Birthdates Which Occur on February 7:
1478 Thomas More lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)
1556 Maria van Nassau Dutch countess of Buren
1589 Jacob de Witt Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician
1655 Jean-Fran‡ois Regnard French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)
1688 Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange
1693 Anna Ivanova Romanova empress of Russia (1730-40) [NS]
1700 Philippe Buache French geographer/cartographer
1707 Carl August Thielo composer
1710 William Boyce English organist/composer of Cathedral music
1739 Joseph Pouteau composer
1740 Adam-Philippe Custine French earl/general/parliament leader
1753 Rhijnvis Feith Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle/Thirsa)
1758 Benedikt Emanuel Schack composer
1801 John Rylands England, merchant/philanthropist
1803 Edgar Quinet French writer/historian (Ahasv‚rus)
1804 John Deere pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements
1809 Frederik Paludan-Mller Danish Romantic poet (Danserinden)
1812 Charles Dickens England, novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities)
1817 Leroy Pope Walker Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884
1822 Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide composer
1823 Richard Genee composer
1824 William Higgins discoverer (nature of spiral nebulae)
1825 Crystobal Oudrid y Segura composer
1833 Ricardo Palma Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas)
1834 Dmitri I Mendelejev Russian chemist (Periodic Table)
1837 James Augustus Henry Murray Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary
1839 Nicolaas G Pierson Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)
1842 Alexandre Ribit premier (France)
1847 Ernst Franck composer
1862 Bernard Maybeck US architect (Palace of Fine Arts, SF)
1863 Mieczyslaw Soltys composer
1864 Ricardo Castro Herrera composer
1866 Raf[ael] Verhulst [Koen Ravestein], Flemish writer (Jesus of Nazarus)
1867 Laura Ingalls Wilder Wisc, kid book author (Little House on Prarie)
1869 Jindrich S Baar Czech pastor/writer (Jan Cimbura)
1870 Alfred Adler Austria, psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex)
1871 Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer composer
1872 Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister
1875 Erkki Gustav Melartin composer
and Walter Courvoisier composer
1877 Feliks Nowowiejski composer
and Godfrey H Hardy England, number theorist
and Julius Curtius German minister of Foreign affairs (1929- )
1878 Ossip Gabrilovich composer
1883 Eubie Blake ragtime (I'm Just Wild About Harry, Memories of You)
and Paul de Backer Belgian radiologist
1885 Sinclair Lewis novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel 1930)
1891 Joachim Stutschewsky composer
1896 Harold Hoffman South Amboy NJ, (Gov-NJ)
and Jacob Paludan Danish pharmacist/writer (Jírgen Stein)
1897 Quincy Porter New Haven Ct, composer
1899 Arvid Pelshe Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member
19-- Franco spanish entertainer
and Jason Adams Calif, actor (Ryan's Hope, Nightmare on Elm St)
and Jos‚ Jos‚ spanish vocalist (Amor Amor, Reencuentro)
and Lieux Dressler actress (General Hospital)
and Manuel Muares spanish star
1901 Bob den Doolaard [Cornelis Spoelstra], Dutch writer (Grape Pickers)
1902 Ethelda Blebtrey Waterford NY, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1920)
1904 Milton Krims writer (Speed)
1905 Olf S von Euler-Chelpin Swedish physiologist
and Paul Nizan French journalist/writer (L'Humanit‚, La Conspiration)
and Ulf Svante von Euler Sweden, physiologist (Nobel 1970)
1906 Henry P'u-i last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo
1909 Joseph "Poeske" Scherens Flem cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37) [OS]
1912 Derek Farr London, actor (8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large)
and Jane Ross Spokane Wash, actress (Audrey-Phyllis, Coed Fever)
1914 Jacques Mornard [Ram¢n Mercader], murderer of Trotsky
1917 Dick Emery London, comedian/actor (Case of Mukkinese Battle Horn)
1919 Dom H‚lder Cƒmara Brazilian bishop
and Ilse Pausin Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)
1920 Eddie Bracken Astoria NYC, actor (Summer Stock, Young & Willing)
and Oscar Brand Winnipeg Canada, folk vocalist (Draw Me a Laugh)
1923 George H H Lascelles English earl of Harewood/leader Covent Garden
and Keefe Brasselle Elyria Ohio, actor (Be Our Guest)
1924 Cathy Long (Rep-D-LA, 1985-86)
and Dora Bryan [Broadhurst], Southport England, actress (Taste of Honey)
and Hattie Jacques Kent England, actress (Carry on Doctor)
and Johnny Jordaan [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist
1925 Marius Constant Rumania, Dutch composer/conductor (Paradise Lost)
and Romolo Valli actor (Bobby Deerfield, Fistful of Dynamite, La Viaccia)
1926 Konstantin P Feokistov USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod I)
1927 John Buller composer
1928 Al "Fuzzy" Smith baseball player
1932 Alfred M Worden Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15)
and Gay Talese author (Honor Thy Father)
1934 Earl King [Solomon Johnson], rocker
and King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], US vocalist (Memphis Soul Stew)
and Piet Bukman CDA-Dutch minister for Development Aid
1935 Herb Kohl (Sen-D Wisconsin)
1938 Juan Pizarro baseball player
and Robert Frank Baksa composer
1942 Ton [ACHM] de Kok Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
1944 Berend Nearst [Baron van Voorst], Dutch (CDA) foreign state sect
and Berry [AH] Esselink Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
and Michael A Andrews (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
1946 Hector Babenco director (Ironweed, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
and Lawrence Ascott rocker (Isotope)
and Sammy Johns rocker
1948 Jimmy Greenspoon LA Cal, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1949 Alan Lancaster bassist (Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level)
1950 Burt Hooton baseball player
and Dan Quisenberry baseball pitcher (KC Royals)
and Marilyn Cochran Burlington Vt, skier (Olympics-1972)
1951 Benny Ayala baseball player
and Manfred Schumann German FR, bobsled (Olympic-silver/bronze-1976)
1954 Miguel Ferrer Santa Monica CA, actor (Robocop)
1955 Charlie Puleo baseball player
and Rolf Benirschke Boston, NFL place kicker/Wheel of Fortune host
1956 Garth Brooks Tulsa Okla, country vocalist (No Fences)
1957 Carney Lansford baseball player
and Damaso Garcia baseball player
1958 Manuel Mijares Mexico, spanish vocalist (Maria Bonita)
and Michele Drake La Jolla CA, playmate (May, 1979)
1959 Brian Travers rock saxophonist (UB40-Red Wine)
1960 James Spader NYC, actor (Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin)
and Steve Bronski rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy)
1962 David Bryan rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name)
1964 Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead Riverside Calif, swimmer (Olympic-silver-84)
and Dona L Speir Norwalk Calif, playmate (March, 1984)
1965 Jason Gedrick Chicago IL, actor (Heavenly Kid, Class of '96)
and Reginald Thal soccer player (MVV)
1966 Chris Rock comedian (SNL)
1968 Ashely Allen San Antonio TX, playmate (Aug, 1992)
and Martin Sinner Koblenz Germany, tennis star (1990 Pretoria)
and Michael Stich Germany, tennis star
1973 Juwan Howard NBAer
1977 Christine Scheels New Berlin Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1985 Tina Majorino actress (When a Man Loves a Woman)
Deaths Which Occured February 7:
590 Pelagius II Gothic Pope (579-90), dies
1593 Jacques Amyot French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79
1609 Ferdinand I cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies
1743 Lodovico Giustini composer, dies at 57
1749 Andre Cardinal Destouches composer, dies at 76
1820 Samuel Adams Holyoke composer, dies at 57
1823 Ann Radcliffe (Ward) English poetess/author of horror novels, dies
1827 Franz Anton Dimmler composer, dies at 73
1830 Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal composer, dies at 67
1857 F‚lix PBOG Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65
1862 Frantisek Jan Skroup composer, dies at 61
1865 John Henry Winder US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64
1878 Pius IX "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85
1881 Fredrik Cygnaeus Finnish poet/literature critic, dies
1883 Eubie Blake ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You) dies at 100
1897 Galileo Ferraris Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49
1901 Benmjamin Edward Woolf composer, dies at 64
1915 Wladyslaw Gorski composer, dies at 69
1918 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev composer, dies at 68
1920 Alexander Koltsjak adm/leader Russian conter-revolutionary, dies
1921 Peter Kropotkin Russ Prince/geologist/revolutionary anarchist, dies
1931 Ion Vidu composer, dies at 67
1933 Albert Gy”rgy Earl Apponyi Hung minister of Education, dies at 86
1937 Elihu Root US minister of War/Foreign affairs, dies at 91
1942 Dorando di Desiderio Pietri marathoner (Oly-gold-1908), dies at 56
1954 Jan Adam Maklakiewicz composer, dies at 54
1957 Rudolph Reti composer, dies at 71
1958 Walter Kingsford actor (My Favorite Blonde, Fly by Night), dies at 76
1959 Daniel F Malan premier of South Africa (1948-54), dies at 84
Napoleon Lajorie baseball player, dies at 83
Slim [Eddie Jones] Guitar rocker, dies at 32
1960 Igor V Koertsjatov Russian nuclear physics, dies at 57
1961 Louis-Ferdinand C‚line Fren physician/author/anti-semite, dies at 67
1964 Hermann A J Kees German egyptologist, dies
Lillian Copeland US discus thrower (Oly-gold-32), dies at 59
1965 Nance O'Neil actor (Cimarron, Royal Bed, Rogue Song), dies at 90
1967 Henry Morgenthau US minster of Finance (devaluate dollar), dies
1968 Nick Adams actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36
Stuart Foster singer (Galen Drake Show), dies at 49
1969 Bainbridge Crist composer, dies at 85
1974 Arline Judge actress (Age of Consent), dies at 61
1975 Brendan Fay actor, dies at 54
1977 Herman Dooyeweerd philosopher/lawyer, dies at 82
1979 Josef Mengele concentration camp doctor, drowns
1980 Ernst Kunz composer, dies at 89
Katherine Emery actress (Maze, Isle of the Dead), dies at 73
1984 Brooks West actor (Richard-My Friend Irma), dies at 67
1985 Albert Dondeyne Belgian philosopher/theologist, dies at 83
1986 Armand Preud'homme Flemish organist/music writer, dies at 81
1987 David Savoy Jr rock manager (Hsker Du), commits suicide at 24
1988 Lin[wood V] Carter US, sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies at 57
1990 Jimmy Van Heusen composer (Call Me Irresponsible), dies at 77
Nathan Wartels publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia
1991 Dick Winslow actor (Tom Sawyer, Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 75
Gladys LaVerne dies of heart problems at 87
1992 Jeanne Gerson dies of cancer & pneumonia at 87
1993 Arthur Ashe tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49
W Sybout A Colenbrander historian/journalist, dies
1994 Maarten Cheerful Dutch soc-dem minister (CRM 1965-66), dies at 74
Richard Bissell US under director of CIA (Varkens Bay), dies at 84
1995 Massimo Pallottino Ital archaeologist (Etruscologia), dies at 86
Holidays Which Occur February 7:
Grenada Independence Day (1974)
Religious Observances on February 7:
Christian Feast of St Theodore
RC-Bavarian/Tirol Valentinus
RC Juliana of Bologna
RC Richard the Saint, English king?
RC Romualdus, abbot to Ravenna/founded camaldulenzer order
1027 Old RC Feast of St Romualdus, abbot to Ravenna/found camaldulenzer
Things to Remember for February 7:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
12 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
3 Days Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant near î Aurigae
7 Days Theta Centaurid meteor shower, radiant in Lupus near Centaurus
39 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
[Ancient Rome] a d vij Id Feb
[US] National Hangover Day
Highlights in History Which Occur February 7:
Freedman's Aid Society, forms to promote education among Blacks
590 Pelagius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1301 Edward of Caernarion (under Edward I) becomes 1st prince of Wales
1550 Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III
1639 Acad‚mie Fran‡aise begins Dictionary of French Language
1668 Prince Willem III dances in premiere of "Ballet of La Paix"
1795 England occupies Dutch West Indies
1812 Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords
1818 1st successful US educational magazine, Academician, begins, NYC
1827 Ballet (The Deserter) introduced to US at Bowery Theater (NYC)
1831 Belgium adopts it's Constitution
1836 "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens
1839 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"
1862 Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC
1872 Alcorn A & M College opens
1876 Pres Grants private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring
1878 J Palisa discovers asteroid #182 Elsa
1882 Last bare knuckle champion John L Sullivan KOs Paddy Ryan in Miss
1889 Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in SF
1891 Great Blizzard of 1891 begins
1896 M Wolf discovers asteroid #415 Palatia
1900 British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal
and Labour Party forms in England
1901 Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1904 Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)
1905 Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US
1913 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #739 Mandeville
1914 Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, SF
1919 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #909 Ulla
1924 Mussolini govt exchanges diplomats with USSR
1927 O Oikawa discovers asteroid #1584 Fuji
1928 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler)
1933 Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators
1934 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Miss
1935 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1720 Niels
and S Arend discovers asteroid #2084 Okayama
1936 A flag is authorized for Vice President
1938 K Reinmuth disc asteroid #1481 Tubingia, #1674 Neveld & #2022 West
1940 British railroads nationalized
and Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" released
1942 1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8")
1943 Shoes are rationed in US
1944 Germans launch counteroffensive at Anzio Italy
1945 General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila
and Pres Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court
1946 Filibuster in US Senate kills FEPC bill
1947 Britain proposes partitioning Palestine between Arabs & Jews
1948 Omar Bradley succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff
1949 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
1950 Georges Bidault forms French govt
and Sen Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and US & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime
1956 Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to U of Alabama, is expelled
1958 1st showing of DAF 600 auto
1959 Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air)
1960 Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea
1962 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298
and President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba
1964 Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream
and Beatles land at NY's JFK airport, for 1st US tour
and Cassius Clay becomes a black Moslem
1965 George Harrison has his tonsils removed
and Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao
and US begins regular bombing & strafing of N Vietnam
and WVIZ TV channel 25 in Cleveland, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 KWCM TV channel 10 in Appleton, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Belgium govt of Vanden Boeynants falls
and WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 1st US pari-mutual female jockey; Diane Crump rides at Hialeah, Fla
and Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO
and Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major US racetrack
1970 LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause
1971 Women win right to vote in Switzerland
1973 1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1975 NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game road losing streak
1976 Darryl Sittler, Toronto, sets NHL record with 10 points in a game
and FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WCPR (Bkln NY)
and World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (USSR)
1977 Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts
1978 Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert
1979 Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds pres Boum‚dienne in Algeria
and Toronto Maple Leaf Darryl Sittler scores NHL record 10 pts (6 goals)
1982 Luis A Monge elected pres of Costa Rica
1984 Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk (US)
and David (born without immunity system) at 12, touches mom for 1st time
and Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS
1985 Marshall U's Bruce Morris scores a basket from 92'5¬"
and NY Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals
1986 Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France
Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti
1987 Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring America's Cup back to US
and Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1
1988 Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens
1989 Tennis superstar Bj”rn B”rg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan
1990 Karachi police kill 22 anti-military demonstrators
Today - 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano, Japan (scheduled)
1812 Last of Midwest quakes (see 12/16) strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
Changing course of Mississippi River in many places.
1904 80-block section of Baltimore, Maryland burns. $150 million damage
1962 Gas explosion in the Luisanthal coal mine at Voelklingen,
Germany kills 298.
Your Special Reminders for February 7:
1910 1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1938 54øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 38th day of the year with 327 days left (Numerology = 9)
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