Reference.com/On This Day: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 http://www.reference.com/thisday/ Holidays, historical events and births and deaths of notable people that occurred on this day. en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:03:12 -0800 Almanac Tuesday, February 7, 2012 This is the 38th day of the year, with 328 days remaining in 2012 Holidays Holidays Feast day of St. Luke the Younger, St. Theodore of Heraclea, St. Adaucus, St Moses, St. Richard, "King of the English," and St. Silvin. Holidays Holidays Grenada: Independence Day (from Great Britain, 1974). Holidays Holidays Italy: Feast of the Incappucciati. Events Events: 1301 Edward Caernarvon (later King Edward II) became the first Prince of Wales. Events Events: 1827 French danseuse Mme. Francisquy Hutin introduced ballet to the U.S. with a performance of "The Deserter" at the Bowery Theater. Events Events: 1882 John L. Sullivan won the last bare-knuckle heavyweight boxing championship. Events Events: 1904 The Great Baltimore Fire began when wind whipped a fire in the business district into a conflagration that engulfed a large part of the city by evening. More than 1,500 buildings were completely leveled, and another 1,000 severely damaged, with property loss an estimated $100 million. It was the biggest fire-related disaster since the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Events Events: 1905 Congress granted statehood to Oklahoma. New Mexico and Arizona were the only remaining territories. Events Events: 1931 Aviator Amelia Earhart married publisher George P. Putnam. Events Events: 1943 The U.S. government announced that shoe rationing would go into effect, limiting consumers to buying three pairs per person for the remainder of the year. Events Events: 1947 The main group of the Dead Sea Scrolls, dating to about 150 BC-AD 68, was found in caves by the Jordan River. Events Events: 1948 General Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff; he was succeeded by General Omar Bradley. Events Events: 1964 The Beatles began their first American tour, arriving at New York's Kennedy International Airport. Events Events: 1971 Women in Switzerland won the right to vote. Events Events: 1972 Title IX was passed, a U.S. law guaranteeing gender equality in federally-funded school programs, including athletics. Events Events: 1973 The U.S. Senate voted to form an investigative committee to look into the Watergate break-in. Events Events: 1984 U.S. Navy Captain Bruce McCandless became the first human being to fly untethered in space when he exited the U.S. space shuttle Challenger and maneuvered freely. Robert L. Stewart joined him in the feat. Events Events: 1985 "Sports Illustrated" released its annual swimsuit edition. Events Events: 1985 "New York, New York" became the official anthem of the Big Apple. Events Events: 1986 Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country, ending 28 years of his family's rule. Events Events: 1992 The European Union was established upon the signing of the Maastricht Treaty of European Union. Events Events: 1995 Ramzi Yousef, the alleged mastermind of the World Trade Center bombing, was arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan, after two years as a fugitive. Events Events: 1999 Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein. Births Births: 1804 John Deere, American farm equipment manufacturer. Births Births: 1812 Charles Dickens, British novelist. Births Births: 1817 Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist leader. Births Births: 1837 Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and editor. Births Births: 1867 Laura Ingalls Wilder, American writer. Births Births: 1883 Eubie Blake (James Hubert Blake), American pianist, writer. Births Births: 1885 Sinclair Lewis, first American Nobel prize-winning author (1930). Births Births: 1906 P'u-I (Pu Yi) (born Hsüan-T'ung), China's last emperor. Births Births: 1908 Buster Crabbe, American Olympic Gold medal swimmer, actor. Births Births: 1962 Garth Brooks American country music singer-songwriter. Births Births: 1965 Chris Rock, American stand-up comedian and actor. Births Births: 1974 Steve Nash, Canadian professional basketball player. Births Births: 1978 Ashton Kutcher American actor, television producer, and former fashion model. Deaths Deaths: 1894 Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor of the saxophone. Deaths Deaths: 1979 Josef Mengele, Nazi German SS officer and a physician in Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp. Deaths Deaths: 1999 Jordan's King Hussein. Deaths Deaths: 2000 Doug Henning, Canadian magician, illusionist, and escape artist. Deaths Deaths: 2001 Dale Evans an American writer, film star, and singer-songwriter. She was the wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers.
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