Notable Historical Events on February 7th
February 7th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
457 |
Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. |
1074 |
Battle of Montesarchio in which the prince of Benevento, Pandulf IV, is killed battling the encroaching Normans. |
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/Austrian Branches |
1550 |
Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III |
1569 |
King Philip II forms inquistion in South America |
1613 |
Michail Romanov (16) becomes Tsar of Russia |
1639 |
Academie Francaise 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 |
D 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 |
1812 |
Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords |
1818 |
1st successful US educational magazine "Academician," begins (NYC) |
1827 |
Ballet (Deserter) introduced to US at Bowery Theater (NYC) |
1831 |
Belgium adopts its Constitution |
1836 |
"Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens |
1839 |
Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president" |
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 A & M College opens |
1876 |
Pres Grants 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 SF |
1891 |
Great Blizzard of 1891 begins in England |
1894 |
The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado. |
1900 |
British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal |
1903 |
VVV '03 Soccer team forms in Venlo |
1904 |
Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks) |
1905 |
Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US |
1907 |
The Mud March was the 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 |
1908 |
Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5,000 |
1910 |
Edmond Rostand's "Chantecler," premieres in Paris |
1912 |
2nd Dutch 11 city skate (Coen de Koenig wins (11:40) |
1914 |
Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice" |
1914 |
Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, SF |
1915 |
1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received |
1915 |
2nd Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army |
1922 |
John Willard's "Cat & the Canary," premieres in NYC |
1924 |
Benito Mussolini government exchanges diplomats with USSR |
1928 |
1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler) |
1931 |
US opera, "Peter Ibbetson," by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera NYC |
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 Vice President |
1936 |
Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer |
1940 |
British railroads nationalized |
1940 |
Walt Disney's 2nd feature-length movie, "Pinocchio," premieres (NYC) |
1941 |
Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me" |
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 |
Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records |
1944 |
Germans launch counteroffensive at Anzio Italy |
1945 |
General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila |
1945 |
Harry Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court |
1945 |
US 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer |
1946 |
Filibuster in US Senate kills FEPC bill |
1947 |
Arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine |
1948 |
"Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 perfs |
1948 |
Omar Bradley succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff |
1949 |
Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees) |
1950 |
Georges Bidault forms French government |
1950 |
Sen Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1950 |
US & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime |
1958 |
1st showing of DAF 600 auto |
1958 |
Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc |
1958 |
Dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced |
1959 |
"Whoop-Up" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 56 performances |
1959 |
Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution |
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 |
1961 |
Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads" |
1962 |
Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298 |
1962 |
President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba by banning all Cuban imports and exports. |
1962 |
Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational |
1962 |
The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports. |
1964 |
Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream |
1964 |
Beatles land at NY's JFK airport, for 1st US tour |
1964 |
Cassius Clay becomes a black Moslem |
1964 |
Roger Sessions' 5th Symphony, premieres |
1965 |
George Harrison has his tonsils removed |
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, OH (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 |
Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in NYC |
1968 |
Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls |
1968 |
WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1969 |
"This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV |
1969 |
Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO |
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 in women's suffrage |
1973 |
1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 |
1973 |
Senate createse Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities |
1973 |
The United Loyalist Council hold a one-day strike to "re-establish some sort of Protestant or loyalist control over the affairs of the province"; loyalist paramilitaries forcibly tried to stop many people going to work and to close any businesses that had opened, North Ireland |
1974 |
Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
1974 |
Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters |
1975 |
NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game road losing streak |
1976 |
Darryl Sittler, Toronto, sets NHL record with 10 points in a game |
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 pres Boumedienne in Algeria |
1979 |
Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI v India at Kanpur |
1979 |
Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles |
1982 |
Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic |
1982 |
Luis A Monge elected pres of Costa Rica |
1983 |
1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole) |
1984 |
Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk (US) |
1984 |
David (born without immunity system) at 12, touches mom for 1st time |
1984 |
Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS |
1985 |
"New York, New York" became the official anthem of NYC |
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 |
1986 |
Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti |
1986 |
Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent filippino dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos |
1987 |
"Ronnies Rap" by Ron & DC Crew peaks at #93 |
1987 |
Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring America's Cup back to US |
1987 |
Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1 |
1987 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano |
1988 |
38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago |
1988 |
NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6 |
1988 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic |
1989 |
40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton |
1989 |
Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan |
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 |
Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin & Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame |
1991 |
The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting. |
1992 |
Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial |
1992 |
Shannon LA Rhea Marketic, 22, (California), crowned 41st Miss USA |
1993 |
NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-20 |
1993 |
Pebbles Flintstone & Bamm Bamm Rubble wed |
1993 |
Tammie Green wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic |
1994 |
21st American Music Award: Whitney Houston wins |
1994 |
Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge |
1994 |
Jim Nabors undergoes a liver transplant |
1995 |
Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch & Mike Gatting |
1997 |
US & Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21 |
1998 |
18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan |
1998 |
NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7 |
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. |
2006 |
Uma Thurman is named a knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France for outstanding achievement in the field of art and literature |
2009 |
Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history. |
2010 |
Super Bowl XLIV; New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 to win their first super bowl. |
2013 |
Eugène Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People is vandalized at the Louvre-Lens museum |
2013 |
Azerbaijan launches its first satellite, Azerspace-1 |
2016 |
Lady Gaga sings national anthem at Super Bowl 50 |
2017 |
Kremlin Asks for Apology After Bill O'Reilly Calls Putin 'a Killer' |
2017 |
Israeli Leader Presses UK to Impose New Sanctions on Iran |
2017 |
Israel legalizes settler homes on private Palestinian land |
2017 |
84 Lumber's controversial Super Bowl ad steals social media spotlight |
2017 |
Tom Brady's missing Super Bowl jersey sparks investigation |
2018 |
Elon Musk's SpaceX launches megarocket with his own Tesla vehicle on board |
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