WHAT HAPPENED ON 7. FEBRUARY
Want to find out what all happened on 7. February

The second full length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres. (7. February 1940)

World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy 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. (7. February 1943)

World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle. (7. February 1944)

Korean War: 705 suspected communist sympathizers are butchered by South Korean forces. (7. February 1951)

The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports. (7. February 1962)

The Beatles first arrive in the United States. Their performance on The Ed Sullivan Show two days later would mark the beginning of the British Invasion. (7. February 1964)

Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom. (7. February 1974)

Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered. (7. February 1979)

Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). (7. February 1984)

Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation. (7. February 1986)

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power. (7. February 1990)

Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in. (7. February 1991)

The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union. (7. February 1992)

Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. (7. February 1995)

Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein. (7. February 1999)

Bushfires in Victoria leaves 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history. (7. February 2009)

President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military. (7. February 2012)