Important Events From This day in History February 7

 

1964 U.S.A. The Beatles

1964 : The Beatles arrive on their first visit to the United States, where Thousands of fans greet them at Kennedy Airport in New York in what can only be described as Beetle Mania. The Beatles' first scheduled appearance was on American television on Sunday on the Ed Sullivan show ( 73 million people or 40% of Americans tuned into watch the Beatles sing All My Loving, Till There Was You, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There and I Want To Hold Your Hand. )

1984 First Human To Fly In Space

1984 : Astronaut Bruce McCandless unhooked a lifeline and became the first human to fly free in space , using a gas-powered jet-pack to propel himself nearly 300 feet away from the Earth-orbiting U.S. space shuttle Challenger and back again

1945 Leaders Meet To Plan End of War

Allied Leaders Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Franklin D Roosevelt and Marshal Joseph Stalin, meet at a secret location in the Black Sea area planning the final phase of the war against Germany and the future of Europe now that the end of the war is assured.

1926 U.S.A Shooting

Charles B. Metcalfe was said to have been connected with shootings that had taken place on his farm located in Texas. These shots were said to have taken place on purpose with the intent to murder four youth.

The four young people that had been shot were mildly to seriously wounded. One was already out of the hospital, while another was facing the possibility of amputation at this time. As of this date, none of the wounds appeared to be fatal.

Metcalf's counsel (presumably his legal representation, lawyer) stated that his gun had accidentally discharged as Metcalf went to find out what the youth were up to. Metcalf's lawyer had also said that one youth had "grazed" (either brushed against him gently, or lightly scratched him) Metcalf with a vehicle at the time that the gun had gone off.

Metcalf was able to be released as of the posting of a $1,000 bail. A grand jury investigation was pending.

1937 Red Cross

Colonel H.P. Williamson, the chairman of the local Red Cross Chapter advocates for more donations on this day. He made his appeal to the citizens in Calhoun County of Alabama to contribute additional money to be used for flood relief-and for those who have not donated to so.

The money requested by Williamson had been originally requested by the Red Cross Headquarters. A total of $5,535 had been raised as of this time.

1950 Strike

After at least a few day of negotiating with federal mediators, a CIO Communication Workers of America walkout was postponed until the 24th. It was originally scheduled for Wednesday, 8th.

The CIO union's president Joseph A. Beirne mentioned that executives had voted on the decision to postpone the walkout. The hope was that the postponement would provide more time to help settle an agreement between CIO and the Bell Telephone System.

The strike scheduled to take place as of this date would involve at least 300,000 workers (100,000 would in the first walkout, the other 200,000 in the second walkout). Western Electric, Pacific, and Mountain State Bell telephone companies were to possibly be involved, as this strike was intended to shut down the entire Bell operation.

1951 Bowling

A Chicago bowler had received second place in the $48,000 Peterson Bowling Classic. He had only bowled 16 pins behind the first place winner on the night before this report was made. This tournament was scheduled to conclude on the following Sunday.

1962 Embargo Imports From Cuba

A U.S. embargo ordered by President Kennedy will go into effect on all imports from Cuba including tobacco, seafood, fruits and vegetables

1965 Vietnam US Retaliation

U.S. had retaliated against North Vietnam on this day, shortly after an attack took place against the U.S. at Camp Holloway. The Holloway attack had killed U.S. military men and had wounded 109 others. Moreover, 20 aircraft were damaged.

Two men, John T. McNaughton and McGeorge Bundy were reported as waiting for a chance to attack North Vietnam. They were very instrumental in urging President Johnson to allow the retaliatory attack against the North Vietnamese at Dong Hoi, which is a training camp.

A North Vietnamese military communications center was also attacked by the U.S. This all took place in hopes that it would end the war, but instead the war had escalated.

1967 Australia Bush Fires Kill 62

1967: 125 separate bush fires in southern Tasmania claim 62 lives, 900 injured and over seven thousand homeless The city of Hobart is encircled by fire leaving 52 dead just in that area, in total the fires burned over 1/2 million acres of land

1971 Switzerland Women Get The Vote

Women in Switzerland were granted the right to vote today there are only five other countries who still continue to bar women from the polls, the Arab states of Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, and tiny Liechtenstein.

1974 Grenada Independence

Grenada is given independence from Great Britain

1974 UK Miners Strike

1974 : Following the announcement of the miners strike The Prime Minister Edward Heath calls an early general election hoping to get the countries voters to stand behind him and provide support for his battle against the unions. ( The voters did not provide the support he badly needed to stand up against the unions and a Minority Labour Government headed by Harold Wilson Labour's won the election )

1975 Canada 55 MPH Speed Limit

A speed limit of 55 mph was mandated by Canada. This action took place two years after Nixon had required a 55 mph speed limit in the United States.

One of the reasons that Nixon had lowered the speed limit was to conserve on gasoline. He also lowered this speed limit to help reduce the amount of highway way traffic deaths.

1990 Soviet Union Communist Party

The Central Committee of the Soviet Union's Communist Party agrees to endorse President Mikhail Gorbachev's recommendation that the party give up its 70-year long monopoly of political power

1992 Maastricht Treaty

The Maastricht Treaty calling for greater economic integration, common foreign and security policies, and cooperation between police and other authorities on crime, terrorism, and immigration issues is signed by ministers foreign and finance ministers of the EC member states of the European Community.

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