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- 0457 Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1074 Battle of Montesarchio wherein the prince of Benevento, Pandulf IV, is killed battling the encroaching Normans.
- 1301 Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
- 1522 Treaty of Brussels Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches
- 1550 Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III
- 1550 Julius III becomes Pope.
- 1569 King Philip II forms inquistion in South America
- 1613 Michail Romanov (16) becomes czar of Russia
- 1639 Académie Française begins the Dictionary of the French Language
- 1653 Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendent of Finance of France
- 1668 Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"
- 1792 Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant
- 1795 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states
- 1795 Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies
- 1795 The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
- 1807 The Battle of Eylau February 7 to 8 pits Prussian and Russian forces against the French in a bloody slaughter that ends indecisively
- 1812 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid MO
- 1812 Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords
- 1812 The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
- 1831 Belgium adopts it's Constitution
- 1839 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"
- 1842 Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
- 1856 The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the first piece of legislation (the Electoral Act 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot. [1]
- 1862 Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC
- 1863 HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
- 1864 Federal troops occupy Jacksonville FL
- 1872 Alcorn A & M College opens
- 1876 President Grant's private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring
- 1881 Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal Boers beat superior British forces
- 1882 The last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place in Mississippi City, Mississippi.
- 1882 The last unprotected (i.e., without padded gloves) heavyweight boxing championship fight occurs in Mississippi City.
- 1883 Lieutenant-Colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako Niger
- 1884 Canadian Rugby Football Union forms
- 1889 Astronomical Society of Pacific holds first meeting in San Francisco
- 1891 Great Blizzard of 1891 begins
- 1894 The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
- 1898 mile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
- 1900 British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal
- 1900 Labour Party forms in England
- 1901 Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- 1904 A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
- 1904 Fire erupts in Baltimore, Maryland, burning for nearly 30 hours and destroying over 1500 buildings.
- 1905 Dominican Republic signs treaty turning over customs collection to US
- 1905 Oklahoma admitted to statehood
- 1914 Charlie Chaplin first appears as "The Tramp", as his first film Kid Auto Races at Venice is released at Keystone Studios.
- 1915 2nd Battle of Masurian Lakes German armies surrounded a Russian army
- 1915 A wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received
- 1924 Mussolini government exchanges diplomats with USSR
- 1928 First solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler)
- 1933 Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators
- 1933 Social-Democrat meeting in Berlin "As thousands cheer" Marxism is dead
- 1935 Birthday of Tottenham Hotspur legend Cliff Jones (footballer).
- 1936 A flag is authorized for the 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 (New York NY)
- 1941 Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me"
- 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 The Nazis launch a counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy, during WWII.
- 1944 World War II: In Anzio, Italy German forces launch a counteroffensive.
- 1945 President Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court
- 1945 Visitor posting - Katie was born - USA
- 1945 US 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer
- 1947 Arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine
- 1948 "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 performances
- 1948 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff and was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley.
- 1948 U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Army chief of staff, and is succeeded by General Omar Bradley.
- 1950 Georges Bidault forms French government
- 1950 Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1950 US & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime
- 1956 Autherine Lucy, first black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled
- 1958 Dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced
- 1959 Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution
- 1959 Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air)
- 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 Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim & adopts the name Muhammad Ali
- 1964 The Beatles arrive at New York's JFK International Airport, on their first American tour.
- 1965 George Harrison of the Beatles, has his tonsils removed
- 1965 US begins regular bombing & strafing of North Vietnam
- 1967 A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people.
- 1968 Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York NY
- 1968 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls
- 1969 "This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV
- 1969 Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO
- 1970 "Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV
- 1970 "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies
- 1971 Women gain the right to vote in Switzerland.
- 1972 Visitor posting - February 7th 1972 gave birth to my first child a boy weight 7lb 13oz what a joy
- 1973 Senate creates Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
- 1974 Grenada wins its independence from Britain.
- 1974 Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters
- 1975 Visitor posting - Amarilis A Sanchez born - USA
- 1976 Future Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs scores six goals and records four assists in an 11-4 victory over the Boston Bruins, setting a NHL record with 10 points in one game.
- 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 President Boumédienne in Algeria
- 1979 Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for West Indies vs India at Kanpur
- 1979 Neptune becomes farthest planet from the sun in our solar system (will remain that way for 20 years)
- 1979 Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles
- 1979 Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was known to science.
- 1979 The final session of Iranian National Consultative Assembly is held.
- 1980 Visitor posting - Justina Taylor was born. - US Minor Outlying Islands
- 1981 Number one hit on UK music charts - John Lennon - Woman
- 1981 Visitor posting - Jyothsna Parimi born - USA
- 1982 Visitor posting - Isaac was born - USA
- 1982 Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica
- 1984 David (born without immunity system) at 12, touches mom for first time
- 1984 Michael Jackson awarded a 4-foot-high platinum disc by CBS
- 1984 U.S. space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert Stewart perform the first untethered space walk.
- 1985 "New York, New York" became the official anthem of New York NY
- 1986 Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees, ending 28 years of rule by his family.
- 1986 Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos
- 1986 Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
- 1987 Visitor posting - Johanna Barra was born - USA [email protected]
- 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 Number one hit on UK music charts - George Michael & Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
- 1988 Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens
- 1988 The Fox Television Network premiered "America's Most Wanted," a program that featured dramatizations of crimes committed by federal and state fugitives.
- 1989 Tennis superstar Björn Börg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan
- 1990 Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators
- 1990 USSR Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties
- 1991 Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
- 1991 Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's first elected president
- 1991 The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
- 1992 Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial
- 1992 Shannon Rhea Marketic, 22, (California), crowned 41st Miss USA
- 1992 The Maastricht Treaty is signed, which will lead to the creation of the European Union.
- 1993 Visitor posting - trenisha d. reddick was born feb 7 1993 - USA
- 1993 Pebbles Flintstone & Bamm Bamm Rubble wed
- 1994 Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge
- 1994 Jim Nabors undergoes a liver transplant
- 1995 Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
- 1995 Terrorist Ramzi Yousef is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan, where he had been hiding for two years, for his part in the World Trade Center bombing.
- 1997 US & Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21
- 1998 18th Winter Olympics games open at Nagano Japan
- 1998 Visitor posting - DESTINY'S BIRTHDAY ! - USA
- 1999 Crown Prince Abdullah become the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
- 1999 Indian cricketer Anil Kumble becomes the second person in the history of cricket to take all 10 wickets in a single inning of a test match.
- 2000 Bahria University is established through the Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 of Government of Pakistan.
- 2010 Visitor posting - Jamie Thomas' big birthday! - USA
- 2010 Super Bowl 2010! - USA
- 2010 Visitor posting - SAMANTHA'S 18 BIRTHDAY - USA
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