About February 7
February 7, 2025 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.
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Aquarius is the sun 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.
What Happened On February 7
- 457 –Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1301 –Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
- 1783 –American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
- 1795 –The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- 1812 –The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
- 1842 –Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
- 1856 –The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
- 1894 –The Cripple Creek miner’s strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
- 1897 –Greco-Turkish War: The first full-scale battle takes place when the Greek expeditionary force in Crete defeats a 4,000-strong Ottoman force at Livadeia.
- 1898 –Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
- 1900 –Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
- 1904 –A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
- 1935 –The classic board game Monopoly is invented.
- 1944 –World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
- 1948 –Sancheong-Hamyang massacre:Korean War
- 1962 –The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
- 1974 –Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 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).
- 1999 –Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
- 2008 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rat in Chinese astrology.
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