummer1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani , Brazilian footballer and coach
1951 - Benny Ayala , baseball player1952 - Vasco Rossi , Italian singer1953 - Dan Quisenberry , baseball player (d. 1998 )1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer1954 - Brian Morton , Scottish writer
1955 - Rolf Benirschke , American football player1955 - Mario Coutinho , Brazilian physician
1955 - Miguel Ferrer , American actor
1956 - Emo Philips , American comedian1956 - Mark St. John , American musician, former member of Kiss
1957 - Carney Lansford , American baseball player1957 - Richard Cook , British jazz writer (d. 2007 )
1960 - James Spader , American actor1962 - Garth Brooks , American singer1962 - Eddie Izzard , British actor and comedian
1962 - David Bryan , American musician (Bon Jovi )
1965 - Jason Gedrick , American actor1965 - Chris Rock , American comedian and actor
1967 - Richie Burnett , Welsh darts player1967 - Cheung Man , Hong Kong actress
1968 - Peter Bondra , Ukrainian-born hockey player1968 - Sully Erna , American singer (Godsmack )
1969 - Yves Racine , Canadian ice hockey player1972 - Alex Bassi , American race car driver1972 - Robyn Lively , American actress
1974 - Steve Nash , Canadian basketball player1974 - J Dilla , also known as Jay-Dee, American hip-hop producer (d. 2006 )
1975 - Wes Borland , American guitarist (Limp Bizkit )1975 - Alexandre Daigle , National Hockey League player
1977 - Paul Comrie , Canadian ice hockey player1978 - Ashton Kutcher , American actor1978 - Daniel Van Buyten , Belgian international footballer
1978 - Endy Chávez , baseball player
1978 - David Aebischer , National Hockey League goaltender
1979 - Cerina Vincent , American actress1979 - Jon Leicester , American baseball player
1980 - Dionne Quan , Chinese-American voice actress1983 - Christian Klien , Austrian racing driver1983 - Teshome Getu , Ethiopian footballer
1983 - Georgios Gougoulias , Greek footballer
1985 - Tina Majorino , American actress1985 - Clara Bryant , American actress
1986 - Deanna Casaluce , Canadian actress1988 - Ai Kago , Japanese singer1988 - Matthew Stafford , Georgia Bulldogs Quarterback1989 - Louisa Lytton , British actress1991 - Rachel Sibner , American actress1992 - Maimi Yajima , Japanese singer1993 - David Dorfman , American actor1993 - Philip Wiegratz , German actor 1996 - Mai Hagiwara , Japanese singerDeaths [ ] 999 - Boleslaus II of Bohemia 1045 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009 )1317 - Robert , French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256 )1560 - Bartolomeo Bandinelli , Italian sculptor (b. 1493 )1626 - William V (b. 1548 )1642 - William Bedell , English clergyman (b. 1571 )1652 - Gregorio Allegri , Italian composer (b. 1582 )1690 - William Morice , English royalist statesman1693 - 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 )1871 - Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg , piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons ) (b. 1797 )1873 - Sheridan Le Fanu , Irish writer (b. 1814 )1878 - Pope Pius IX (b. 1792 )1897 - Galileo Ferraris , Italian physicist (b. 1847 )1919 - William Halford , American naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841 )1920 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak , Russian military commander (b. 1874 )1937 - Elihu Root , American statesman and diplomat, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1845 )1938 - Harvey Firestone , American manufacturer (b. 1868 )1939 - Boris Grigoriev , Russian painter (b. 1886 )1942 - Ivan Bilibin , Russian illustrator (b. 1876 )1944 - Lina Cavalieri , Italian soprano (b. 1874 )1959 - Guitar Slim , American blues guitarist (b. 1926 )1960 - Igor Kurchatov , Russian physicist (b. 1903 )1962 - Clara Nordström , German writer and translator (b. 1886 )1963 - Learco Guerra , Italian cyclist (b. 1902 )1964 - Sophoklis Venizelos , Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894 )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 )1991 - Amos Yarkoni , legendary Israeli soldier (b. 1920 )1991 - Jean-Paul Mousseau , Quebec painter, member of Les Automatistes (b. 1927 )
1992 - Buzz Sawyer , wrestler (b. 1959 )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-American 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 )2002 - Jack Fairman , British racing driver (b. 1913 )
2003 - Augusto Monterroso , Guatemalan author (b. 1921 )2003 - John Reading , Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917 )
2006 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914 )2007 - Alan MacDiarmid , New Zealand chemist (b. 1927 )2007 - Helen Duncan , New Zealand politician (b. 1941 ) Holidays and observances [ ] Liturgical feasts [ ] Notes [ ]
^ Terry Newman, 'Tasmania and the Secret Ballot' (2003), 49(1) Aust J Pol & Hist 93 [1] , accessed February 27 , 2006
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138 Familypedia people were born on February 7
125 Familypedia people died on February 7
90 Familypedia people were first married on February 7
