February 7
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[edit] Births
- 1102 - Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)
- 1478 - Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)
- 1693 - Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)
- 1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)
- 1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)
- 1870 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937)
- 1883 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)
- 1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
- 1895 - Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961)
- 1898 - Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971)
- 1905 - Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940)
- 1906 - Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967)
- 1908 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
- 1914 - Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978)
- 1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1920 - An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990)
- 1922 - Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
- 1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut
- 1927 - Juliette Greco, French singer and actor
- 1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner
- 1932 - Gay Talese, American author
- 1932 - Al Worden, astronaut
- 1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)
- 1943 - Gareth Hunt, English actor
- 1945 - Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player
- 1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, English actor
- 1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
- 1953 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer
- 1955 - Mario Coutinho Brazilian physician
- 1955 - Miguel Ferrer, American actor
- 1955 - Rolf Benirschke, American football player
- 1960 - James Spader, American actor
- 1962 - Garth Brooks, American singer
- 1962 - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
- 1965 - Jason Gedrick, American actor
- 1967 - Chris Rock, American comedian and actor
- 1968 - Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-born hockey player
- 1968 - Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)
- 1974 - Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
- 1975 - Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
- 1978 - Ashton Kutcher, American actor
- 1985 - Tina Majorino, American actress
[edit] Deaths
[edit] Events
- 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1301 - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first Prince of Wales.
- 1900 - The British Labour Party is formed.
- 1971 - Women gain the right to vote in Switzerland.
- 1974 - Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom
- 1990 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly of power.
- 1998 - The 1998 Winter Olympic Games open in Nagano, Japan.
