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This day in history: 7 February

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315 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 7 February.
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2024: Pakistan election offices are hit by twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before general elections.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Blessed Eugénie Smet

Christian feast day: Blessed Petro Verhun

Christian feast day: Blessed Pope Pius IX

Christian feast day: Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph

Christian feast day: February 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: John of Triora

Christian feast day: Luke of Steiris

Christian feast day: New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church Typically observed on the Sunday closest to January 25 (O.S.)/February 7 (N.S.)

Christian feast day: Richard the Pilgrim

Christian feast day: Rosalie Rendu

Independence Day (Grenada), celebrates the independence of Grenada from the United Kingdom in 1974.

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)

Events

2024Pakistan election offices are hit by twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before general elections.

2021The 2021 Uttarakhand flood begins.

2016North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world.

2014Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.

2013The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995.

2012President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.

2009Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.

2001Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the Destiny laboratory module to the International Space Station.

1999Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.

1995Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.

1992The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.

1991Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.

1991The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.

1990Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.

1986Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.

1984Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).

1981A plane crash at Pushkin Airport kills 50 people, including 16 members of the Pacific Fleet.

1979Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.

1974Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.

1966The Great Fire of Iloilo breaks out in a lumber yard in Iznart Street and burns for almost half a day destroying nearly three-quarters of the City Proper area and Php 50 million pesos in total properties' damage.

1964The Beatles land in the United States for the first time, at the newly renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport.

1962The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.

1951Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.

1944World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.

1943World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal campaign.

1940The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.

1904The Great Baltimore Fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.

1900A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.

1900Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

1898Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse...!

1894The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.

1863HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.

1854A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.

1842Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.

1819Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.

1813In the action of 7 February 1813 near the Îles de Los, the frigates Aréthuse and Amelia batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand.

1812The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.

1807Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.

1795The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

1783American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

Born on this day

2007Diego Aguado, Spanish footballer

2003Alessandro Fontanarosa, Italian footballer

2002Shedeur Sanders, American football player

2001R. J. Hampton, American basketball player

2000Jayden Campbell, Australian rugby league player

1999Omar Marmoush, Egyptian footballer

1997Anhelina Kalinina, Ukrainian tennis player

1997Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer

1996Aaron Ekblad, Canadian ice hockey player

1996Pierre Gasly, French racing driver

1995Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player

1995Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor and musician

1994Nathan Walker, Welsh-Australian ice hockey player

1994Riley Barber, American ice hockey player

1993Chris Mears, English diver

1993Javon Hargrave, American football player

1992Ksenia Stolbova, Russian figure skater

1992Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer and actress

1992Sergi Roberto, Spanish footballer

1991Gabbie Hanna, American Internet personality and singer-songwriter

1991Richard Pánik, Slovak ice hockey player

1991Ryan O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player

1990Dalilah Muhammad, American hurdler

1990Gianluca Lapadula, Italian footballer

1990Jacksepticeye, Irish YouTuber

1990Morris Claiborne, American football player

1990Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player

1989Elia Viviani, Italian cyclist

1989Isaiah Thomas, American basketball player

1989Nick Calathes, American-Greek basketball player

1988Ai Kago, Japanese singer and actress

1988Matthew Stafford, American football player

1987Joel Freeland, English basketball player

1985Bernard James, American basketball player

1985Deborah Ann Woll, American actress

1985Josh Hennessy, American ice hockey player

1985Tina Majorino, American actress

1984Jeremy Meeks, American model and actor

1984Trey Hardee, American decathlete

1983Federico Marchetti, Italian footballer

Died on this day

2025Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician (born 1946)

2025Tony Roberts, American actor and singer (born 1939)

2020Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist who initially warned about COVID-19 (born 1985)

2019Albert Finney, English actor (born 1936)

2019Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1935)

2019Jan Olszewski, Polish politician, 3rd Prime Minister (born 1930)

2019John Dingell, American politician (born 1926)

2017Hans Rosling, Swedish academic (born 1948)

2017Richard Hatch, American actor (born 1945)

2017Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian philosopher (born 1939)

2015Billy Casper, American golfer (born 1931)

2015Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (born 1931)

2015John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (born 1922)

2015Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (born 1934)

2014Doug Mohns, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1933)

2013Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (born 1933)

2012Harry Keough, American soccer player and coach (born 1927)

2010Franco Ballerini, Italian cyclist and coach (born 1964)

2009Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (born 1924)

2006Princess Durru Shehvar of the Ottoman Empire (born 1914)

2005Atli Dam, Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1932)

2003Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (born 1921)

2001Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (born 1906)

2000Doug Henning, Canadian magician and politician (born 1947)

1999Bobby Troup, American actor, pianist, and composer (born 1918)

1999King Hussein of Jordan (born 1935)

1994Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (born 1913)

1991Amos Yarkoni, Israeli colonel (born 1920)

1990Alan Perlis, American computer scientist and academic (born 1922)

1990Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (born 1905)

Quote of the day

“Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.”

Seneca

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