February 7: Day Of The Week
February 7, 2013 is the 38th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 327 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
| February | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | ||
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
February 7 Historical Events
- 1807 –Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau – Napoléon’s French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland.
- 1819 –Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
- 1856 –The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
- 1900 –Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
- 1907 –The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
- 1943 –Imperial Japanese naval forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
- 1990 –Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
- 1999 –Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
- 2008 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rat in Chinese astrology.
- 2009 –Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia’s history.
Who were born on February 7?
- 1837 –Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 1915)
- 1912 –Roberta McCain, mother of John McCain
- 1915 –Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1934 –King Curtis, American saxophonist (d. 1971)
- 1937 –Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1939 –Ray Taliaferro, American radio talkshow host
- 1972 –Essence Atkins, American actress
- 1985 –Devis Nossa, Italian footballer
- 1987 –Joe Cardle, British footballer
- 1988 –Lee Joon, Korean singer (MBLAQ)
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