Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: February 7
February 7, 2024 is the 38th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 328 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: February 7
- 1074 –Pandulf IV of Benevento is killed battling the invading Normans at the Battle of Montesarchio.
- 1783 –American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
- 1819 –Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
- 1863 –HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
- 1898 –Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
- 1904 –A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
- 1907 –The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
- 1978 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
- 1991 –Haiti’s first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
- 2009 –Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia’s history.
Who were born on February 7?
- 1804 –John Deere, American manufacturer (Deere & Company) (d. 1886)
- 1878 –Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (d. 1936)
- 1906 –Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
- 1939 –Ray Taliaferro, American radio talkshow host
- 1943 –Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
- 1946 –Hector Babenco, Brazilian film director
- 1978 –Endy Chávez, baseball player
- 1979 –Cerina Vincent, American actress
- 1981 –Lee Ok-Sung, South Korean amateur boxer
- 1985 –Devis Nossa, Italian footballer
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