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Notable anniversaries in history for today: February 7
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of William Higgins; discovered nature of spiral "nebulae".
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Cathy Long; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1985-86).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Dora Bryan [Broadhurst] in Southport, England; actress (Taste of Honey).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Hattie Jacques in Kent, England; actress (Carry on Doctor).
- 100th: 1924 - Benito Mussolini government exchanges diplomats with USSR.
- 90th: 1934 - First contract for Tennessee-Valley Authority power, Tupelo, Mississippi.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of King Curtis [Curtis Ousley] in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; saxophonist (Memphis Soul Stew).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Piet Bukman; Dutch minister for Development Aid (CDA).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst; Dutch foreign state secretary (CDA).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Berry [AH] Esselink; Dutch Member of Parliament (CDA).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Michael A Andrews; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Texas, 1983-).
- 80th: 1944 - Germans launch counter-offensive at Anzio, Italy.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Miguel Ferrer in Santa Monica, California, USA; actor (Robocop).
- 60th: 1964 - Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream.
- 60th: 1964 - First visit to the United States by the Beatles.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead in Riverside, California, USA; swimmer (Olympics-silver-1984).
- 60th: 1964 - Hermann A J Kees, German Egyptologist, dies at age 77.
- 60th: 1964 - Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Olympics-gold-32), dies at age 59.
- 50th: 1974 - Arline Judge, actress (Age of Consent), dies at age 61.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Ryan Phillips; linebacker (New York Giants).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Steve Nash; NBA guard (Phoenix Suns).
- 50th: 1974 - Grenada gains independence from Britain.
- 50th: 1974 - Mel Brooks' film Blazing Saddles opens in movie theaters.
- 40th: 1984 - Michael Jackson awarded a 4-foot-high platinum disc by CBS.
- 40th: 1984 - Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk.
- 40th: 1984 - Brooks West, actor (Richard - My Friend Irma), dies at age 67.
- 30th: 1994 - 21st American Music Awards: Whitney Houston wins.
- 30th: 1994 - Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch Social-Democrat minister (CRM 1965-66), dies at age 74.
- 30th: 1994 - Richard Bissell, US under-director of US Central Intelligence Agency (Pig's Bay), dies at age 84.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Witold Lutoslawski, Polish composer (born 1913).
- 25th: 1999 - King Hussein of Jordan dies from cancer (born 1935), and his son Abdullah II inherits the throne.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Bobby Troup at age 80 of a heart attack; jazz musician, actor (Emergency TV show).
- 20th: 2004 - Several leaders of Abnaa el-Balad are arrested in Israel.
- 15th: 2009 - A rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante automobile, which sat in a Tyneside garage for 47 years, sells at auction for 3.4 million euros (US$4.4 million) in Paris, France.
- 15th: 2009 - Bolivia's President Evo Morales enacts a new constitution to empower the country's indigenous majority and allows for land reform.
- 15th: 2009 - At the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany, World Coin News presents awards to winners of its 26th annual Coin of the Year contest (for 2007-dated coins). Coin of the Year: 500-tugrik silver coin of Mongolia, portraying a gulo gulo with diamonds for eyes.
- 15th: 2009 - James Whitmore, actor of movies (The Last Frontier, Oklahoma!, Planet of the Apes, The Shawshank Redemption, Battleground, Golden Globe award), television (The Law and Mr. Jones, Temperatures Rising, The Practice, Emmy award), and theater (Give 'em Hell, Harry, Command Decision, Tony award), dies at age 87 in Malibu, California, of lung cancer.
- 15th: 2009 - The deadliest bushfires in Australian history begin; they kill 173, injure 500 more, and leave 7,500 homeless.
- 15th: 2009 - The number of U.S. workers drawing unemployment aid reaches a record high of 4.99 million, the highest since records began in 1967.
- 10th: 2014 - (to February 23) The XXII Olympic Winter Games are held in Sochi, Russia.
- 5th: 2019 - Anti-government protests demanding the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse begin in several cities across the country.
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