Daily Calendar for Friday, February 7, 2025

Events

• Madame Francisquy Hutin first introduced ballet in the U.S. when she staged The Deserter at the Bowery Theater in New York City – 1827
• American Guernsey Cattle Club founded, in New York City– 1877
• Fire began that destroyed 1,526 buildings, Baltimore, Maryland– 1904
• Aviatrix Amelia Earhart wed George Putnam– 1931
• Walt Disney’s movie Pinocchio debuted– 1940
• 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– 1943
• U.S. astronaut, Bruce McCandless II, became the first human to fly in space with a jet backpack while untethered to a spacecraft– 1984
• Stardust probe launched, Cape Canaveral, Florida– 1999
• Ellen MacArthur set a new world record by sailing around the world in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds – 2005