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File:Ramzi Yousef.gif|Ramzi Yousef
File:Bruce McCandless II during EVA in 1984.jpg|Astronaut Bruce McCandless "free-flying" in space
File:Prince of Wales's feathers Badge.svg|Badge of the Prince of Wales
File:February 7 Victoria Bushfires - MODIS Aqua.jpg|Plume of smoke caused by Black Saturday bushfires
File:Baby Doc (centrée).jpg|Jean-Claude Duvalier
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File:Steve Jobs Headshot 2010-CROP2.jpg|Steve Jobs
File:Jordan Scorpions (cropped).jpg|Michael Jordan in training <br />with the [[Scottsdale Scorpions]]
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==Ineligible==
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|[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Grenada]]''' ([[1974]]);
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| [[457]] – '''[[Leo I the Thracian|{{nowrap|Leo I}}]]'''<!-- ''(pictured on [[solidus (coin)|solidus]])''--> was crowned [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine emperor]], and went on to rule for nearly 20 years.
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| [[1807]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The '''[[Battle of Eylau]]''' began between the [[First French Empire|French Empire]], and [[Russian Empire|Russian]] and [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] forces of the [[War of the Fourth Coalition|Fourth Coalition]] near [[Bagrationovsk|Preußisch Eylau]], [[East Prussia]].
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| [[1863]] – In New Zealand's worst maritime tragedy, '''[[HMS Orpheus (1860)|HMS ''Orpheus'']]''' of the [[Royal Navy|British Royal Navy]] sank off the coast of [[Auckland]], killing 189 crew out of the ship's complement of 259.
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| [[1894]] – The [[Western Federation of Miners]] '''[[Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894|began a five-month strike]]''' in [[Cripple Creek, Colorado]], the only [[strike action]] in U.S. history where the state [[militia (United States)|militia]] was called to support the strikers.
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| [[1904]] – The '''[[Great Baltimore Fire]]''' in [[Maryland]] began, and destroyed over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
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| [[1971]] – In Switzerland, voters approved a [[Swiss Federal Constitution|constitutional amendment]] introducing '''[[Women's suffrage in Switzerland|women's suffrage]]''' in federal elections and referenda.
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| [[1992]] – The '''[[Maastricht Treaty]]''' was signed by the members of the [[European Communities]], which led to the formation of the [[European Union]].
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| [[2009]] – A series of 400 individual [[Bushfires in Australia|bushfire]]s ignited across the [[States and territories of Australia|Australian state]] of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia, on '''[[Black Saturday bushfires|Black Saturday]]'''<!-- ''(satellite image pictured)''-->, eventually resulting in 173 total deaths.
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| [[2012]] – Several months of '''[[2011–12 Maldives political crisis|political crisis in the Maldives]]''' culminated in the resignation of President '''[[Mohamed Nasheed]]'''.
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==Eligible==
* [[1783]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: After three years and seven months, Spain and France '''[[Great Siege of Gibraltar|abandoned their attempt]]''' to capture [[Gibraltar]] from the British.
* [[1813]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: Two evenly matched French and British [[frigate]]s '''[[Action of 7 February 1813|fought for four hours]]''' at the [[Îles de Los]] off the coast of Guinea, resulting in a stalemate.
* [[1900]] – A [[History of Chinese Americans|Chinese immigrant]] in San Francisco fell ill to [[bubonic plague]] in the '''[[San Francisco plague of 1900–1904|first such epidemic in the continental United States]]'''.
* [[1940]] – [[Walt Disney]]'s '''''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]''''', the first animated feature to win a competitive [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], debuted at the [[Center Theatre (New York City)|Center Theatre]] in New York City.
* [[1943]] – [[World War II]]: Japan successfully '''[[Operation Ke|withdrew its troops]]''' from [[Guadalcanal]].
* [[1984]] – During the [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] mission '''[[STS-41-B|{{nowrap|STS-41-B}}]]''', astronauts [[Bruce McCandless II|Bruce {{nowrap|McCandless II}}]] and [[Robert L. Stewart]] performed the first untethered [[Extravehicular activity|spacewalk]].
* [[1986]] – President of Haiti '''[[Jean-Claude Duvalier]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> fled the country after a popular uprising, ending 28 years of one-family rule in the nation.
* [[1994]] – Having retired four months earlier, American basketball player '''[[Michael Jordan]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> signed a contract with the [[Chicago White Sox]] to play baseball.
* [[1995]] – '''[[Ramzi Yousef]]''', one of the main perpetrators of the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]] and the bombing of [[Philippine Airlines Flight 434]], was arrested in [[Islamabad]], Pakistan.
* [[1997]] – [[Steve Jobs]] returned to [[Apple Inc.]] as a consultant after the company purchased his startup '''[[NeXT|NeXT Software]]'''.
* [[1999]] – '''[[Abdullah II of Jordan|Abdullah II]]''' became the reigning King of the [[Hashemites|Hashemite]] Kingdom of Jordan following the death of his father King [[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein]].
* [[2014]] – Researchers announced the discovery of the '''[[Happisburgh footprints]]''' in [[Norfolk]], England, the oldest known [[Hominidae|hominid]] footprints outside Africa at more than 800,000 years old.
* Born/died this day: | '''[[Lü Bu]]'''<!--Chinese warlord--> |d|199| '''[[Alfonsina Orsini]]'''<!--Regent of Florence, female--> |d|1520| '''[[Bartholomäus Sastrow]]'''<!--German official--> |d|1603| '''[[Azar Bigdeli]]'''<!--Iranian anthologist--> |b|1722| '''[[Henry Fuseli]]'''<!--Swiss painter--> |b|1741| '''[[Louisa Jane Hall]]'''<!--American poet--> |b|1802|'''[[John Deere (inventor)|John Deere]]'''<!--American manufacturer--> |b|1804| '''[[Desmond Doss]]'''<!--American army medic--> |b|1919| '''[[Herman Vandenburg Ames]]'''<!--American historian--> |d|1935| '''[[Steve Nash]]'''<!--Canadian basketball player--> |b|1974

==Notes==
* [[Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|15th]] and [[Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|16th]] Amendments appear on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 3|February 3]], so 11th Amendment should not appear in the same year
* [[Pixar]] appears on February 3, so NeXT should not appear in the same year
* [[Bill Ponsford]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 5|February 5]], so Neil Harvey should not appear in the same year
* [[2004 Haitian coup d'état]] also appears on February 5 so Jean-Claude Duvalier should not appear in the same year
* [[Black Thursday bushfires]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 6|February 6]], so Black Saturday should not appear in the same year
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'''[[February 7]]'''
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* [[1497]] – Supporters of [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] preacher [[Girolamo Savonarola]] collected and '''[[Bonfire of the vanities|publicly burned thousands of vanity items]]''' such as cosmetics, art, and books in [[Florence]], Italy.
* [[1795]] –  The '''[[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution|Eleventh Amendment]]''' to the [[Constitution of the United States|United States Constitution]], limiting the ability of U.S. citizens and foreign nationals to sue U.S. states in [[Federal judiciary of the United States|federal courts]], was ratified<!-- in order to overrule the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] decision in ''[[Chisholm v. Georgia]]''-->.
* [[1914]] – The film ''[[Kid Auto Races at Venice]]''<!--not bold, short-->, featuring the first appearance of comedy actor '''[[Charlie Chaplin]]'''{{`}}s character "[[The Tramp]]"<!--not bold, refimprove section--> ''(pictured)'', was released.
* [[1948]] – '''[[Neil Harvey]]''' became the youngest [[Australia national cricket team|Australian]] to score a [[century (cricket)|century]] in [[Test cricket]].
* [[1991]] – [[The Troubles]]: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] '''[[Downing Street mortar attack|shelled {{nowrap|10 Downing}} Street with mortars]]''' in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister [[John Major]].
{{Born and died list| '''[[Margaret Fownes-Luttrell]]'''<!--English noblewoman--> |b|1726| '''[[Eddie Izzard]]'''<!--British actor and comedian--> |b|1962| '''[[Anne Morrow Lindbergh]]'''<!--American writer--> |d|2001}}
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