February 7
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February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 327 days remaining until the end of the year (328 in leap years).
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Births [change]
- 572 - Prince Shotoku of Japan (d. 622)
- 1102 – Princess 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)
- 1758 - Benedikt Schack, Czech composer and tenor (d. 1826)
- 1804 - John Deere, American manufacturer (d. 1886)
- 1812 – Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)
- 1817 – Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist (d. 1895)
- 1824 - William Huggins, British astronomer and physicist (d. 1910)
- 1842 - Alexandre Ribot, Prime Minister of France (d. 1923)
- 1862 - Horace F. Graham, Governor of Vermont (d. 1941)
- 1867 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)
- 1870 – Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937)
- 1873 - Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder (d. 1912)
- 1877 – G.H. Hardy, British mathematician (d. 1947)
- 1878 - Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (d. 1936)
- 1885 – Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
- 1887 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)
- 1889 - Harry Nyquist, contributor to Information Theory (d. 1976)
- 1895 – Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961)
- 1898 – Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971)
- 1901 - Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand politician (d. 1989)
- 1905 – Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940)
- 1905 – Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist (d. 1983)
- 1906 – Henry Pu-yi, Emperor of China (d. 1967)
- 1906 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
- 1908 – Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
- 1909 – Helder Camara, Brazilian archbishop (d. 1999)
- 1912 - Roberta McCain, mother of John McCain
- 1914 – Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978)
- 1915 - Teoctist, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 2007)
- 1915 – Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1920 – An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990)
- 1922 – Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
- 1926 – Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2009)
- 1926 - Mark Taimanov, Russian pianist and chess player
- 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)
- 1934 – Eddie Fenech Adami, former President of Malta
- 1934 - King Curtis, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1971)
- 1934 - Murtaza Rakhimov, former leader of Bashkortostan in Russia
- 1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian Communist leader
- 1939 - Ray Taliaferro, American radio talk show host
- 1939 - Francisco Mendes, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
- 1940 - Toshihide Masukawa, Japanese physicist
- 1943 – Gareth Hunt, English actor
- 1945 – Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player
- 1946 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011)
- 1947 - Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (d. 2009)
- 1947 - Flemming Jorgensen, Danish musician and actor (d. 2011)
- 1948 - Josef Ackermann, Swiss banker, CEO of Deutsche Bank
- 1949 – Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
- 1950 – Mauro Bellugi, Italian footballer
- 1952 - John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado
- 1952 - Vasco Rossi, Italian singer
- 1953 – Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1954 – Dieter Bohlen German composer and media personality
- 1955 – Mario Coutinho Brazilian physician
- 1955 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor
- 1955 – Rolf Benirschke, American football player
- 1956 - Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss)
- 1958 – Giuseppe Baresi, Italian footballer
- 1959 – Mick McCarthy, English football manager
- 1960 – James Spader, American actor
- 1962 – Garth Brooks, American singer
- 1962 – Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
- 1964 – Ray Mears, British television presenter and outdoor survival expert
- 1965 - Petr Vasa, Czech poet, singer-songwriter, actor and artist
- 1965 – Jason Gedrick, American actor
- 1966 – Kristin Otto, German swimmer
- 1967 – Chris Rock, American comedian and actor
- 1967 - Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player
- 1968 – Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-born hockey player
- 1968 – Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)
- 1972 - Robyn Lively, American actress
- 1974 – Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
- 1975 – Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
- 1975 – Rafik Saifi, Algerian footballer
- 1977 – Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japanese footballer
- 1977 - Dimitris Papanikolaou, Greek basketball player
- 1978 – Ashton Kutcher, American actor
- 1978 – Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
- 1979 – Tawakel Karman, Yemeni activist, co-winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
- 1980 - Sasa Papac, Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer
- 1985 – Tina Majorino, American actress
- 1986 - Stephen Colletti, American actor
- 1987 - Joe Cardle, British footballer
- 1987 - Kerli, Estonian singer
- 1988 - Matthew Stafford, American football player
- 1989 - Louisa Lytton, English actress
- 1993 – David Dorfman, American actor
Deaths [change]
- 531 - Emperor Keitai of Japan (b. 450)
- 590 - Pope Pelagius II (b. 1520)
- 999 - Boleslaus II of Bohemia
- 1045 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)
- 1317 - Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the Bourbon Royal Family (b. 1526)
- 1560 - Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493)
- 1603 - Hermann Wilken, German humanist and mathematician (b. 1522)
- 1626 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
- 1652 - Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (b. 1852)
- 1693 - Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)
- 1779 – William Boyce, English composer (b. 1711)
- 1799 – Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711)
- 1801 - Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)
- 1837 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)
- 1839 – Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)
- 1862 - Francisco de Paula Martinez de la Rosa, Spanish statesman and dramatist (b. 1787)
- 1878 – Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
- 1883 - Edmund J. Davis, American general and 15th Governor of Texas (b. 1827)
- 1897 - Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (b. 1847)
- 1920 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (b. 1876)
- 1931 - Tommaso Tittoni, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1855)
- 1932 - Augusto B. Leguia, President of Peru (b. 1863)
- 1937 – Elihu Root, American politician (b. 1845)
- 1942 - Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (b. 1876)
- 1944 - Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (b. 1874)
- 1959 – D.F. Malan, South African politician, father of Apartheid (b. 1874)
- 1964 – Sophoklis Venizelos, Greek Prime Minister (b. 1894)
- 1971 - Douglass Cadwallader, American golfer (b. 1884)
- 1972 - Walter Lang, American film director (b. 1896)
- 1979 – Josef Mengele, Nazi doctor (b. 1911)
- 1980 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet[disambiguation needed] pioneer (b. 1904)
- 1987 – Claudio Villa, Italian singer (b. 1926)
- 1990 - Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter (b. 1913)
- 1994 - Witold Lutoslawski, Polish composer (b. 1913)
- 1999 – King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935)
- 2000 – Big Pun, American rapper (b. 1971)
- 2001 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviatrix (b. 1906)
- 2001 - Dale Evans, American actress and singer (b. 1912)
- 2005 - Atli Dam, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1932)
- 2005 - Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)
- 2008 - Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (b. 1913)
- 2010 – Franco Ballerini, Italian road racing cyclist (b. 1964)
- 2010 – Andre Kolingba, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1936)
Events [change]
- 457 – Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1301 – Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first Prince of Wales.
- 1479 - The Bonfire of the Vanities occurs, in which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burns thousands of objects like cosmetics, art and books in Florence, Italy.
- 1783 - Spanish and French forces end the Siege of Gibraltar.
- 1785 - William Herschel discovers the Antennae Galaxies.
- 1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is accepted.
- 1807 - Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Eylau in Poland begins.
- 1812 - The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
- 1863 - The ship HMS Orpheus sinks off Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189 people.
- 1897 - The first full-scale battle of the Greco-Turkish War occurs.
- 1900 – The British Labour Party is formed.
- 1904 - A fire in Baltimore, Maryland, destroys 1,500 people.
- 1922 - Antonio Maria da Silva becomes Prime Minister of Portugal for a second time.
- 1935 - The Monopoly board game is invented.
- 1940 - The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, is shown for the first time.
- 1943 - World War II: Japanese forces complete the evacuation of the Imperial Japanese Army from Guadalcanal.
- 1948 - Neil Harvey becomes the youngest Australian to score a century in a test cricket match.
- 1951 - Korean War: Sancheong-Hamyang massacre.
- 1962 - The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
- 1971 – Women gain the right to vote in Switzerland.
- 1974 – Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1976 - Daniel Sittler sets an NHL record by scoring 10 points in a single game.
- 1979 – For the first time since its discovery, the dwarf planet Pluto orbits the Sun closer than Neptune.
- 1984 – US astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart perform the first untethered spacewalk.
- 1986 - The rule of the Duvalier family in Haiti comes to an end when Jean-Claude Duvalier ("Baby Doc") flees the country.
- 1990 – Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly of power.
- 1991 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide becomes President of Haiti.
- 1992 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed to officially form the European Union.
- 1995 - Ramzi Yousef, who planned the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
- 1998 – The 1998 Winter Olympics open in Nagano, Japan.
- 1999 - Abdullah II of Jordan becomes King, after the death of his father, King Hussein of Jordan.
- 1999 - A border conflict begins between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- 1999 - NASA's Stardust probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida to study comets.
- 2005 - Ellen MacArthur becomes the fastest round-the-world sailor, though this record has since been beaten.
- 2009 – Bushfires in the Australian state of Victoria kill 173 people.
- 2012 - After a political crisis in the Maldives, President Mohamed Nasheed resigns, and is replaced my Mohammed Waheed Hassan.
Observances [change]
- Independence Day in Grenada
