February 7 Events

2011 AOL purchases the liberal website, The Huffington Post, for $315 million
2011 An archeologist using Google Maps identifies 2,000 potential archeological sites in Saudi Arabia
2010 Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, commands Iran's atomic agency to start enriching uranium at a higher level
2009 Melbourne, Australia records highest-ever temperature, sparking the deadliest brushfires in Australian history
2008 Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-122, launches to deliver laboratory to the ISS
2006 Egyptian ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio, sinks killing over 1200 people in the Red Sea
1998 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
1998 NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7
1997 U.S. and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21
1995 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting
1994 21st American Music Award: Whitney Houston wins
1994 Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge
1994 Jim Nabors undergoes a liver transplant
1993 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-20
1993 Tammie Green wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic
1992 Shannon LA Rhea Marketic, 22, (California), crowned 41st Miss USA
1991 Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president
1991 Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin and Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame
1990 Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators
1990 U.S.S.R. Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties
1990 Lisa Leslie of Morningside HS in Inglewood California scores 101 in 1st half, South Torrance HS decides not to play 2nd half and loses 102-24
1989 40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton
1989 Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan
1988 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago
1988 Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens
1988 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6
1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
1987 "Ronnies Rap" by Ron and DC Crew peaks at #93
1987 Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes bring America's Cup back to US
1987 Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1
1987 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1986 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
1986 Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti
1986 Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos
1985 "New York, New York" became the official anthem of New York City
1985 Marshall U's Bruce Morris scores a basket from 92'5"
1985 New York Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals
1984 Bruce McCandless, U.S., makes 1st untethered space walk
1984 Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS
1983 Elizabeth Dole, 1st female secretary of transportation, is sworn-in
1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1982 Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica
1979 "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC
1979 Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds President Boumedienne in Algeria