History for February 7

History for February 7 - On-This-Day.com:
Sir Thomas More 1478, John Deere 1804, Charles Dickens 1812 

Frederick Douglas 1817, Laura Ingalls Wilder 1867, Sinclair Lewis 1885 

Pete Postlethwaite 1946 - Actor, James Spader 1960, Garth Brooks 1962 


1795 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. 


1893 - Elisha Gray patented a machine called the telautograph. It automatically signed autographs to documents. 


1913 - The Turks lost 5,000 men in a battle with the Bulgarian army in Gallipoli. 


1922 - DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace offered 5,000 copies of "Reader's Digest" magazine for the first time. 


1944 - During World War II, the Germans launched a counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy. 


1985 - "Sports Illustrated" released its annual swimsuit edition. It was the largest regular edition in the magazine’s history at 218 pages. 


1985 - "New York, New York" became the official anthem of New York City.