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February 7: Chinese New Year's Day (2008); Losar in Tibet (2008); Tết Nguyên Ðán in Vietnam (2008); Independence Day in Grenada
- 1301 – Edward of Carnarvon, the future King Edward II (pictured), became the first English heir apparent to hold the title as Prince of Wales.
- 1807 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Eylau began between the French Empire, and Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition near Preußisch Eylau, East Prussia.
- 1863 – HMS Orpheus, a corvette of the Royal Navy, sank off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189 crew out of the ship's complement of 259.
- 1984 – During NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-B, astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart performed the first and second untethered spacewalks, respectively, using Manned Maneuvering Units.
- 1992 – The Maastricht Treaty, which led to the formation of the European Union, was signed in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
More events: February 6 – February 7 – February 8
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In what state is Mississippi City? -- Zoe
e day? my calc professor was talking about pi day, and mentioned e day, for E (mathematical constant) 68.7.239.234 03:00, 16 March 2006 (UTC)awfulshot
[edit] Disparity? Dionne Quan
I didn't know who "Dionne Quan" was so I followed the wikilink. There I found "Dionne Quan (born October 20, 1978)" - so which page is incorrect?Eh Nonymous (talk) 12:13, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
- Always go with the supporting article. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 14:32, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
