This day in History - February 7

406 Historic Events for February 7
1925 Birth H Eisenreich, writer
1925 Birth Marius Constant, Rumania, Dutch composer/conductor (Paradise Lost)
1925 Birth Romolo Valli, actor (Bobby Deerfield, Fistful of Dynamite, La Viaccia)
1925 Birth Arthur Berry, artist
1926 Birth Konstantin Petrovich Feokistov, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod I)
1927 Birth John Buller, composer
1928 Event 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler)
1928 Birth Al "Fuzzy" Smith, baseball player
1931 Death Ion Vidu, composer, dies at 67
1931 Event US opera, "Peter Ibbetson," by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera NYC
1932 Birth Gay Talese, author (Honor Thy Father)
1932 Birth Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15)
1933 Death Albert Gy”rgy Earl Apponyi, Hung minister of Education, dies at 86
1933 Event Social-Dem meeting in Berlin "As thousands cheer" Marxism is dead
1933 Event Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators
1934 Birth Piet Bukman, Dutch minister for Development Aid (CDA)
1934 Birth King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US vocalist (Memphis Soul Stew)
1934 Birth Earl King, [Solomon Johnson], rocker
1934 Event 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Miss
1935 Birth Herb Kohl, (Sen-D Wisconsin)
1935 Event Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags
1936 Event A flag is authorized for Vice President
1936 Event Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer
1937 Death Elihu Root, US min of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91
1938 Birth Juan Pizarro, baseball player