February 7 - The Plastic Chef

The Plastic Chef

This Day In History

1301

Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.

1856

The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the second piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot.

1907

The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).

1935

The classic board game Monopoly is invented.

1940

The second full length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.

1979

Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.

1984

STS-41-B Mission – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).

Famous Birthdays

1478

Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist and author (d. 1535)

1804

John Deere, American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1886)

1812

Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)

1837

Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 1915)

1867

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)

1887

Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)

1906

Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)

1920

Oscar Brand, Canadian folk musicologist

1946

Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011)

1955

Miguel Ferrer, American actor

1962

Garth Brooks, American singer
Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian

1986

Pippa Wilson, British professional sailor