February 7th Events |
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| February 7th, 2000 (February 07 2000) | Event | Bahria University is established through Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 by the Government of Pakistan. | |
| February 7th, 1999 (February 07 1999) | Event | Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein. | |
| February 7th, 1995 (February 07 1995) | Event | Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. | |
| February 7th, 1992 (February 07 1992) | Event | The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union. | |
| February 7th, 1991 (February 07 1991) | Event | Haiti s first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in. | |
| February 7th, 1991 (February 07 1991) | Event | The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting. | |
| February 7th, 1990 (February 07 1990) | Event | Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power. | |
| February 7th, 1986 (February 07 1986) | Event | Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation. | |
| February 7th, 1984 (February 07 1984) | Event | Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B MissionAstronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). | |
| February 7th, 1979 (February 07 1979) | Event | Pluto moves inside Neptune s orbit for the first time since either was discovered. | |
| February 7th, 1979 (February 07 1979) | Event | The final session of the Iranian National Consultative Assembly is held. | |
| February 7th, 1974 (February 07 1974) | Event | Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom. | |
| February 7th, 1969 (February 07 1969) | Event | The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is removed from service. | |
| February 7th, 1967 (February 07 1967) | Event | A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people. | |
| February 7th, 1964 (February 07 1964) | Event | The Beatles arrive at JFK International Airport to begin their first tour of the United States. | |
| February 7th, 1962 (February 07 1962) | Event | The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports. | |
| February 7th, 1948 (February 07 1948) | Event | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff and was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley. | Omar Bradley Quotes |
| February 7th, 1944 (February 07 1944) | Event | World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle | |
| February 7th, 1907 (February 07 1907) | Event | The Mud March was the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). | |
| February 7th, 1904 (February 07 1904) | Event | A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. | |
| February 7th, 1898 (February 07 1898) | Event | Emile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J Accuse. | Emile Zola Quotes |
| February 7th, 1894 (February 07 1894) | Event | The Cripple Creek miner s strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado. | |
| February 7th, 1882 (February 07 1882) | Event | The last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place in Mississippi City, Mississippi. | |
| February 7th, 1863 (February 07 1863) | Event | HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189. | |
| February 7th, 1856 (February 07 1856) | Event | The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the first piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot. | Ovid Quotes |
| February 7th, 1842 (February 07 1842) | Event | Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien. | |
| February 7th, 1819 (February 07 1819) | Event | Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar. | William King Quotes |
| February 7th, 1812 (February 07 1812) | Event | The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri. | |
| February 7th, 1807 (February 07 1807) | Event | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of EylauNapoleon s French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland. | |
| February 7th, 1795 (February 07 1795) | Event | The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. | |
| February 7th, 1301 (February 07 1301) | Event | Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales. | |
| February 7th, 1238 (February 07 1238) | Event | The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. | |
| February 7th, 1074 (February 07 1074) | Event | Battle of Montesarchio in which the prince of Benevento, Pandulf IV, is killed battling the encroaching Normans. | |
| February 7th, 0457 (February 07 0457) | Event | Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. | |
