February 7 in history: • 1783 – American Revolutionary War: After three years and seven months, Spain and France abandoned their attempt (pictured) to capture Gibraltar from the British. → go there • 1941 – Soviet border guards opened fire on civilians attempting to cross the border from the Soviet Union to Romania near Lunca, killing several hundred people. → go there • 1948 – Neil Harvey became the youngest Australian to score a century in Test cricket. → go there • 1986 – President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier fled the country after a popular uprising, ending 28 years of one-family rule in the nation. → go there • 1991 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army shelled 10 Downing Street with mortars in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister John Major. → go there Born 1741: Henry Fuseli Wiki link Born 1940: Tony Tan Wiki link Born 1973: Angel Aquino Wiki link Died 1980: Richard Williams Wiki link Pictured: Contemporary painting of the siege of Gibraltar.