07 February History


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  • 457    -    A Thracian officer by the name of Leo is proclaimed as emperor of the East by the army general, Aspar, on the death of the Emperor Marcian.
  • 1668    -    The Netherlands, England and Sweden conclude an alliance directed against Louis XIV of France.
  • 1783    -    The Siege of Gibraltar, which was pursued by the Spanish and the French since July 24, 1779, is finally lifted.
  • 1818    -    The first successful U.S. educational magazine, Academician, begins publication in New York City.
  • 1882    -    American pugilist John L. Sullivan becomes the last of the bare-knuckle world heavyweight champions with his defeat of Patty Ryan in Mississippi City.
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  • 1913    -    The Turks lose 5,000 men in a battle with the Bulgarian army in Gallipoli.
  • 1915    -    Fieldmarshal Paul von Hindenburg moves on Russians at Masurian Lakes.
  • 1917    -    The British steamer California is sunk off the coast of Ireland by a German U-boat.
  • 1926    -    Negro History Week, originated by Carter G. Woodson, is observed for the first time.
  • 1928    -    The United States signs an arbitration treaty with France.
  • 1931    -    Amelia Earhart weds George Putnam in Connecticut.
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  • 1944    -    The Germans launch a second attack against the Allied beachead at Anzio, Italy. They hoped to push the Allies back into the sea.
  • 1950    -    The United States recognizes Vietnam under the leadership of Emperor Bao Dai, not Ho Chi Minh who is recognized by the Soviets.
  • 1963    -    The Mona Lisa is put on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
  • 1964    -    The British band The Beatles are greeted by 25,000 fans upon their arrival in the United States at JFK Airport.
  • 1965    -    U.S. jets hit Don Hoi guerrilla base in reprisal for the Viet Cong raids.
  • 1968    -    North Vietnamese use 11 Soviet-built light tanks to overrun the U.S. Special Forces camp at Lang Vei at the end of an 18-hour long siege.
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  • 1978    -    Ethiopia mounts a counter attack against Somalia.
  • 1983    -    Iran opens an invasion in the southeast of Iraq.

  • 07 February Birthdays

  • 1477    -    Sir Thomas More, English statesman and writer, famous for Utopia, later executed for refusing to accept Henry VIII as the head of the church.
  • 1804    -    John Deere, farm equipment manufacturer
  • 1812    -    Charles Dickens, prolific English novelist whose stories reflected life in Victorian England. Some of his more famous works include Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities.
  • 1837    -    Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and editor.
  • 1867    -    Laura Ingalls Wilder, author whose works were the basis for television's Little House on the Prairie.
  • 1885    -    Sinclair Lewis, novelist of satire and realism. (Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry).
  • 1905    -    Ulf Svante von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist.