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February 7February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 327 days remaining, 328 in leap years. ==Events== *457 - Leo I of the Byzantine Empire becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. *1301 - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first Prince of Wales. *1550 - Pope Julius III becomes Pope. *1613 - Mikhail I of Russia becomes Tsar of Russia. *1795 - The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution to the United States Constitution is passed. *1807 - Napoleon I of France's First French Empire began fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at the Battle of Eylau in Eylau, Poland. *1812 - The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri. *1882 - In Mississippi City, Mississippi, the last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place. *1898 - Emile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse. *1900 - The United Kingdom Labour Party (UK) is formed. *1904 - A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. *1940 - ''Pinocchio (1940 movie)'', an Academy Award-winning animation based on the story ''Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi, was first released by Walt Disney Productions. *1943 - World War II: In the United States it is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in two days. *1944 - World War II: In Anzio, Italy Nazi forces launch a counteroffensive. *1962 - The United States Government bans all US-related Cuban imports and exports. *1964 - The Beatles arrived on their first visit to the United States. * 1967 - A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama, Alabama kills 25 people. *1971 - Women gain the right to vote in Switzerland. *1974 - Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom. *1976 - Darryl Sittler sets National Hockey League record with ten points in one game. *1977 - The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 24. *1984 - Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk. *1985 - "New York, New York (song)" becomes the official city anthem of New York City. *1986 - 28 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. *1992 - The European Union is formed. *1998 - The 1998 Winter Olympic Games open in Nagano, Japan. *1999 - Crown Prince Abdullah II of Jordan becomes the ruler of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein of Jordan. *2000 - Bahria University gets established through the Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 of Government of Pakistan. *2001 - The Centennial,_Colorado is formed in Arapahoe County, Colorado. *2003 - Last contact to Pioneer 10 was replied. *2010 - Super Bowl XLIV will take place. ==Births== *1102 - Empress Maud of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169) *1478 - Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535) *1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870) *1834 - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Russian chemist (d. 1907) *1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957) *1883 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983) *1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American author (d. 1951) *1904 - Ernst Ginsberg, actor and film director (d. 1964) *1905 - Paul Nizan, author (d. 1940) *1908 - Buster Crabbe, swimmer and actor (d. 1983) *1910 - Max Bense, philosopher (d. 1990) *1914 - Ramón Mercader, assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978) *1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002) *1919 - Jock Mahoney, American actor (d. 1989) *1920 - An Wang, computer pioneer (d. 1990) *1922 - Hattie Jacques, actress (d. 1980) *1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut *1927 - Juliette Greco, singer and actor * 1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Soviet runner *1932 - Gay Talese, author *1932 - Al Worden, astronaut *1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003) *1943 - Gareth Hunt. actor *1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, actor *1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach *1953 - Lige Curry, musician (P Funk) * 1953 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998) *1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer *1955 - Mario Coutinho Brazilian physician *1955 - Miguel Ferrer, American actor *1960 - James Spader, actor *1962 - Garth Brooks, American country music singer *1962 - Eddie Izzard, actor and comedian *1965 - Jason Gedrick, American actor *1967 - Chris Rock, comedian and actor *1968 - Peter Bondra, hockey player *1974 - Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player *1978 - Ashton Kutcher, actor *1983 - Elin Grindemyr, model *1985 - Tina Majorino, American actress ==Deaths== *780 - Nicetas, Patriarch of Constantinople *1045 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) *1317 - Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256) *1779 - William Boyce, English composer (b. 1711) *1823 - Ann Radcliffe, novelist (b. 1764) *1837 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) *1873 - Sheridan Le Fanu, writer (b. 1814) *1878 - Pope Pius IX (b. 1792) *1920 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (b. 1874) *1938 - Harvey Firestone, manufacturer (b. 1868) *1968 - Nick Adams, American actor *1979 - Josef Mengele, Nazi war criminal (b. 1911) *1980 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer (b. 1904) *1985 - Matt Monro, singer (b. 1932) *1990 - Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter *1993 - Lillian Gish, actress (b. 1893) *1994 - Stephen Milligan, British journalist and Member of Parliament (b. 1948) *1998 - Lawrence Sanders, author *1999 - King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935) * 1999 - Bobby Troup, musician, actor *2000 - Doug Henning, magician (b. 1947) * 2000 - Big Pun, singer (b. 1971) *2000 - Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat) *2001 - Dale Evans, actress, singer * 2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author, aviator (b. 1906) *2001 - Dale Evans, American actress, singer *2003 - Augusto Monterroso, author * 2003 - John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California *2004 - John Hench, animator ==Holidays and observances== * Independence Day in Grenada (1974) *Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Mulk (Dominion) - First day of the 18th month of the Bahá'í Calendar * Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo, Japan (2005) == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/7 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/2/7 Today in History: February 7] ---- February 6 - February 8 - January 7 - March 7 -- historical anniversaries simple:February 7 February 7--User:Maveric149 22:54, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:February 7 selected anniversaries - Template talk:February 7 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:February_7_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- In what state is Mississippi City? 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