7TH
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST LUKE THE YOUNGER; ST THEODORE OF
HERACLEA; ST ADAUCAS; ST MOSES; ST RICHARD, ‘KING OF THE ENGLISH’; & ST
SILVIN." |
| 7TH |
590 |
"PELAGIUS II" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 7TH |
1546 |
"MARTIN LUTHER" WROTE IN A
LETTER TO HIS WIFE KATE:
"I HAVE A BETTER CARETAKER THAN YOU & ALL THE ANGELS. HE IT IS WHO LIES IN A
MANGER ... BUT AT THE SAME TIME SITS AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, THE ALMIGHTY FATHER.
THEREFORE BE AT REST."
HE DIED ELEVEN DAYS LATER. |
| 7TH |
1550 |
"GIOVANNI MARIA del MONTE" IS ELECTED
"POPE JULIUS III." |
| 7TH |
1845 |
THE PORTLAND VASE, A ROMAN CAMEO GLASS
VASE DATING BACK TO THE 1ST CENTURY bc WAS SMASHED BY A DRUNKEN VISITOR TO THE BRITISH
MUSEUM. |
| 7TH |
1863 |
185 WERE LOST WHEN HMS ORPHEUS WAS WRECKED OFF THE NEW
ZEALAND COAST. |
| 7TH |
1904 |
1500 BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED IN 80
BLOCKS WHEN BALTIMORE, USA CATCHES FIRE. |
| 7TH |
1928 |
"BERT HINKLER" DEPARTS FROM ENGLAND ON THE FIRST
SOLO FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA. |
| 7TH |
1933 |
THE TEMPERATURE IN PERTH, REACHED 113
DEGREES. |
| 7TH |
1959 |
A CESSNA PLANE LANDS IN LAS VEGAS AFTER 65 DAYS WITHOUT
LANDING.
THE RE-FUELLING WAS DONE IN FLIGHT. |
| 7TH |
1959 |
ROCK ’N’ ROLL PIONEER,
"BUDDY HOLLY’S" FUNERAL WAS HELD IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS. |
| 7TH |
1960 |
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS DISCOVERED. |
| 7TH |
1964 |
"CASSIUS CLAY" BECOMES A
BLACK MUSLIM. |
| 7TH |
1964 |
"THE BEATLES" ARRIVE IN AMERICA TO COMMENCE THEIR
FIRST WORLD TOUR. |
| 7TH |
1965 |
THE U.S. BEGINS REGULAR BOMBING OF
NORTH VIETNAM. |
| 7TH |
1967 |
62 PEOPLE DIED IN BUSHFIRES NEAR HOBART. |
| 7TH |
1969 |
9 DIE WHEN THE SOUTHERN AURORA
PASSENGER TRAIN COLLIDES HEAD ON WITH A GOODS TRAIN AT VIOLET TOWN, VICTORIA. |
| 7TH |
1971 |
WOMEN WIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN SWITZERLAND. |
| 7TH |
1976 |
A 600cm TELESCOPE, THE WORLD’S
LARGEST BEGINS OPERATION IN THE USSR. |
| 7TH |
1984 |
U.S. ASTRONAUT, "BRUCE McCANDLESS" MAKES FIRST
UNTETHERED SPACE WALK. |
| 7TH |
1984 |
CBS PRESENT "MICHAEL JACKSON"
WITH A 4 FOOT DIAMETER PLATINUM DISC. |
| 7TH |
1986 |
"LINDY CHAMBERLAIN" IS RELEASED PREMATURELY WHEN
NEW EVIDENCE EMERGES, FROM DARWINS, BERIMAH PRISON AFTER SERVING 4 YEARS OF A LIFE
SENTENCE FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING HER BABY "AZARIA." |
| 7TH |
1988 |
BOXING CHAMP "MIKE TYSON"
MARRIES ACTRESS "ROBIN GIVENS." |
| 7TH |
1989 |
TENNIS STAR "BJORN BORG" ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN MILAN. |
| 7TH |
1994 |
"NICKY BUCKLEY" JOINS THE
AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION QUIZ SHOW, "SALE OF THE CENTURY" AS HOSTESS, MAKING HER
DEBUT IN A SENSUAL POWDER BLUE DRESS. |
| 7TH |
1996 |
ALL 189 PASSENGERS AND CREW, MAINLY GERMAN DIED WHEN A
"ALAS NACLONALES" BOEING 757 CRASHED INTO THE SEA SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM
THE DOMINICAN ISLANDS. |
| 7TH |
1999 |
"KING HUSSEIN" OF JORDAN DIED
AFTER LAYING IN A COMA ON LIFE SUPPORT SINCE THE 5TH FEBRUARY. |
| 7TH |
1999 |
15 MONTH OLD TODDLER, "JAMES DEAN SETTE" IS
ABDUCTED FROM HIS FOSTER PARENTS HOME. |
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