Today in History : February 7
1668 : The Netherlands, England and Sweden conclude an alliance directed against Louis XIV of France.
1783 : The Siege of Gibraltar, which was pursued by the Spanish and the French since July 24, 1779, is finally lifted.
1818 : The first successful U.S. educational magazine, Academician, begins publication in New York City.
1882 : American pugilist John L. Sullivan becomes the last of the bare-knuckle world heavyweight champions with his defeat of Patty Ryan in Mississippi City.
1913 : The Turks lose 5,000 men in a battle with the Bulgarian army in Gallipoli.
1915 : Fieldmarshal Paul von Hindenburg moves on Russians at Masurian Lakes.
1917 : The British steamer California is sunk off the coast of Ireland by a German U-boat.
1926 : Negro History Week, originated by Carter G. Woodson, is observed for the first time.
1928 : The United States signs an arbitration treaty with France.
1931 : Amelia Earhart weds George Putnam in Connecticut.
1944 : The Germans launch a second attack against the Allied beachead at Anzio, Italy. They hoped to push the Allies back into the sea.
1950 : The United States recognizes Vietnam under the leadership of Emperor Bao Dai, not Ho Chi Minh who is recognized by the Soviets.
1963 : The Mona Lisa is put on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
1964 : The British band The Beatles are greeted by 25,000 fans upon their arrival in the United States at JFK Airport.
1965 : U.S. jets hit Dong Hoi guerrilla base in reprisal for the Viet Cong raids.
1968 : North Vietnamese use 11 Soviet-built light tanks to overrun the U.S. Special Forces camp at Lang Vei at the end of an 18-hour long siege.
1978 : Ethiopia mounts a counter attack against Somalia.
1983 : Iran opens an invasion in the southeast of Iraq.
Born on February 7
1477 : Sir Thomas More, English statesman and writer, famous for Utopia, later executed for refusing to accept Henry VIII as the head of the church.
1804 : John Deere, farm equipment manufacturer
1812 : Charles Dickens, prolific English novelist whose stories reflected life in Victorian England. Some of his more famous works include Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities.
1837 : Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and editor.
1867 : Laura Ingalls Wilder, author whose works were the basis for television’s Little House on the Prairie.
1885 : Sinclair Lewis, novelist of satire and realism. (Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry).
1905 : Ulf Svante von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist.
1668 : The Netherlands, England and Sweden conclude an alliance directed against Louis XIV of France.
1783 : The Siege of Gibraltar, which was pursued by the Spanish and the French since July 24, 1779, is finally lifted.
1818 : The first successful U.S. educational magazine, Academician, begins publication in New York City.
1882 : American pugilist John L. Sullivan becomes the last of the bare-knuckle world heavyweight champions with his defeat of Patty Ryan in Mississippi City.
1913 : The Turks lose 5,000 men in a battle with the Bulgarian army in Gallipoli.
1915 : Fieldmarshal Paul von Hindenburg moves on Russians at Masurian Lakes.
1917 : The British steamer California is sunk off the coast of Ireland by a German U-boat.
1926 : Negro History Week, originated by Carter G. Woodson, is observed for the first time.
1928 : The United States signs an arbitration treaty with France.
1931 : Amelia Earhart weds George Putnam in Connecticut.
1944 : The Germans launch a second attack against the Allied beachead at Anzio, Italy. They hoped to push the Allies back into the sea.
1950 : The United States recognizes Vietnam under the leadership of Emperor Bao Dai, not Ho Chi Minh who is recognized by the Soviets.
1963 : The Mona Lisa is put on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
1964 : The British band The Beatles are greeted by 25,000 fans upon their arrival in the United States at JFK Airport.
1965 : U.S. jets hit Dong Hoi guerrilla base in reprisal for the Viet Cong raids.
1968 : North Vietnamese use 11 Soviet-built light tanks to overrun the U.S. Special Forces camp at Lang Vei at the end of an 18-hour long siege.
1978 : Ethiopia mounts a counter attack against Somalia.
1983 : Iran opens an invasion in the southeast of Iraq.
Born on February 7
1477 : Sir Thomas More, English statesman and writer, famous for Utopia, later executed for refusing to accept Henry VIII as the head of the church.
1804 : John Deere, farm equipment manufacturer
1812 : Charles Dickens, prolific English novelist whose stories reflected life in Victorian England. Some of his more famous works include Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities.
1837 : Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and editor.
1867 : Laura Ingalls Wilder, author whose works were the basis for television’s Little House on the Prairie.
1885 : Sinclair Lewis, novelist of satire and realism. (Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry).
1905 : Ulf Svante von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist.
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