2023
LeBron James (#6) of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrates with his mother, Gloria James (left); his wife, Savannah James (center); and his daughter, Zhuri James, and son, Byrce James (right), after breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s scoring record (38,387) in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
2021
Super Bowl LV: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs, 31–9; Tom Brady wins his 7th Super Bowl, a record.
2014
1998
1991
Reverend Jean-Bertrand Aristide becomes president of Haiti following the country’s first democratic elections.
1986
Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees his country, bringing an end to his family’s 28-year rule.
1979
The band Pink Floyd performs its first “The Wall” concert in Los Angeles.
1976
1969
1964
1961
1940
The film “Pinocchio,” Walt Disney’s second feature, premieres at the Center Theatre in New York.
1639
The Académie Française compiles the first dictionary of the French language.
It happened on… February 7
