7 Feb 07 - Wednesday
1804 John Deere pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements
1812 Charles Dickens England, novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities)
1834 Dmitri I Mendelejev Russian chemist (devised Periodic Table)
1837 Sir James Augustus Henry Murray Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary
1867 Laura Ingalls Wilder Wisconsin, children's book author (Little House on Prairie)
1883 Eubie Blake ragtime composer/pianist (I'm Just Wild About Harry)
1908 Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe actor (Tarzan the Fearless, Flash Gordon)
1948 Jimmy Greenspoon Los Angeles CA, rock organist (3 Dog Night)
1962 David Bryan rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi)
1962 Garth Brooks Tulsa OK, country singer
1966 Chris Rock comedian
1812 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid MO; this is the last of Midwest quakes
1812 Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords
1836 "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens
1839 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"
1914 Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"
1933 Social-Democrat meeting in Berlin "As thousands cheer" Marxism is dead
1935 Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags
1936 Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer
1940 Walt Disney's 2nd feature-length movie, "Pinocchio", premieres (New York NY)
1941 Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me"
1947 Arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine
1949 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (New York Yankees)
1956 Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled
1962 Arthur Carr cricketer (11 Tests for England 22-29), dies shovelling snow
1962 President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba
1964 Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for 1st US tour
1964 Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim & adopts the name Muhammad Ali
1965 George Harrison of the Beatles, has his tonsils removed
1965 US begins regular bombing & strafing of North Vietnam
1969 "This Is Tom Jones" debuts on ABC TV
1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1974 Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters
1979 Neptune becomes farthest planet from the sun in our solar system (will remain that way for 20 years)
1979 Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles
1993 Pebbles Flintstone & Bamm Bamm Rubble wed
2000 Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Brian Knobbs for the WCW Hardcore title.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens
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