Daily Calendar for February 7th, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1800s

• Born 1804: John Deere (farm equipment manufacturer)

1810s

• Born 1812: Charles Dickens (author)

1820s

• 1827: Madame Francisquy Hutin first introduced ballet in the U.S. when she staged The Deserter at the Bowery Theater in New York City

1860s

• Born 1867: Laura Ingalls Wilder (author)

1870s

• 1877: American Guernsey Cattle Club founded, in New York City

1880s

• Born 1885: Sinclair Lewis (novelist)

1900s

• 1904: Fire began that destroyed 1,526 buildings, Baltimore, Md.

1930s

• 1931: Aviatrix Amelia Earhart wed George Putnam

1940s

• 1940: Walt Disney's movie Pinocchio debuted

• 1943: Shoe rationing was announced in the United States in response to the shortage of leather during World War II. Citizens were restricted to three pairs of new shoes a year until 1945

1960s

• Born 1960: James Spader (actor)

• Born 1962: Garth Brooks (musician)

• Born 1966: Chris Rock (comedian & actor)

1970s

• Born 1974: Steve Nash (basketball player)

• Born 1978: Ashton Kutcher (actor)

1980s

• 1984: U.S. astronaut, Bruce McCandless II, became the first human to fly in space with a jet backpack while untethered to a spacecraft

• Born 1985: Tina Majorino (actress)

1990s

• 1999: Stardust probe launched, Cape Canaveral, Florida

2000s

• Died 2000: Doug Henning (magician)

• Died 2001: Dale Evans (actress)

• Died 2001: Anne Morrow Lindbergh (aviator & author)

2010s

• Died 2017: Richard Hatch (actor, writer, producer)