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February 7
February 6 - February 8Events
Births - Deaths457 - 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.
1613 - Mikhail Romanov becomes Tsar of Russia.
1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
1807 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau - Napol?on'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, Missouri.
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 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.
1894 - The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
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, Croatian Nazis kill 2,300 Serbian civilians, among them 551 children.
1944 - World War II: In Anzio, Italy German 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 Cuban 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.
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.
1977 - Soyuz programme: Soyuz 24 launched.
1979 - Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was known to science.
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).
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.
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 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 - Pioneer program: Last unsuccessful contact attempt with Pioneer 10.
Births
Events - Deaths1102 - 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)
1885 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
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 - Ram?n 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
1933 - John Anderton, English footballer
1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)
1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta
1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
1943 - Gareth Hunt, English actor
1945 - Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player
1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, English actor
1949 - Joe English, American drummer
1949 - Paulo C?sar Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
1951 - Benny Ayala, Baseball player
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
Deaths
Events - Births1045 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)
1317 - Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256)
1560 - Bartolomeo 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, 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)
1960 - Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (b. 1903)
1963 - Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
1968 - Nick Adams, American actor (b. 1931)
1973 - Ferdinand Sch?rner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
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)
1992 - Buzz Sawyer, Wrestler
1993 - Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893)
1994 - Witold Lutoslawski, 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 - Jos? 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 D?rr?hsehvar (b. 1914)
February 6 - February 8