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What happend on 7. February in History
In our data base we found 298 events happened on 7. February:
• 457: Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. [category: Events]
• 531: Emperor Keitai of Japan (b. 450) [category: Deaths]
• 572: Prince Shōtoku of Japan (d. 622) [category: Births]
• 999: Boleslaus II of Bohemia [category: Deaths]
• 1045: Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) [category: Deaths]
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• 1074: Pandulf IV of Benevento is killed battling the invading Normans at the Battle of Montesarchio. [category: Events]
• 1102: Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169) [category: Births]
• 1301: Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales. [category: Events]
• 1317: Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256) [category: Deaths]
• 1478: Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist and author (d. 1535) [category: Births]
• 1497: The bonfire of the vanities occurs in which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy. [category: Events]
• 1560: Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493) [category: Deaths]
• 1603: Hermann Wilken, German humanist and mathematician (b. 1522) [category: Deaths]
• 1612: Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (d. 1683) [category: Births]
• 1626: William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) [category: Deaths]
• 1642: William Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571) [category: Deaths]
• 1652: Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (b. 1582) [category: Deaths]
• 1690: William Morice, English royalist statesman [category: Deaths]
• 1693: Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740) [category: Births]
• 1693: Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624) [category: Deaths]
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• 1736: Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666) [category: Deaths]
• 1741: Henry Fuseli, Swiss artist (d. 1825) [category: Births]
• 1758: Benedikt Schack, Czech composer and tenor (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1779: William Boyce, English composer (b. 1711) [category: Deaths]
• 1783: American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar. [category: Events]
• 1795: The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. [category: Events]
• 1799: Qianlong Emperor of China (b. 1711) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726) [category: Deaths]
• 1804: John Deere, American manufacturer (Deere & Company) (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1807: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau – Napoléon's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland. [category: Events]
• 1812: Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1812: The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri. [category: Events]
• 1819: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar. [category: Events]
• 1823: Ann Radcliffe, English novelist (b. 1764) [category: Deaths]
• 1837: Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1837: King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) [category: Deaths]
• 1839: Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1842: Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1842: Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien. [category: Events]
• 1856: The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta. [category: Events]
• 1856: The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the second piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot. [category: Events]
• 1862: Francisco de Paula Martinez de la Rosa, Spanish statesman and dramatist (b. 1787) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189. [category: Events]
• 1867: Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1870: Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1871: Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1873: Thomas Andrews, British shipbuilder on the RMS Titanic (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1873: Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1877: G. H. Hardy, English mathematician (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1878: Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1878: Blessed Pope Pius IX (b. 1792) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1885: Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1886: Yehezkel Abramsky, Russian rabbi, head of the London Beth Din for 17 years (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1887: Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1889: Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1891: Ann Little, American actress (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1894: The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado. [category: Events]
• 1895: Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1897: Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Greco-Turkish War: The first full-scale battle takes place when the Greek expeditionary force in Crete defeats a 4,000-strong Ottoman force at Livadeia. [category: Events]
• 1898: Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1898: John Reily Knox, Lawyer and founder of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse. [category: Events]
• 1900: Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith. [category: Events]
• 1901: Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand politician (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1904: A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. [category: Events]
• 1905: Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1905: Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1906: Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1906: Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1907: Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1907: The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). [category: Events]
• 1908: Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1908: Fred Gipson, American author (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1909: Amedeo Guillet, former officer of the Italian Army (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1909: Hélder Câmara, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1909: Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian [category: Births]
• 1909: Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1912: Roberta McCain, American, mother of John McCain [category: Births]
• 1912: Russell Drysdale, Australian Artist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1914: Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1915: Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1915: Teoctist, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1918: Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1919: William Halford, American naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: An Wang, Chinese computer pioneer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1920: Oscar Brand, Canadian folk musicologist [category: Births]
• 1920: Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Charles Langelier, Canadian politician, judge, journalist, and author. (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1923: Dora Bryan, English actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1923: Martha Holmes, American photographer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1925: Hans Schmidt, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: John Frank Davidson, British chemical engineer and Royal Medal holder [category: Births]
• 1926: Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1927: Juliette Gréco, French singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1927: Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1929: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1932: Al Worden, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1932: Gay Talese, American author [category: Births]
• 1933: John Anderton, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1934: Earl King, American musician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1934: Eddie Fenech Adami, Maltese politician, Prime Minister (1987-1996, 1998-2004); President (2004-2009) [category: Births]
• 1934: King Curtis, American saxophonist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1935: Herbert Kohl, American politician [category: Births]
• 1935: The classic board game Monopoly is invented. [category: Events]
• 1937: Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1937: Elihu Root, American statesman and diplomat, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader [category: Births]
• 1938: Harvey Firestone, American manufacturer (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Ray Taliaferro, American radio talkshow host [category: Births]
• 1939: Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: The second full length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres. [category: Events]
• 1941: Peter Foxhall, Australian evangelist [category: Births]
• 1942: Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1943: Imperial Japanese naval 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. [category: Events]
• 1944: Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle. [category: Events]
• 1945: Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player [category: Births]
• 1945: Ian Jack, Scottish journalist [category: Births]
• 1946: Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1946: Hector Babenco, Brazilian director [category: Births]
• 1946: Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1946: Sammy Johns, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1947: Wayne Allwine, American voice artist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1948: Neil Harvey becomes the youngest Australian to score a century in Test cricket. [category: Events]
• 1949: Jacques Duchesneau, Canadian civil servant and Chief of Police [category: Births]
• 1949: Joe English, American drummer (Wings, Sea Level) [category: Births]
• 1949: Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1951: Benny Ayala, baseball player [category: Births]
• 1951: Korean War: Sancheong-Hamyang massacre [category: Events]
• 1952: Vasco Rossi, Italian singer [category: Births]
• 1952: Pete Henry, American professional American football player and coach (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1954: Brian Morton, Scottish writer [category: Births]
• 1954: Dieter Bohlen German composer [category: Births]
• 1955: Miguel Ferrer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Rolf Benirschke, American football player [category: Births]
• 1956: Emo Philips, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1956: Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1957: Carney Lansford, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1957: Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1958: Matt Ridley, British scientist and writer [category: Births]
• 1959: Daniel François Malan, South African Prime Minister, father of Apartheid policy (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Guitar Slim, American blues guitarist (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Nap Lajoie, American baseball player (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: James Spader, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Robert Smigel, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1960: Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: David Bryan, American musician (Bon Jovi) [category: Births]
• 1962: Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1962: Garth Brooks, American singer [category: Births]
• 1962: Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports. [category: Events]
• 1963: Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Ashok Banker, Indian novelist [category: Births]
• 1964: Cynthia Woodhead, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1964: Ray Mears, British survival expert and TV presenter [category: Births]
• 1964: Sophoklis Venizelos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: The Beatles first arrived in the United States. Their performance on The Ed Sullivan Show two days later would mark the beginning of the British Invasion. [category: Events]
• 1965: Chris Rock, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1965: Jason Gedrick, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Petr Váša, Czech poet, singer-songwriter, experimental actor and artist [category: Births]
• 1965: Perikles Ioannidis, Greek admiral (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Kristin Otto, German swimmer [category: Births]
• 1967: Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player [category: Births]
• 1968: Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1968: Peter Bondra, Slovak ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack) [category: Births]
• 1968: Nick Adams, American actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Adriano, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Yves Racine, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1970: Stanley Roberts, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Anita Tsoy, Russian singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Douglass Cadwallader, American golfer (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Amon Tobin, Brazilian musician [category: Births]
• 1972: Essence Atkins, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Robyn Lively, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Walter Lang, American film director (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Irina Björklund, Finnish actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Juwan Howard, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Cheryl Cosim, Filipina journalist [category: Births]
• 1974: Danny Goffey, British musician (Supergrass) [category: Births]
• 1974: J Dilla, American record producer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1974: Nujabes, Japanese hip hop producer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1974: Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1975: Alexandre Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit) [category: Births]
• 1976: Kelly Choi, Korean/American TV hostess [category: Births]
• 1976: Sreto Ristić, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Darryl Sittler sets an NHL record for scoring 10 points in a single game. [category: Events]
• 1977: Dimitris Papanikolaou, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Georgios Alexopoulos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman [category: Births]
• 1977: Paul Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Ashton Kutcher, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: David Aebischer, Swiss ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Endy Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Cerina Vincent, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Daniel Bierofka, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Jon Leicester, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Nicola Campedelli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Dr. Josef Mengele, German, Nazi war criminal (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered. [category: Events]
• 1980: Kevin J. Boyle, American politician [category: Births]
• 1980: Maximiliano Cejas, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Darcy Dolce Neto, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Lee Ok-Sung, South Korean boxer [category: Births]
• 1982: Mickael Pietrus, French basketball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Federico Marchetti, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Scott Feldman, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Sho Kamogawa, Japanese football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Trey Hardee, American decathlete [category: Births]
• 1984: Space 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). [category: Events]
• 1985: Deborah Ann Woll, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Devis Nossa, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Tina Majorino, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Lina Stančiūtė, Lithuanian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Michael Orozco Fiscal, American footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Pippa Wilson, British sailor [category: Births]
• 1986: Stephen Colletti, American TV star [category: Births]
• 1986: Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation. [category: Events]
• 1987: Joe Cardle, British footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Kerli, Estonian singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Ai Kago, Japanese singer (W and Minimoni) [category: Births]
• 1988: Albin Hodza, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Lee Don-Ku, South Korean ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Lee Joon, Korean singer (MBLAQ) [category: Births]
• 1988: Matthew Stafford, American football player [category: Births]
• 1988: Nikola Fraňková, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1989: Alexis Rolín, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Louisa Lytton, British actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Nick Calathes, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1990: Anna Abreu, Finnish singer [category: Births]
• 1990: Neil Etheridge, English/Filipino footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1990: Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino military figure (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power. [category: Events]
• 1991: Zhou Yimiao, Chinese tennis player [category: Births]
• 1991: Amos Yarkoni, Israeli soldier, Medal of Distinguished Service recipient (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Jean-Paul Mousseau, French-Canadian painter, member of Les Automatistes (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in. [category: Events]
• 1992: Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer (Cute) [category: Births]
• 1992: Buzz Sawyer, wrestler (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union. [category: Events]
• 1993: David Dorfman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Arnold Smith, Canadian diplomat (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Stephen Milligan, British journalist and politician (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. [category: Events]
• 1996: David Castro, American actor [category: Births]
• 1996: Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer (Cute) [category: Births]
• 1996: Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Lawrence Sanders, American author (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Bobby Troup, American musician and actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: José Silva, author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein. [category: Events]
• 2000: Big Pun, Puerto Rican-American rapper (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Dale Evans, American actress and singer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Jack Fairman, British racing driver (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Tony Pond, English World Rally driver (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Atli Dam, Faroese politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Blossom Dearie, American singer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Brian Naylor, Australian television presenter (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Jack Cover, American inventor of the Taser gun (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Molly Bee, American singer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history. [category: Events]
• 2010: Franco Ballerini, Italian Cycler, Coach of the Italy team of cycling (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military. [category: Events]
• _: Blessed Eugenia Smet [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Pope Pius IX [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Chrysolius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Grenada from the United Kingdom in 1974. [category: Holidays and observances]