On Feb. 7, 1984, space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered spacewalk.
Go to article » On Feb. 7, 1817, Frederick Douglass, the American abolitionist leader, was born. Following his death on Feb. 20, 1895, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1812 | Author Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England. |
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| 1944 | Germany launched a counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy, during World War II. |
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| 1948 | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff and was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley. |
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| 1974 | The island nation of Grenada won independence from Britain. |
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| 1984 | Space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered space walk. |
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| 1986 | Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country, ending 28 years of family rule. |
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| 1990 | The Soviet Union's Communist Party gave up its monopoly on power by agreeing to let other political parties compete for control of the country. |
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| 1991 | Jean-Bertrand Aristide was sworn in as Haiti's first democratically elected president. |
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| 1995 | Ramzi Yousef, the alleged mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. |
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| 1999 | Jordan's King Hussein died at age 63. |
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| 2005 | Defrocked priest Paul Shanley, the most notorious figure in the sex scandal that rocked the Boston Archdiocese, was convicted of repeatedly raping and fondling a boy at his church during the 1980s. (Shanley was sentenced to 12-15 years in prison.) |
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Current Birthdays
Actor Ashton Kutcher ("That '70s Show") turns 33 years old today.
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Comedian Chris Rock turns 46 years old today.
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| 1932 | Gay Talese, Author, turns 79 |
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| 1935 | Herb Kohl, U.S. senator, D-Wis., turns 76 |
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| 1952 | John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado, turns 59 |
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| 1955 | Miguel Ferrer, Actor, turns 56 |
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| 1960 | James Spader, Actor ("Boston Legal"), turns 51 |
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| 1962 | Garth Brooks, Country singer, turns 49 |
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| 1962 | Eddie Izzard, Actor, comedian, turns 49 |
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| 1974 | Steve Nash, Basketball player, turns 37 |
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| 1985 | Tina Majorino, Actress, turns 26 |
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Historic Birthdays
Frederick Douglass2/7/1817 - 2/20/1895American black abolitionist.Go to obituary »
| 58 | St. Thomas More 2/7/1478 - 7/6/1535
English humanist/chancellor |
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| 82 | John Deere 2/7/1804 - 5/17/1886
American inventor of agricultural implements |
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| 58 | Charles Dickens 2/7/1812 - 6/9/1870
English novelist |
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| 84 | Gardner Quincy Colton 2/7/1814 - 8/9/1898
American anesthetist/inventor |
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| 78 | Sir James Murray 2/7/1837 - 7/26/1915
Scottish lexicographer/editor |
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| 90 | Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/7/1867 - 2/10/1957
American author of children's fiction |
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| 67 | Alfred Adler 2/7/1870 - 5/28/1937
Austrian physician/psychologist |
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| 100 | Eubie Blake 2/7/1883 - 2/12/1983
American pianist/composer |
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| 65 | Sinclair Lewis 2/7/1885 - 1/10/1951
American novelist/social critic |
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| 73 | Buster Crabbe 2/7/1908 - 4/23/1983
American swimmer/actor |
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| 79 | Ruth Sager 2/7/1918 - 3/29/1997
American geneticist |
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