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- Ramzi Yousef
Astronaut Bruce McCandless "free-flying" in space
Badge of the Prince of Wales
Plume of smoke caused by Black Saturday bushfires
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Charlie Chaplin as "The Tramp"
Steve Jobs
Michael Jordan in training
with the Scottsdale Scorpions
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| Independence Day in Grenada (1974); | lots of CN tags, holiday not mentioned |
| 1807 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Eylau began between the French Empire, and Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition near Preußisch Eylau, East Prussia. | refimprove |
| 1863 – In New Zealand's worst maritime tragedy, HMS Orpheus of the British Royal Navy sank off the coast of Auckland, killing 189 crew out of the ship's complement of 259. | refimprove |
| 1894 – The Western Federation of Miners began a five-month strike in Cripple Creek, Colorado, the only strike action in U.S. history where the state militia was called to support the strikers. | featured on June 6 |
| 1904 – The Great Baltimore Fire in Maryland began, and destroyed over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. | refimprove section |
| 1971 – In Switzerland, voters approved a constitutional amendment introducing women's suffrage in federal elections and referenda. | refimprove |
| 2009 – A series of 400 individual bushfires ignited across the Australian state of Victoria, Australia, on Black Saturday, eventually resulting in 173 total deaths. | refimprove section |
| 2012 – Several months of political crisis in the Maldives culminated in the resignation of President Mohamed Nasheed. | both: refimprove |
Eligible
- 1497 – Supporters of Dominican preacher Girolamo Savonarola collected and publicly burned thousands of vanity items such as cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy.
- 1783 – American Revolutionary War: After three years and seven months, Spain and France abandoned their attempt to capture Gibraltar from the British.
- 1795 – The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting the ability of U.S. citizens and foreign nationals to sue U.S. states in federal courts, was ratified.
- 1914 – The film Kid Auto Races at Venice, featuring the first appearance of comedy actor Charlie Chaplin's character "The Tramp", was released.
- 1940 – Walt Disney's Pinocchio, the first animated feature to win a competitive Academy Award, debuted at the Center Theatre in New York City.
- 1943 – World War II: Japan successfully withdrew its troops from Guadalcanal.
- 1948 – Neil Harvey became the youngest Australian to score a century in Test cricket.
- 1984 – During the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-B, astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart performed the first untethered spacewalk.
- 1986 – President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier fled the country after a popular uprising, ending 28 years of one-family rule in the nation.
- 1991 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army shelled 10 Downing Street with mortars in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister John Major.
- 1994 – Having retired four months earlier, American basketball player Michael Jordan signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox to play baseball.
- 1995 – Ramzi Yousef, one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434, was arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
- 1999 – Abdullah II became the reigning King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan following the death of his father King Hussein.
- 2014 – Researchers announced the discovery of the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa at more than 800,000 years old.
- Born/died this day: | Lü Bu |d|199| Alfonsina Orsini |d|1520| Bartholomäus Sastrow |d|1603| Margaret Fownes-Luttrell |b|1726| Henry Fuseli |b|1741|John Deere |b|1804| Desmond Doss |b|1919| Herman Vandenburg Ames |d|1935| Steve Nash |b|1974| Anne Morrow Lindbergh |d|2001
Notes
- 15th and 16th Amendments appear on February 3, so 11th Amendment should not appear in the same year
- Pixar appears on February 3, so NeXT should not appear in the same year
- Bill Ponsford appears on February 5, so Neil Harvey should not appear in the same year
- 2004 Haitian coup d'état also appears on February 5 so Jean-Claude Duvalier should not appear in the same year
- Black Thursday bushfires appears on February 6, so Black Saturday should not appear in the same year
February 7: Constitution Day in Mexico (2022)
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Bust of Leo I
- 457 – Leo I (pictured), who ruled for nearly 20 years, was crowned Byzantine emperor.
- 1813 – Napoleonic Wars: Two evenly matched French and British frigates fought for four hours at the Îles de Los off the Guinean coast, resulting in a stalemate.
- 1900 – A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco fell ill with the bubonic plague in the first epidemic of the disease in the continental United States.
- 1992 – The Maastricht Treaty, which led to the formation of the European Union, was signed by the member states of the European Communities.
- 1997 – Steve Jobs returned to Apple Inc. as a consultant after the company's acquisition of his technology startup NeXT.
- Azar Bigdeli (b. 1722)
- Louisa Jane Hall (b. 1802)
- Eddie Izzard (b. 1962)
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