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On this day February 07

2016


North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space.

2013


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.

2012


President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.

2009


Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.

1999


Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.

1997


NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.

1995


Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.

1992


The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.

1991


The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launched a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.

1991


Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.

1990


Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.

1986


Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.

1984


Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).

1979


Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.

1974


Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.

1962


The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.

1951


Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are butchered by South Korean forces.

1944


World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.

1943


World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.

1940


The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.

1907


The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).

1904


A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.

1900


Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

1898


Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'accuse.

1894


The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.

1863


HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.

1854


A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.

1842


Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.

1819


Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.

1813


In the action of 7 February 1813 near the Îles de Los, the frigates Aréthuse and Amelia batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand.

1812


The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.

1807


Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.

1795


The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

1783


American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

1497


The Bonfire of the Vanities occurs, during which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy.

1301


Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.

1074


Pandulf IV of Benevento is killed battling the invading Normans at the Battle of Montesarchio.

457


Leo I the Thracian becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

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