Daily Calendar for Saturday, February 7, 2026

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John Deere (farm equipment manufacturer) – 1804
Charles Dickens (English author; born in Portsmouth, England) – 1812
Laura Ingalls Wilder (author) – 1867
Sinclair Lewis (novelist) – 1885
Lela Brooks (Canadian speed skater; born in Toronto, Canada) – 1908
James Spader (actor) – 1960
Garth Brooks (musician) – 1962
Chris Rock (comedian & actor) – 1966
Steve Nash (Canadian basketball player and coach Steve Nash was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.) – 1974
Ashton Kutcher (actor) – 1978
Tina Majorino (actress) – 1985

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