What happened this day in history

Wikipedia defines history as the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. It came from the Greek word ‘historia’ – which means ‘inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation’.

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What are the important events that happened on February 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

February 7: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 7 is the 38th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 327 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 25, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,981,440 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontaoctagon’ day.

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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 375 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,431 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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February 7 Historical Events

  • 1074
    Pandulf IV of Benevento is killed battling the invading Normans at the Battle of Montesarchio.
  • 1907
    The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • 1943
    Imperial Japanese naval 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.
  • 1978
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
  • 1999
    Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.

Who were born on February 7?

  • 1909
    Hélder Câmara, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1999)
  • 1909
    Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian
  • 1973
    Irina Björklund, Finnish actress
  • 1983
    Sho Kamogawa, Japanese football player
  • 1983
    Teshome Getu, Ethiopian soccer player

Who died on February 7?

  • 1736
    Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666)
  • 1920
    Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (b. 1874)
  • 1960
    Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (b. 1903)
  • 1996
    Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915)
  • 2008
    Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (b. 1913)

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