Famous birthdays, deaths and events of February 7
Birthdays 1102 - Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169) 1478 - Sir Thomas More, English statesman 1612 - Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (d. 1683) 1693 - Empress Anna of Russia, (d. 1740) 1804 - John Deere, American manufacturer (Deere & Company) (d. 1886) 1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870) 1842 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923) 1837 - Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 1915) 1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957) 1870 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937) 1877 - Godfrey Harold Hardy, English mathematician (d. 1947) 1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer 1885 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953) 1887 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983) 1889 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976) 1891 - Ann Little, American actress (d. 1984) 1895 - Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961) 1898 - Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971) 1905 - Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist 1905 - Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940) 1906 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984) 1906 - Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967) 1907 - Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948) 1908 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983) 1909 - Hélder Câmara, Roman catholic archbishop (d. 1999) 1909 - Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (d. 1995) 1912 - Russell Drysdale, Australian Artist {d. 1981} 1914 - Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978) 1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002) 1915 - Teoctist, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 2007) 1918 - Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999) 1920 - An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990) 1922 - Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980) 1923 - Martha Holmes, American photographer (d. 2006) 1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut 1926 - John Frank Davidson, British chemical engineer and Royal Medal holder 1927 - Juliette Greco, French singer and actor 1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975) 1932 - Gay Talese, American author 1932 - Al Worden, American astronaut 1933 - John Anderton, English footballer 1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003) 1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta 1934 - King Curtis, American saxophonist (d. 1971) 1937 - Juan Pizarro, Major League Baseball pitcher 1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader 1941 - Peter Foxhall, Australian evangelist 1943 - Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007) 1945 - Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player 1945 - Pete Postlethwaite , English actor 1945 - Ian Jack, Scottish journalist 1946 - Hector Babenco, Brazilian film director 1947 - Joe Shea, American journalist 1949 - Joe English (musician), American drummer 1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach 1951 - Benny Ayala, baseball player 1952 - Vasco Rossi, Italian singer 1953 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998) 1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer, 1954 - Brian Morton, Scottish writer 1955 - Rolf Benirschke, American football player 1955 - Mario Coutinho, Brazilian physician 1955 - Miguel Ferrer, American actor 1956 - Emo Philips, American comedian 1956 - Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss) (d. 2007) 1957 - Carney Lansford, American baseball player 1957 - Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007) 1958 - Matt Ridley, British science writer 1960 - James Spader , American actor 1962 - Garth Brooks , American singer 1962 - Eddie Izzard , British actor and comedian 1962 - David Bryan, American musician (Bon Jovi) 1965 - Jason Gedrick , American actor 1965 - Chris Rock , American comedian and actor 1967 - Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player 1967 - Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress 1968 - Peter Bondra , Ukrainian-born hockey player 1968 - Sully Erna , American singer (Godsmack) 1969 - Yves Racine, Canadian ice hockey player 1972 - Essence Atkins , American actress 1972 - Alex Bassi, American race car driver 1972 - Robyn Lively , American actress 1972 - Amon Tobin, Canadian/Brazilian musician 1973 - Juwan Howard , American basketball player 1974 - Steve Nash , Canadian basketball player 1974 - J Dilla, American record producer (d. 2006) 1974 - Emma McLaughlin, American novelist 1975 - Wes Borland , American guitarist (Limp Bizkit) 1975 - Alexandre Daigle, National Hockey League player 1976 - Sreto Ristiæ, German footballer 1977 - Paul Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player 1977 - Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman competitor 1978 - Ashton Kutcher , American actor 1978 - Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer 1978 - Endy Chávez, baseball player 1978 - David Aebischer, National Hockey League goaltender 1979 - Cerina Vincent , American actress 1979 - Jon Leicester, American baseball player 1983 - Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver 1983 - Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer 1983 - Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer 1985 - Tina Majorino , American actress 1985 - Clara Bryant, American actress 1986 - Deanna Casaluce, Canadian actress 1986 - Michael Orozco, American footballer 1988 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer 1988 - Matthew Stafford, American college football player 1989 - Louisa Lytton , 1990 - Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player 1991 - Rachel Sibner, American actress 1992 - Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer 1992 - Miguel Andres Matienzo Guerra, Mexican athlete 1993 - David Dorfman , American actor 1993 - Philip Wiegratz, German actor 1996 - Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
Deaths 999 - Boleslaus II of Bohemia, 1045 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan, (b. 1009) 1317 - Robert, Count of Clermont 1560 - Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493) 1626 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) 1642 - William Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571) 1652 - Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (b. 1582) 1690 - William Morice, English royalist statesman 1693 - Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624) 1736 - Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666) 1779 - William Boyce, English composer (b. 1711) 1799 - Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711) 1801 - Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726) 1823 - Ann Radcliffe, English novelist (b. 1764) 1837 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, (b. 1778) 1839 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799) 1871 - Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797) 1873 - Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) 1878 - Pope Pius IX, (b. 1792) 1897 - Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (b. 1847) 1919 - William Halford, American naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841) 1920 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (b. 1874) 1937 - Elihu Root, American statesman and diplomat 1938 - Harvey Firestone, American manufacturer (b. 1868) 1939 - Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (b. 1886) 1942 - Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (b. 1876) 1944 - Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (b. 1874) 1959 - Nap Lajoie, American baseball player (b. 1874) 1959 - Guitar Slim, American blues guitarist (b. 1926) 1960 - Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (b. 1903) 1962 - Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (b. 1886) 1963 - Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist (b. 1902) 1964 - Sophoklis Venizelos, Greek politician 1968 - Nick Adams, American actor (b. 1931) 1979 - Dr. Josef Mengele, German 1980 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer (b. 1904) 1981 - Frederika of Hanover, Queen of Greece (b. 1917) 1985 - Matt Monro, English singer (b. 1932) 1986 - Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian (b. 1923) 1990 - Alfredo M. Santos, First Four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines 1990 - Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter (b. 1913) 1991 - Amos Yarkoni, legendary Israeli soldier (b. 1920) 1991 - Jean-Paul Mousseau, Quebec painter 1992 - Buzz Sawyer, wrestler (b. 1959) 1994 - Witold Lutos³awski, Polish composer (b. 1913) 1994 - Stephen Milligan, British journalist and politician (b. 1948) 1996 - Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915) 1998 - Lawrence Sanders, American author (b. 1920) 1999 - King Hussein of Jordan, (b. 1935) 1999 - José Silva, author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System (b. 1914) 1999 - Bobby Troup, American musician and actor (b. 1918) 2000 - Big Pun, Puerto Rican-American rapper (b. 1971) 2000 - Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947) 2000 - Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat 2001 - Dale Evans , American actress and singer (b. 1912) 2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (b. 1906) 2002 - Jack Fairman, British racing driver (b. 1913) 2003 - Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921) 2003 - John Reading, Mayor of Oakland 2005 - Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934) 2006 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar, (b. 1914) 2008 - Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (b. 1913) 2009 - Piotr Stanczak, 42, Polish geologist, beheaded. 2009 - Jorge Reyes, 56, Mexican musician (Chac Mool), heart attack. 2009 - Brian Naylor, 78, Australian news presenter, bushfire. 2009 - Jacques Lancelot, 88, French clarinetist, heart failure. 2009 - Brian Naylor, 78, Australian news presenter, bushfire. 2009 - Jacques Lancelot, 88, French clarinetist, heart failure. 2009 - Betty Jameson, 89, American golfer, three-time major championship winner. 2009 - Joe Haverty, 72, Irish football player. 2009 - Richard Gordon, 61, British author, heart attack. 2009 - Sir George Godber, 100, British doctor, Chief Medical Officer (1960–1973). 2009 - John Gabler, 78, American baseball pitcher (New York Yankees, Washington Senators). 2009 - Reg Evans, 80, Australian actor, bushfire. 2009 - Blossom Dearie, 82, American jazz singer and pianist (Schoolhouse Rock!), after long illness. 2009 - Molly Bee, 69, American country singer, complications from a stroke. 2010 - André Kolingba, 4th President of the Central African Republic (born 1936)
Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the prince of Benevento, Pandulf IV, is killed battling the encroaching Normans. 1238 - The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. 1301 - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales. 1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. 1807 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau 1812 - The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri. 1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar. 1842 - Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien. 1856 - 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. 1863 - HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189. 1882 - The last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place in Mississippi City, Mississippi. 1894 - The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado. 1898 - Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse. 1904 - A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. 1907 - The Mud March was the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). 1942 - Imperial Japanese naval forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign. 1944 - World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle 1948 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff and was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley. 1962 - The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports. 1964 - The Beatles arrive at JFK International Airport to begin their first tour of the United States. 1967 - A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people. 1969 - The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is removed from service. 1974 - Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom. 1979 - Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered. 1979 - The final session of the Iranian National Consultative Assembly is held. 1984 - Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission 1986 - Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation. 1990 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power. 1991 - Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in. 1991 - The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting. 1992 - The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union. 1995 - Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. 1999 - Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein. 2000 - Bahria University is established through Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 by the Government of Pakistan. 2007 - Mike and Julia start to go out. 2009 - The deadliest bushfires in Australian history begin; they kill at least 181 people, destroy nearly a thousand homes, and come after Melbourne records the highest-ever temperature (46.4° C, 115° F) of any capital city in Australia. Both arson and global warming are suspected causes.
