MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Today is Monday, February 7, the 38th day of 2011. There are 327 days left in the year.

1613 ― Michail Romanov (16) becomes czar of Russia

1639 ― Academie Francaise begins the Dictionary of the French Language

1900 ― Labour Party forms in England

1940 ― British railroads nationalized

1950 ― Senator Joe McCarthy finds ``communists" in U.S. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1958 ― Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc

1962 ― President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba

1964 ― Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for first U.S. tour

1964 ― Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim and adopts the name Muhammad Ali

1979 ― Pink Floyd premiered their live version of ``The Wall" in Los Angeles