February 7
People born on this day are Aquarius.
- 1991
Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
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The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.
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The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
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Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
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Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the Destiny laboratory module to the International Space Station.
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Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
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President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
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The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995.
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Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.
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North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world.
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The 2021 Uttarakhand flood begins.
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2002Shedeur Sanders, American football player
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2001R. J. Hampton, American basketball player
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1999Omar Marmoush, Egyptian footballer
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1997Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer
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1997Anhelina Kalinina, Ukrainian tennis player
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1996Aaron Ekblad, Canadian ice hockey player
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1996Pierre Gasly, French racing driver
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1995Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor and musician
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1995Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player
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1994Riley Barber, American ice hockey player
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1994Nathan Walker, Welsh-Australian ice hockey player
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1993Javon Hargrave, American football player
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