February 7

Charlie Chaplin as "The Tramp"

1497 Supporters of the Dominican priest Girolamo Savonarola collected and publicly
burned thousands of objects such as cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy.

1813 Napoleonic Wars: Two evenly matched frigates from the French Navy and the
British Royal Navyfought for four hours, causing significant damage, but resulted in a
stalemate.

1914 The film Kid Auto Races at Venice, featuring the first appearance of comedy
actor Charlie Chaplin's character "The Tramp" (pictured), was released.

1943 World War II: Japan successfully withdrew its troops from Guadalcanal.

1999 Abdullah II became the reigning King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
following the death of his father King Hussein.