Historical Events on February 7

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• 457 Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire
• 1074 Battle of Montesarchio: Prince of Benevento, Pandulf IV killed battling the encroaching Normans in southern Italy

• 1238 The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir
• 1301 Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes first (English) Prince of Wales
• 1522 Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish and Austrian Branches
• 1550 Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III
• 1569 King Philip II forms Inquisition in South America
• 1613 Michail Romanov (aged 16) becomes Tsar of Russia
• 1639 Academie Française begins Dictionary of French Language
• 1653 Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendant of Finance of France
• 1668 Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"

• 1792 Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant
• 1792 Domenico Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto" premieres in Vienna
• 1795 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states
• 1795 Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies


• 1812 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri

• 1817 Baltimore becomes the 1st American city lit by gas street lamps with the first turned on at Market and Lemon Streets (currently Baltimore and Holliday Streets)
• 1818 1st successful US educational magazine "Academician" begins (NYC)
• 1827 Ballet (Deserter) introduced to US at Bowery Theater (NYC)
• 1831 Belgium adopts its Constitution

• 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 of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot.
• 1862 Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC
• 1863 HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189
• 1864 Federal troops occupy Jacksonville, Florida
• 1872 Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College opens
• 1876 US President Grant's private secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring
• 1877 1st Guernsey Cattle Club organizes (NYC)
• 1881 Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal: Boers beat superior British forces
• 1882 Last bare knuckle champion John L Sullivan KOs Paddy Ryan in Miss
• 1883 Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako, Niger


• 1884 Canadian Rugby Football Union forms
• 1889 Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in San Francisco
• 1893 Vanderbilt University claims it participated in the first organised intercollegiate basketball game at the Nashville YMCA Gymnasium; Vanderbilt beats YMCA, 9-3
• 1894 The Cripple Creek miners' strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado
• 1900 British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal
• 1903 VVV '03 soccer club is established in the Dutch southeastern city of Venlo
• 1904 Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)
• 1905 Dominican Republic signs treaty turning over customs collection to US
• 1907 The Mud March, first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
• 1907 Conservative coalition take over Reichstag in Germany after rallying conservatives against the threat of a socialist government

• 1910 Edmond Rostand's "Chantecler" premieres in Paris
• 1912 2nd Dutch 11 city skate (Coen de Koenig wins (11:40)

• 1914 Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, San Francisco
• 1915 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received
• 1915 Second Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army
• 1920 Admiral Kolchak surrenders to Bolshevik troops and is executed
• 1922 John Willard's "Cat & the Canary" premieres in NYC

• 1928 1st solo flight from England to Australia takes off from Croydon, piloted by Australian aviator Bert Hinkler (arrives 15 ½ days later)
• 1931 US opera "Peter Ibbetson" by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera, New York City
• 1933 Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators
• 1933 Social-Dem meeting in Berlin "As thousands cheer" Marxism is dead
• 1934 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Miss
• 1936 A flag is authorized for US Vice President
• 1936 Felix the Cat, animated film released by Van Beuren Studios licensed from Otto Messmer

• 1942 1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8")
• 1943 Shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942)

• 1944 Germans launch counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy

• 1945 Harry Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court
• 1945 US 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer
• 1945 London, Washington and Moscow discuss final phase of World War II
• 1946 Filibuster in US Senate kills FEPC (Fair Employment Practices Committee) bill
• 1947 The UK announces its intention to end the Mandate for Palestine
• 1948 "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 performances

• 1948 After winning Lake Placid (1932) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1936) Olympic ski jumping gold medals, Birger Ruud comes out of retirement to win silver in St. Moritz in a Norwegian medal sweep

• 1950 Georges Bidault forms French government
• 1950 Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Department of State (equiv. Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

• 1958 Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc
• 1958 1st showing of Dutch auto-transmission car, the DAF 600
• 1959 "Whoop-Up" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 56 performances

• 1959 Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air)
• 1959 Dorothy Rigney sells White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M
• 1960 Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea

• 1962 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298

• 1964 Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream
• 1964 Beatles land at NY's JFK airport, for 1st US tour
• 1964 Roger Sessions' 5th Symphony premieres

• 1965 Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao
• 1965 US begins regular bombing & strafing of N Vietnam
• 1965 WVIZ TV channel 25 in Cleveland, Ohio (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1966 KWCM TV channel 10 in Appleton, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1967 A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people.

• 1968 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls
• 1968 WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting

• 1969 Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major US racetrack (Hialeah)
• 1969 The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is removed from service
• 1970 "Hollywood Palace" last airs on ABC TV
• 1970 "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies
• 1970 LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause
• 1970 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
• 1970 US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
• 1971 Switzerland votes for national women's suffrage in a referendum
• 1972 Dutch Olympic 1,500m and 5,000m speed skating champion Ard Schenk wins his 3rd gold medal at the Sapporo Winter Games when he takes out the 10,000m
• 1973 1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
• 1973 US Senate creates Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
• 1973 North Ireland's United Loyalist Council hold a one-day strike, loyalist paramilitaries forcibly try to stop people going to work

• 1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)

• 1974 The Symbionese Liberation Army claim responsibility for the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, daughter of Randolph Hearst
• 1975 NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game road losing streak

• 1976 FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WCPR (Brooklyn New York)
• 1976 Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #9
• 1976 World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (USSR)
• 1977 Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts
• 1978 Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert
• 1979 "Supertrain", TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC
• 1979 Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds president Boumedienne in Algeria
• 1979 Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI v India at Kanpur

• 1982 Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica
• 1983 1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole)
• 1983 "José Cuervo" single released by Shelly West (Billboard Song of the Year 1983)
• 1984 American astronaut Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk
• 1984 David (born without immunity system) touches his mother for 1st time at age 12

• 1985 "New York, New York" becomes the official anthem of New York City
• 1985 Marshall U's Bruce Morris scores a basket from 92'5"
• 1985 NY Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals
• 1986 US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas

• 1987 "Ronnies Rap" by Ron & DC Crew peaks at #93
• 1987 Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring the America's Cup back to US

• 1987 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
• 1987 Police in South Korea make hundreds of arrests during protest demonstrations, the country's biggest for 6 years, after a student died in custody

• 1988 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 15-6; MVP: Bruce Smith, Buffalo Bills, DE

• 1990 Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators
• 1990 USSR Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties
• 1990 Lisa Leslie of Morningside HS in Inglewood California scores 101 in 1st half, South Torrance HS decides not to play 2nd half & loses 102-24
• 1991 Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president

• 1991 The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.

• 1992 Shannon LA Rhea Marketic, 22, (California), crowned 41st Miss USA
• 1992 Maastricht Treaty signed by 12 countries from the European Community (EC) to create the European Union (EU)
• 1993 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 23-20; MVP: Steve Tasker, Buffalo Bills, WR

• 1994 American actor Jim Nabors undergoes a liver transplant

• 1997 US & Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21
• 1998 XVIII Winter Olympic Games open in Nagano, Japan
• 1998 NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7
• 1999 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 23-10; Keyshawn Johnson, NY Jets, QB; Ty Law, New England Patriots, CB
• 1999 Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
• 2000 Bahria University is established through Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 by the Government of Pakistan.
• 2001 51st Berlin International Film Festival: "Intimacy" wins the Golden Bear
• 2005 Britain's Ellen MacArthur becomes the fastest person to sail solo around the world taking 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes 33 seconds

• 2008 58th Berlin International Film Festival: "Elite Squad" wins the Golden Bear
• 2009 Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
• 2010 Super Bowl XLIV, Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Miami, FL; New Orleans Saints beat Indianapolis Colts, 31-17; MVP: Drew Brees, New Orleans, QB
• 2013 Eugène Delacroix's painting "Liberty Leading the People" is vandalized at the Louvre-Lens museum, Northern France
• 2013 Azerbaijan launches its first satellite, Azerspace-1
• 2013 63rd Berlin International Film Festival: "Child's Pose" wins the Golden Bear
• 2014 German treasurer Helmut Linssen resigns amid a scandal involving offshore banking accounts in the Bahamas and Panama
• 2014 XXII Winter Olympic Games open in Sochi, Russia
• 2018 Armed groups release 300 child soldiers from Yambio, South Sudan according to UN
• 2018 "The Los Angeles Times" is bought by LA doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong from Tronc for $500 million

• 2018 DNA analysis of Chedder Man, UK's oldest complete skeleton shows he had dark skin and blue eyes
• 2018 White House aide Rob Porter resigns in wake of physical abuse allegations by ex-wives
• 2018 All citrus fruit can be traced to the southeast foothills of the Himalayas, according to DNA study published in "Nature"
• 2018 Angel Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party reaches a coalition deal with Social Democrats after four months
• 2019 Measles cases in Europe highest in a decade, tripling in a year to 82,596 according to WHO
• 2019 New kangaroo fossil research published from Riversleigh, Australia, show Kangaroos learned to hop 20 million years ago, much earlier than first thought
• 2019 Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio declares national emergency over rape and sexual assault violence after instances double
• 2019 Measles outbreak declared in the Philippines with 1,813 cases and 26 deaths

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