February 7th in History
February 7th in History
- 1900: Labour Party forms in England
- 1984: US astronaut Bruce McCandless is the first person to 'Spacewalk' untethered to a spacecraft
- 1990: The Soviet Communist Party leadership agrees to surrender its 70-year monopoly on power, paving the way for a multi-party democracy
- 1992: European Community ministers formally sign the Maastricht Treaty, paving the way for the creation of the European Union.
February 7th birthdays
- 1812: Charles Dickens, British writer
- 1932: Gay Talese, American actor.
- 1943: Gareth Hunt, British actor
- 1945: Pete Postlethwaite, American actor.
