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