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Birthday February 07, 1478 Sir Thomas More, lawyer & lord chancellor of England & saint |
Birthday February 07, 1804 John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements |
Birthday February 07, 1812 Charles Dickens, novelist (Oliver Twist & Tale of Two Cities) |
Birthday February 07, 1817 Frederick Douglas, 1st black to hold high rank in US government |
Birthday February 07, 1824 William Higgins, discoverer of nature of spiral "nebulae," |
Birthday February 07, 1855 Cowboy celebrity Charles Siringo is born |
Birthday February 07, 1870 Alfred Adler, Austrian psychiatrist |
Birthday February 07, 1877 Godfrey H. Hardy, English number theorist |
Birthday February 07, 1883 Eubie Blake, composer (I'm Just Wild About Harry & Memories of You) |
Birthday February 07, 1885 Sinclair Lewis, novelist & social critic (Main Street) (Nobel 1930) |
Birthday February 07, 1905 Ulf Svante von Euler, Swedish physiologist (Nobel 1970) |
Birthday February 07, 1908 Buster Crabbe, Olympic swimmer & Actor (Flash Gordon & Buck Rogers) |
Birthday February 07, 1920 Eddie Bracken, Actor |
Birthday February 07, 1932 Alfred M. Worden, U.S. astronaut (Apollo 15) |
History February 07, 1775 Benjamin Franklin publishes An Imaginary Speech |
History February 07, 1812 Earthquake causes fluvial tsunami in Mississippi |
History February 07, 1862 Confederates order reinforcements to Fort Donelson |
History February 07, 1881 Plea bargaining gains favor in American courts |
History February 07, 1882 Last bare knuckle champion John L Sullivan KOs Paddy Ryan in Miss |
History February 07, 1889 Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in SF |
History February 07, 1898 Zola is brought to trial |
History February 07, 1904 The Great Baltimore Fire begins |
History February 07, 1905 Dominican Rep. signs treaty turning over customs collection to U.S |
History February 07, 1914 First appearance of “Little Tramp†|
History February 07, 1914 Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium |
History February 07, 1915 Winter Battle of the Masurian Lakes begins |
History February 07, 1938 Tire king Firestone dies |
History February 07, 1940 Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" released |
History February 07, 1964 The Beatles arrive on American shores |
History February 07, 1965 U.S. jets conduct retaliatory raids |
History February 07, 1965 US begins regular bombing & strafing of N Vietnam |
History February 07, 1968 Forensic evidence solves a crime |
History February 07, 1970 LSU star Maravich scores 69 points in single game |
History February 07, 1971 Operation Dewey Canyon II ends |
History February 07, 1973 1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 |
History February 07, 1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
History February 07, 1976 World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation in USSR |
History February 07, 1977 Soyuz 24 launched |
History February 07, 1979 The Angel of Death dies |
History February 07, 1984 Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk |
History February 07, 1984 First human satellite |
History February 07, 1986 Haitians overthrow dictator - "Baby Doc" Duvalier |
History February 07, 1990 Soviet Communist Party gives up monopoly on political power |
History February 07, 1992 European Union treaty signed |
History February 07, 1999 King Hussein of Jordan dies |
History February 07, 2002 President George W. Bush announces plan for faith-based initiatives |