Historical Events and Current Affairs on February 7

1301 : Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes 1st 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 czar of Russia
1639 : Acad‚mie Fran‡aise 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 it's Constitution
1836 : "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens
1839 : Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"
1862 : Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC
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
1900 : British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal
1900 : Labour Party forms in England
1901 : Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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
1905 : Oklahoma admitted to statehood
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 : Mussolini govt 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
1935 : Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags
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 Orch 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 : Pres 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 govt
1950 : Sen Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1950 : US & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime
1956 : Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to U of Alabama, is expelled
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
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 : Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim & adopts the name Muhammad Ali
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
1968 : Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in NYC
1968 : Belgium govt 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)
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 : Swiss men accept female suffrage
1973 : 1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
1973 : Senate createse Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
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 (Bkln NY)
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 Boum‚dienne 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
1979 : Toronto Maple Leaf Darryl Sittler scores NHL record 10 pts (6 goals)
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 : but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos
1986 : Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France
1986 : Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti
1986 : Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos
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 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 : Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens
1988 : NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6
1989 : 40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton
1990 : half, South Torrance HS decides not to play 2nd half & loses 102-24
1990 : Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators
1990 : Lisa Leslie of Morningside HS in Inglewood Calif scores 101 in 1st
1990 : USSR Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties
1991 : Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry
1991 : Gallatin & Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame
1991 : Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president
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
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
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

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