Wednesday, February 07, 2018

History for February 7

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History for February 7 - On-This-Day.com:
Sir Thomas More 1478 - Saint Thomas More, lawyer, author, Renaissance humanist, John Deere 1804 - Blacksmith, manufacturer, Charles Dickens 1812 - Writer, social critic
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 Frederick Douglas 1817, Sinclair Lewis 1885, Garth Brooks 1962
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 1795 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.
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 1913 - The Turks lost 5,000 men in a battle with the Bulgarian army in Gallipoli.
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 1922 - DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace offered 5,000 copies of "Reader's Digest" magazine for the first time.
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 1940 - "Pinocchio" world premiered at the Center Theatre in Manhattan.
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 1943 - The U.S. government announced that shoe rationing would go into effect in two days.
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 1944 - During World War II, the Germans launched a counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy.
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 1984 - Space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart made the first untethered space walk.
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 1986 - Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country ending 28 years of family rule.
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