February 07
Friday 07, 2003:
Last contact with Pioneer 10.
Monday 07, 2000:
Bahria University is established through the Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 of Government of Pakistan.
Sunday 07, 1999:
Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the ruler of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
Saturday 07, 1998:
The 1998 Winter Olympic Games open in Nagano, Japan.
Friday 07, 1992:
The European Union is formed.
Thursday 07, 1991:
Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
Wednesday 07, 1990:
Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly of power.
Friday 07, 1986:
28 years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
Thursday 07, 1985:
"New York, New York" becomes the official city anthem of New York City.
Tuesday 07, 1984:
Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk.
Wednesday 07, 1979:
Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either planet was known to science.
Monday 07, 1977:
The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 24.
Saturday 07, 1976:
Darryl Sittler sets NHL record with ten points in one game.
Thursday 07, 1974:
Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
Sunday 07, 1971:
Women gain the right to vote in Switzerland.
Tuesday 07, 1967:
A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people.
Monday 07, 1966:
Paul Williams created the rock music magazine Crawdaddy!
Friday 07, 1964:
The Beatles arrived on their first visit to the United States.
Wednesday 07, 1962:
The United States Government bans all US-related Cuban imports and exports.
Monday 07, 1944:
World War II: In Anzio, Italy Nazi forces launch a counteroffensive.
Sunday 07, 1943:
World War II: In the United States it is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in two days.
Wednesday 07, 1940:
Pinocchio, an Academy Award-winning animated feature based on the story Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, was first released by Walt Disney Productions.
Sunday 07, 1904:
A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
Wednesday 07, 1900:
The British Labour Party is formed.
Monday 07, 1898:
Emile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
Tuesday 07, 1882:
In Mississippi City, Mississippi, the last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place.
Saturday 07, 1863:
HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
Friday 07, 1812:
The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
Saturday 07, 1807:
Napoléon's French Empire began fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at the Battle of Eylau in Eylau, Poland.
Saturday 07, 1795:
The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
Thursday 07, 1613:
Mikhail Romanov becomes Tsar of Russia.
Tuesday 07, 1550:
Julius III becomes Pope.
Monday 07, 1301:
Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
Wednesday 07, 457:
Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
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