Historical Events In February - 07

1936  A flag is authorized for Vice President on February - 07.   

1937  Elihu Root, US min of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91 on February - 07.   

1940  On February - 07 british railroads nationalized   

1940  On this day in history walt Disney's 2nd feature-length movie, "Pinocchio," premieres (New York NY)   

1940  On this day in history francis Ford, cricketer (5 Tests for Engld v Australia 1894-95), dies   

1941  Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me" on February - 07.   

1941  Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey Orch record "Everything Happens to Me" on February - 07.   

1942  1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8") on this day in history.   

1942  Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, marathoner (Oly-gold-1908), dies at 56 on February - 07.   

1943  Shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942) on this day in history.   

1943  The birth of Gareth Hunt, British actor on this day in history.   

1944  Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records on February - 07.   

1944  The Nazis launch a counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy, during WWII on February - 07.   

1945  General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila on this day in history.   

1945  On February - 07 president Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court   

1945  The birth of Pete Postlethwaite, American actor.2006 An aging Egyptian passenger ferry carrying more than 1,400 people sinks in the Red Sea off the Saudi coast on this day in history.   

1945  On February - 07 uS 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer   

1945  The birth of Pete Postlethwaite, American actor on February - 07.   

1946  Filibuster in US Senate kills FEPC bill on February - 07.   

1947  On this day in history arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine   

1948  On February - 07 "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 performances   

1948  U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Army chief of staff, and is succeeded by General Omar Bradley on February - 07.   

1948  On February - 07 "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 perfs   

1948  On February - 07 "Red" McKenzie, blues-jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies   

1949  Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees) on February - 07.   

1950  On February - 07 georges Bidault forms French government   

1950  Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history uS & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime   

1950  Georges Bidault forms French govt on February - 07.   

1954  Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1956  Autherine Lucy, first black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled on this day in history.   

1956  Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to U of Alabama, is expelled on February - 07.   

1957  On February - 07 rudolph Reti, composer, dies at 71   

1958  On February - 07 dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced   

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1102  On this day in history birth of empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)   

1478  On this day in history birth of thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)   

1478  On this day in history birth of sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)   

1556  On this day in history birth of maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren   

1589  Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician was born on February - 07.   

1612  Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men) was born on February - 07.   

1655  On this day in history birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)   

1688  Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange was born on this day in history.   

0590  Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague on February - 07.   

0999  Death of Boleslaus II of Bohemia on February - 07.   

1045  Death of Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) on this day in history.   

1317  On February - 07 death of robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256)   

1560  On February - 07 death of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493)   

1593  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79 on February - 07.   

1609  On February - 07 ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies   

1626  Death of William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) on February - 07.