Today is Friday, Feb. 7. On this date:
1812
Author Charles Dickens was born in Landport, Portsmouth, England.
1817
America's first public gas street lamp was lighted in Baltimore at the corner of Market and Lemon streets (now East Baltimore and Holliday streets).
1940
Walt Disney's second animated feature, "Pinocchio," premiered in New York.
1943
The government abruptly announced that wartime rationing of shoes made of leather would go into effect in two days, limiting consumers to buying three pairs per person per year. (Rationing was lifted in October 1945.)
1948
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as U.S. Army chief of staff; he was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley.
1962
President John F. Kennedy imposed a full trade embargo on Cuba.
1964
The Beatles arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to begin their first American tour.
1984
Space shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered spacewalk, which lasted nearly six hours.
1986
The Philippines held a presidential election marred by charges of fraud against the incumbent, Ferdinand E. Marcos. Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country, ending 28 years of his family's rule.
1991
Jean-Bertrand Aristide was inaugurated as the first democratically elected president of Haiti (he was overthrown by the military the following September).
1998
The Winter Olympic Games were opened in Nagano, Japan, by Emperor Akihito.
1999
Jordan's King Hussein died of cancer at age 63; he was succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah.
2001
Death claimed singer-actress Dale Evans at age 88 and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, widow of aviator Charles Lindbergh, at age 94.
2010
A nearly completed Kleen Energy Systems power plant in Middletown, Connecticut, exploded, killing six people and injuring 50.
2015
Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner was involved in a fatal multiple-vehicle crash on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, that left one woman dead and several others injured.
2019
Albert Finney, one of the most respected and versatile actors of his generation, died at a London hospital at the age of 82. Frank Robinson, the first black manager in Major League Baseball, died in Los Angeles at the age of 83.
Today's Birthdays
Author Gay Talese is 88.
Reggae musician Brian Travers (UB40) is 61.
Comedy writer Robert Smigel is 60.
Actor James Spader is 60.
Country singer Garth Brooks is 58.
Rock musician David Bryan (Bon Jovi) is 58.
Actor-comedian Eddie Izzard is 58.
Actor-comedian Chris Rock is 55.
Actor Jason Gedrick is 53.
Actress Essence Atkins is 48.
Rock singer-musician Wes Borland is 45.
Rock musician Tom Blankenship (My Morning Jacket) is 42.
Actor Ashton Kutcher is 42.
Actress Tina Majorino is 35.
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