On this day -- February 7 - printed from North Texas e-News

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)
1612 – Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (d. 1683)
1693 – Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)
1804 – John Deere, American manufacturer (Deere & Company) (d. 1886)
1812 – Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)
1842 – Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923)
1837 – Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 1915)
1867 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)
1870 – Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937)
1877 – Godfrey Harold Hardy, English mathematician (d. 1947)
1885 – Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1951)
1885 – Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
1886 – Yehezkel Abramsky, Russian-born rabbi, head of the London Beth Din for 17 years (d. 1976)
1887 – Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)
1889 – Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)
1891 – Ann Little, American actress (d. 1984)
1895 – Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961)
1898 – Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971)
1901 – Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand politician (d. 1989)
1905 – Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1983)
1905 – Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940)
1906 – Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
1906 – Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967)
1907 – Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)
1908 – Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
1909 – Hélder Câmara, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1999)
1909 – Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (d. 1995)
1909 – Amedeo Guillet, former officer of the Italian Army
1909 – Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian
1912 – Russell Drysdale, Australian Artist (d. 1981)
1912 – Roberta McCain, mother of John McCain
1914 – Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978)
1915 – Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
1915 – Teoctist, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 2007)
1918 – Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999)
1920 – An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990)
1920 – Oscar Brand, Canadian folk musicologist
1922 – Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
1923 – Martha Holmes, American photographer (d. 2006)
1926 – Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut (d. 2009)
1926 – John Frank Davidson, British chemical engineer and Royal Medal holder
1927 – Juliette Gréco, French singer and actor
1927 – Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975)
1932 – Gay Talese, American author
1932 – Al Worden, American astronaut
1933 – John Anderton, English soccer player
1934 – Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)
1934 – Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta
1934 – King Curtis, American saxophonist (d. 1971)
1935 – Herbert Kohl, American politician
1937 – Juan Pizarro, Major League Baseball pitcher
1938 – S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
1939 – Ray Taliaferro, American radio talkshow host
1941 – Peter Foxhall, Australian evangelist
1943 – Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
1945 – Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player
1945 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor
1945 – Ian Jack, Scottish journalist
1946 – Hector Babenco, Brazilian film director
1947 – Joe Shea, American journalist
1947 – Wayne Allwine, American voice artist (d. 2009)
1949 – Joe English, American drummer
1949 – Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
1951 – Benny Ayala, baseball player
1952 – Vasco Rossi, Italian singer
1953 – Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998)
1954 – Dieter Bohlen German composer
1954 – Brian Morton, Scottish writer
1955 – Rolf Benirschke, American football player
1955 – Mario Coutinho, Brazilian physician
1955 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor
1956 – Emo Philips, American comedian
1956 – Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss) (d. 2007)
1957 – Carney Lansford, American baseball player
1957 – Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007)
1958 – Matt Ridley, British science writer
1960 – James Spader, American actor
1962 – Garth Brooks, American singer
1962 – Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
1962 – David Bryan, American musician (Bon Jovi)
1964 – Ray Mears, British survival expert and TV presenter
1964 – Duff McKagan, American musician (Velvet Revolver)
1965 – Jason Gedrick, American actor
1965 – Chris Rock, American comedian and actor
1966 – Kristin Otto, German swimmer
1967 – Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player
1967 – Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
1968 – Peter Bondra, Slovak ice hockey player
1968 – Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)
1968 – Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer
1969 – Yves Racine, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Stanley Roberts, American basketball player
1972 – Essence Atkins, American actress
1972 – Alex Bassi, American race car driver
1972 – Robyn Lively, American actress
1972 – Amon Tobin, Canadian/Brazilian musician
1973 – Irina Björklund, Finnish actress
1973 – Juwan Howard, American basketball player
1974 – Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
1974 – J Dilla, American record producer (d. 2006)
1974 – Danny Goffey, British musician (Supergrass)
1975 – Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
1975 – Alexandre Daigle, American ice hockey player
1976 – Sreto Ristiæ, German soccer player
1976 – Kelly Choi, Korean-American tv hostess of Top Chef Masters
1977 – Georgios Alexopoulos, Greek soccer player
1977 – Paul Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Dimitris Papanikolaou, Greek basketball player
1977 – Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman competitor
1978 – Ashton Kutcher, American actor
1978 – Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian soccer player
1978 – Endy Chávez, baseball player
1978 – David Aebischer, Swiss ice hockey player
1979 – Cerina Vincent, American actress
1979 – Jon Leicester, American baseball player
1982 – Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor
1982 – Mickael Pietrus, French-born basketball player
1983 – Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
1983 – Teshome Getu, Ethiopian soccer player
1983 – Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
1985 – Tina Majorino, American actress
1986 – Michael Orozco, American soccer player
1987 – Kerli, Estonian singer
1988 – Ai Kago, Japanese singer
1988 – Matthew Stafford, American college football player
1989 – Nick Calathes, Greek basketball player
1989 – Louisa Lytton – British actress
1990 – Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
1990 – Anna Abreu, Finnish singer
1992 – Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer
1993 – David Dorfman, American actor
1993 – Philip Wiegratz, German actor
1996 – Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer

[edit] Deaths

198 – Lü Bu, minor warlord during the late Eastern Han Dynasty
999 – Boleslaus II of Bohemia
1045 – Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)
1317 – Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256)
1560 – Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493)
1626 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
1642 – William Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571)
1652 – Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (b. 1582)
1690 – William Morice, English royalist statesman
1693 – Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)
1736 – Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666)
1779 – William Boyce, English composer (b. 1711)
1799 – Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711)
1801 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)
1823 – Ann Radcliffe, English novelist (b. 1764)
1837 – King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)
1839 – Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)
1862 – Francisco de Paula Martinez de la Rosa, Spanish statesman and dramatist (b. 1787)
1871 – Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797)
1873 – Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814)
1878 – Blessed Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
1897 – Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (b. 1847)
1919 – William Halford, American naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
1920 – Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (b. 1874)
1937 – Elihu Root, American statesman and diplomat, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1845)
1938 – Harvey Firestone, American manufacturer (b. 1868)
1939 – Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (b. 1886)
1942 – Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (b. 1876)
1944 – Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (b. 1874)
1952 – Pete Henry, American professional American Football player and coach (b. 1897)
1959 – Nap Lajoie, American baseball player (b. 1874)
1959 – D.F. Malan, South African Prime Minister, father of Apartheid policy (b. 1874)
1959 – Guitar Slim, American blues guitarist (b. 1926)
1960 – Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (b. 1903)
1962 – Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (b. 1886)
1963 – Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
1964 – Sophoklis Venizelos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894)
1968 – Nick Adams, American actor (b. 1931)
1979 – Dr. Josef Mengele, German, accused Nazi war criminal (b. 1911)
1980 – Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer (b. 1904)
1985 – Matt Monro, English singer (b. 1932)
1986 – Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian (b. 1923)
1990 – Alfredo M. Santos, First Four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, World War II hero (b. 1905)
1990 – Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1991 – Amos Yarkoni, Israeli soldier, Medal of Distinguished Service recipient (b. 1920)
1991 – Jean-Paul Mousseau, Quebec painter, member of Les Automatistes (b. 1927)
1992 – Buzz Sawyer, wrestler (b. 1959)
1994 – Witold Lutos³awski, Polish composer (b. 1913)
1994 – Stephen Milligan, British journalist and politician (b. 1948)
1994 – Arnold Smith, Canadian diplomat (b. 1915)
1996 – Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915)
1998 – Lawrence Sanders, American author (b. 1920)
1999 – King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935)
1999 – José Silva, author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System (b. 1914)
1999 – Bobby Troup, American musician and actor (b. 1918)
2000 – Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (b. 1970)
2000 – Big Pun, Puerto Rican-American rapper (b. 1971)
2000 – Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947)
2000 – Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (b. 1943)
2001 – Dale Evans, American actress and singer (b. 1912)
2001 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (b. 1906)
2002 – Jack Fairman, British racing driver (b. 1913)
2003 – Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921)
2003 – John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917)
2005 – Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)
2006 – Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914)
2008 – Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (b. 1913)
2009 – Brian Naylor, Australian television presenter (b. 1931)
2009 – Molly Bee, American Country-Western Star (b. 1939)
2009 – 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history in Bushfires in Victoria

[edit] Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day
- Amber Encarnacion (d. 1992)
- Blessed Eugenia Smet
- Blessed Pope Pius IX
- Chrysolius
- February 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Independence Day (Grenada)
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, creating awareness on AIDS in the African American Community. (United States)

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