Today in History
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1984 NASA astronauts take the first untethered spacewalk
The photographs of Bruce McCandless and Robert L. Stewart hovering freely in space became some of th
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1986 Haiti's president, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, flees the country, ending 28 years of family rule
On the same day 5 years later, the first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, w
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1992 The European Union is established as the Maastricht Treaty is signed
The treaty also defined a single European currency: the Euro.
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2005 Ellen MacArthur breaks the speed record for sailing solo around the world
The journey took her 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, and 33 seconds.
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2009 The Black Saturday bushfires in Australia kill 173 people
The fires were the worst natural disaster in Australian history.
Births On This Day,
February, 7
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1978 Ashton Kutcher
American model, actor, producer
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1962 Eddie Izzard
Yemeni/English actor, comedian
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1962 Garth Brooks
American singer-songwriter, guitarist
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1906 Oleg Antonov
Soviet aircraft designer, founded the Antonov Aircraft Company
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1812 Charles Dickens
English author
Deaths On This Day,
February, 7
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2015 Dean Smith
American basketball player, coach
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1994 Witold Lutosławski
Polish composer, conductor
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1986 Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist
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1959 Nap Lajoie
American baseball player
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1938 Harvey Samuel Firestone
American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire, Rubber Company
