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February 7th


- Christian Feast Day
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Grenada from the United Kingdom in 1974.

February 7th


- 2009 - Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
- 1999 - Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
- 1995 - Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
- 1992 - The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
- 1991 - Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
- 1990 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
- 1986 - Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
- 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).
- 1979 - Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
- 1974 - Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1962 - The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
- 1948 - Neil Harvey becomes the youngest Australian to score a century in Test cricket.
- 1944 - World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
- 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.
- 1940 - The second full length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
- 1935 - The classic board game Monopoly is invented.
- 1907 - The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
- 1904 - A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
- 1898 - Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
- 1894 - The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
- 1863 - HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
- 1856 - The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company after a peaceful abdication of Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh.
- 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.
- 1842 - Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
- 1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
- 1812 - The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
- 1807 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau – Napoléon's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland.
- 1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- 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.
- 1301 - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
- 1238 - The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
- 1074 - Pandulf IV of Benevento is killed battling the invading Normans at the Battle of Montesarchio.
- 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

February 7th


- 1996 - David Castro, American actor
- 1996 - Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
- 1993 - David Dorfman, American actor
- 1992 - Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer
- 1990 - Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990 - Anna Abreu, Finnish singer
- 1989 - Nick Calathes, Greek basketball player
- 1989 - Louisa Lytton – British actress
- 1988 - Albin Hodza, French footballer
- 1988 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer
- 1988 - Matthew Stafford, American NFL football player
- 1987 - Kerli, Estonian singer
- 1986 - Michael Orozco Fiscal, American soccer player
- 1985 - Tina Majorino, American actress
- 1985 - Devis Nossa, Italian footballer
- 1983 - Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
- 1983 - Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
- 1983 - Teshome Getu, Ethiopian soccer player
- 1982 - Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor
- 1982 - Mickael Pietrus, French-born basketball player
- 1980 - Maximiliano Cejas, Argentine footballer
- 1979 - Cerina Vincent, American actress
- 1979 - Nicola Campedelli, Italian footballer
- 1979 - Daniel Bierofka, German footballer
- 1979 - Jon Leicester, American baseball player
- 1978 - Ashton Kutcher, American actor
- 1978 - Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian soccer player
- 1978 - Endy Chávez, baseball player
- 1978 - David Aebischer, Swiss ice hockey player
- 1977 - Georgios Alexopoulos, Greek soccer player
- 1977 - Paul Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 - Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japanese Footballer
- 1977 - Dimitris Papanikolaou, Greek basketball player
- 1977 - Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman competitor
- 1976 - Sreto Risti?, German soccer player
- 1976 - Kelly Choi, Korean-American tv hostess of Top Chef Masters
- 1975 - Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
- 1975 - Alexandre Daigle, American ice hockey player
- 1974 - Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
- 1974 - J Dilla, American record producer (d. 2006)
- 1974 - Danny Goffey, British musician (Supergrass)
- 1973 - Irina Björklund, Finnish actress
- 1973 - Juwan Howard, American basketball player
- 1972 - Essence Atkins, American actress
- 1972 - Alex Bassi, American race car driver
- 1972 - Robyn Lively, American actress
- 1972 - Amon Tobin, Canadian/Brazilian musician
- 1971 - Anita Tsoy, Russian singer of Korean descent
- 1970 - Stanley Roberts, American basketball player
- 1969 - Adriano, Brazilian footballer
- 1969 - Yves Racine, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 - Peter Bondra, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1968 - Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)
- 1968 - Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer
- 1967 - Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player
- 1967 - Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
- 1966 - Kristin Otto, German swimmer
- 1965 - Jason Gedrick, American actor
- 1965 - Chris Rock, American actor and comedian
- 1964 - Ray Mears, British survival expert and TV presenter
- 1964 - Cynthia Woodhead, American swimmer
- 1964 - Ashok Banker, Indian novelist
- 1962 - Garth Brooks, American singer
- 1962 - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
- 1962 - David Bryan, American musician (Bon Jovi)
- 1960 - James Spader, American actor
- 1958 - Matt Ridley, British science writer
- 1957 - Carney Lansford, American baseball player
- 1957 - Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007)
- 1956 - Emo Philips, American comedian
- 1956 - Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss) (d. 2007)
- 1955 - Rolf Benirschke, American football player
- 1955 - Mario Coutinho, Brazilian physician
- 1955 - Miguel Ferrer, American actor
- 1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer
- 1954 - Brian Morton, Scottish writer
- 1953 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1952 - Vasco Rossi, Italian singer
- 1951 - Benny Ayala, baseball player
- 1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
- 1949 - Joe English, American drummer
- 1947 - Wayne Allwine, American voice artist (d. 2009)
- 1946 - Hector Babenco, Brazilian film director
- 1945 - Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player
- 1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, English actor
- 1945 - Ian Jack, Scottish journalist
- 1943 - Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
- 1941 - Peter Foxhall, Australian evangelist
- 1939 - Ray Taliaferro, American radio talkshow host
- 1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
- 1937 - Juan Pizarro, Major League Baseball pitcher
- 1935 - Herbert Kohl, American politician
- 1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta
- 1934 - King Curtis, American saxophonist (d. 1971)
- 1933 - John Anderton, English soccer player
- 1932 - Gay Talese, American author
- 1932 - Al Worden, American astronaut
- 1929 - Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean filmmaker.
- 1927 - Juliette Gréco, French singer and actor
- 1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975)
- 1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut (d. 2009)
- 1926 - John Frank Davidson, British chemical engineer and Royal Medal holder
- 1923 - Martha Holmes, American photographer (d. 2006)
- 1922 - Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
- 1920 - An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990)
- 1920 - Oscar Brand, Canadian folk musicologist
- 1918 - Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999)
- 1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Teoctist, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 2007)
- 1914 - Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978)
- 1912 - Roberta McCain, mother of John McCain
- 1912 - Russell Drysdale, Australian Artist (d. 1981)
- 1909 - Hélder Câmara, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1999)
- 1909 - Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (d. 1995)
- 1909 - Amedeo Guillet, former officer of the Italian Army (d. 2010)
- 1909 - Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian
- 1908 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
- 1907 - Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)
- 1906 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
- 1906 - Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967)
- 1905 - Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1983)
- 1905 - Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940)
- 1901 - Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand politician (d. 1989)
- 1898 - Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971)
- 1895 - Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961)
- 1891 - Ann Little, American actress (d. 1984)
- 1889 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)
- 1887 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)
- 1886 - Yehezkel Abramsky, Russian-born rabbi, head of the London Beth Din for 17 years (d. 1976)
- 1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1951)
- 1885 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
- 1877 - Godfrey Harold Hardy, English mathematician (d. 1947)
- 1870 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937)
- 1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)
- 1842 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923)
- 1837 - Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 1915)
- 1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)
- 1804 - John Deere, American manufacturer (Deere & Company) (d. 1886)
- 1693 - Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)
- 1612 - Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (d. 1683)
- 1478 - Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)
- 1102 - Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)