(+) Utopist Thomas More is born in London, United Kingdom.
244 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 7 February 1769
(-) 248th Pope Clementius XIII originally Carlo Rezzonico, dies at the age of 75 in Rome, Italy.
201 YEARS AGO - on Friday 7 February 1812
(+) Writer Charles John Huffam Dickens aka Boz, is born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
150 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 7 February 1863
(x) 189 Die in HMS Orpheus shipwreck in Auckland, New Zealand.
135 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 7 February 1878
(-) 255th Pope Pius IX originally Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, dies at the age of 85 in Rome, Vatican City, Italy.
He was the longest reigning pope (over 31 years) ever.
109 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 7 February 1904
(-) Black murderous couple Mr and Mrs Holbert are lynched by burning in Doddsville, Missouri, USA.
107 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 7 February 1906
(+) The Last Emperor of China Henry Puyi is born in Beijing, China.
99 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 7 February 1914
(+) Assassin of Leon Trotsky, Ramón del Rio Hernández Mercader aka Jacques Mornard aka Frank Jacson, is born in Barcelona, Spain.
77 YEARS AGO - on Friday 7 February 1936
(-) Murderer John Daugherty is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Virginia, USA.
51 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 7 February 1962
(x) 298 Die in coal-mine explosion in Völklingen, Germany.
34 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 7 February 1979
(-) Nazi-doctor Josef Mengele aka The White Angel, drowns while swimming at the beach at the age of 67 in Beritoga, Brazil.
32 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 7 February 1981
(-) Fatima Sohnenberg is strangled by Michael Wolpert aka The Strong Sex Drive, at the age of 42 in Frankfurt, Rodgau, Germany.
26 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 7 February 1987
(-) Sarah Lindsey is raped, beaten and finally starved to death by Gary Heidnik aka The Cellar of Horror Murderer, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
19 YEARS AGO - on Monday 7 February 1994
(-) Composer Witold Lutoslawski dies of cancer at the age of 81 in Warschau, Poland.
18 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 7 February 1995
(-) Murderer Jeffrey Motley is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.
6 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 7 February 2007
(-) Triple murderer James Lewis Jackson is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.
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