It happened on a… February 7

2021

Super Bowl LV: Tampa Bay Buccaneers dominate defending champion Kansas City Chiefs, 31-9; MVP: Tom Brady, TB Bucs, QB; Brady’s record 7th SB win.

2014

XXII Winter Olympic Games open in Sochi, Russia.

1998

XVIII Winter Olympic Games open in Nagano, Japan.

1991

The Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide was sworn in as Haiti’s first democratically elected president.

1986

Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country ending 28 years of family rule.

1979

Pink Floyd premiere their live version of “The Wall” in Los Angeles

1976

Darryl Sittler (Toronto Maple Leafs) set a National Hockey League (NHL) record when he scored 10 points in a game against the Boston Bruins. He scored six goals and four assists.

1969

Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO.

1964

The Beatles pop group arrive in the United States for the first time; mass hysteria greets them at the airport.

1961

Jane Fonda made her acting debut on NBC.

1940

“Pinocchio” world premiered at the Center Theatre in Manhattan.

1639

Academie Française begins Dictionary of French Language.