February 7

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on February 7. From 1900 until now. February 7 is under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Julien Courbet (1965), Ashton Kutcher (1978) and Juliette Gréco (1927). Several movies were released around February 7 over the years, such as Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears in 1980 directed by Vladimir Menshov and Shutter Island in 2010 directed by Martin Scorsese.
But much more happened on February 7 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Blessed Eugenia Smet (d.1871)
Independence Day in Grenada (1974).
Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo, Japan (2005).
Saints Paul Miki and his 25 companians (d. Nagasaki, 1597)
Baha’is Faith - Feast of Mulk (Dominion) - First day of the 18th month of the Baha’is Calendar.
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2019 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos publishes an online essay accusing American Media, Inc. owner David Pecker of "extortion and blackmail." (The New York Times)
2018 Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War: Syrian state media say that Israeli warplanes attacked a military position in Jamraya, Rif Dimashq Governorate, from Lebanese airspace, with the Syrian Air Defense Force intercepting most of the missiles. The target is rumored to be a weapon research facility. (Xinhua)
2017 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): A suicide bombing at the Supreme Court of Afghanistan in Kabul kills at least 20 people and injures 41 others, 10 of whom are in critical condition. (BBC) (NBC News)
2016 2016 Taiwan earthquake: The death toll from yesterday's earthquake in Taiwan rises to at least 29, with at least 120 trapped under collapsed buildings in Tainan, while 198 people have been rescued. (AP) (Taipei Times)
2015 North Korea and weapons of mass destruction: North Korea test fires a new "ultra-precision" intelligent anti-ship missile which is to be deployed across its navy. (AFP via France 24)
2014 Syrian Civil War:: Civilians are evacuated from a rebel-held area of the Syrian city of Homs after more than 18 months under a government blockade. (The Washington Post)
2013 Eugène Delacroix's famous painting Liberty Leading the People is vandalized while on display at the new Louvre-Lens museum in France. (Le Nouvel Observateur) (France 3) (The Independent)
2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
2011 Cambodian–Thai border stand-off
2010 The NFL Super Bowl is watched by more than 106 million people in the U.S., surpassing the 1983 finale of M*A*S*H to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, according to the Neilsen Company.
2009 The number of U.S. workers drawing unemployment aid reaches a record high of 4.99 million, the highest since records began in 1967.
2008 STS-122: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches to deliver the European-built Columbus science laboratory to the International Space Station.
2007 HSBC announces it is setting aside US$10 billion to cover bad loans in its US mortgage division.
2006 An Iranian newspaper, Hamshahri, has announced a competition for the best cartoon of the Holocaust "as a test of the boundaries of free speech". (BBC) (WikiNews)
2005 Englishwoman Ellen MacArthur sets a record for the quickest round-the-world solo sail. She completed the 27,354 mile journey in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds, breaking the old record of 72 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 22 seconds, set by Francis Joyon in 2004, which itself took 20 days off the previous record. (Associated Press) (Sky News)
2004 At least 50 people are killed in a car bomb attack on a police recruitment centre south of Baghdad.
2003 The Center for Public Interest, a United States nonprofit watchdog group, obtained a leaked draft version of John Ashcroft's proposed Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, also known as ampquotthe Patriot Act IIampquot. If enacted, the legislation would grant the United States government unprecedented secret internal surveillance powers and sharply curtail judicial review of such surveillance,
1999 Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
1998 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
1997 US and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21
1996 René Préval succeeds Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti, in the first peaceful handover of power since the nation achieved independence 192 years earlier; in 1804.
1994 Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge
1993 Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm Bamm Rubble wed
1992 Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial
1991 Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
1990 Lisa Leslie of Morningside HS in Inglewood California scores 101 in 1st half, South Torrance HS decides not to play 2nd half and loses 102-24
1989 The Los Angeles, California, City Council bans the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons.
1988 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago, Illinois.
1987 Ronnies Rap by Ron and DC Crew peaks at #93
1986 Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns give the election to Marcos.
1985 "New York, New York" becomes the official anthem of New York City, New York.
1984 Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk (US)
1983 1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole)
1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
1979 Supertrain, TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC
1978 Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert.
1977 Soyuz 24 launches with two cosmonauts.
1976 FCC raids and shuts down pirate radio station WCPR (Brooklyn NY)
1975 NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28-game road losing streak.
1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1973 1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
1971 Swiss men accept female suffrage
1970 Hollywood Palace, last airs on ABC TV
1969 This Is Tom Jones, debuts on ABC TV
1968 WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 KWCM TV channel 10 in Appleton, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim and adopts the name Muhammad Ali
1964 Cassius Clay becomes a black Moslem
1962 Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational
1961 Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama A String of Beads
1960 Old handwriting found at Qumran, near the Dead Sea.
1959 Whoop-Up closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 56 performances
1958 1st showing of DAF 600 auto
1956 Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled
1952 Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom (and her five other Commonwealth realms) at St. James's Palace, London, England.
1950 Georges Bidault forms French government.
1949 Joe DiMaggio becomes first US$100,000 per year baseball player (New York Yankees).
1948 Cradle Will Rock closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 performances
1947 Arabs and Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine.
1946 Filibuster in US Senate kills FEPC bill.
1945 US 76th / 5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer
1944 Bing Crosby records Swinging on a Star for Decca Records
1943 Shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to three more pairs in 1942).
1942 Maritime Commission fleet operations transferred to War Shipping Administration (lasting until September 1, 1946).
1941 Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey Orchestra record Everything Happens to Me
1940 British railroads are nationalized.
1936 Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer
1935 Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags
1934 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Mississippi
1933 Colonial troops in Suriname kill two demonstrators.
1931 US opera, Peter Ibbetson, by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera, New York City
1928 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler)
1924 Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.
1920 Admiral Kolchak and Viktor Pepelyayev are executed by firing squad near Irkutsk.
1914 Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, San Francisco.
1908 Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to Saint Louis Browns for $5,000.
1907 The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
1905 Dominican Republic signs treaty turning over customs collection to US.
1904 Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks).
1901 Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
1900 Labour Party forms in England.
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