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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_7" title="February 7">February 7</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1497" title="1497">1497</a> – Supporters of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominican</a> preacher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Savonarola" title="Girolamo Savonarola">Girolamo Savonarola</a> collected and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfire_of_the_vanities" title="Bonfire of the vanities">publicly burned thousands of vanity items</a></b> such as cosmetics, art and books in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a>, Italy.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914" title="1914">1914</a><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Auto_Races_at_Venice" title="Kid Auto Races at Venice">Kid Auto Races at Venice</a></i>, featuring the first appearance of comedy actor <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a></b><span class="nowrap">'</span>s character <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tramp" title="The Tramp">the Tramp</a>, was released.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984" title="1984">1984</a> – During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger" title="Space Shuttle Challenger">Space Shuttle.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> – President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> issued a decree on the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redenomination_of_the_Azerbaijani_manat" title="Redenomination of the Azerbaijani manat">redenomination of Azerbaijan's currency</a></b>, with 1 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijani_manat#Third_manat,_2006" title="Azerbaijani manat">new manat</a> equal to 5000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijani_manat#Second_manat,_1992%E2%80%932006" title="Azerbaijani manat">old manats</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_of_the_Commission_of_Inquiry_on_Human_Rights_in_the_Democratic_People%27s_Republic_of_Korea" title="Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea">An inquiry report</a></b> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Human_Rights_Council" title="United Nations Human Rights Council">United Nations Human Rights Council</a> found systematic and wide-ranging violations of human rights in North Korea.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholom%C3%A4us_Sastrow" title="Bartholomäus Sastrow">Bartholomäus Sastrow</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1603); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deere_(inventor)" title="John Deere (inventor)">John Deere</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1804); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Doss" title="Desmond Doss">Desmond Doss</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1919); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1974)</p>