Today in History: February 7, The Beatles arrive for their first US tour

Today is Friday, Feb. 7, the 38th time of 2025. There are 327 days near successful the year.

Today successful history:

On Feb. 7, 1964, the Beatles were met by thousands of screaming fans astatine New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport arsenic they arrived to statesman their archetypal American tour.

Also connected this date:

In 1904, the Great Baltimore Fire began; 1 of the worst metropolis fires successful American history, it destroyed implicit 1,500 buildings successful cardinal Baltimore.

In 1943, the authorities abruptly announced that wartime rationing of shoes made of leather would spell into effect successful 2 days, limiting consumers to buying 3 pairs per idiosyncratic per year. (This was reduced to 2 pairs per twelvemonth successful 1944; rationing was lifted successful October 1945.)

In 1971, women successful Switzerland gained the close to ballot done a nationalist referendum, 12 years aft a erstwhile effort failed.

In 1984, abstraction shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went connected the archetypal untethered spacewalk.

In 1991, Jean-Bertrand Aristide (zhahn behr-TRAHN’ ahr-ihs-TEED’) was inaugurated arsenic the archetypal democratically elected president of Haiti. (He was overthrown by the subject the pursuing September.)

In 1999, Jordan’s King Hussein died of crab astatine property 63; helium was succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah.

In 2013, Mississippi certified its ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, making it the past authorities to officially abolish slavery.

In 2021, aft moving southbound to a caller squad and conference, Tom Brady led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 31-9 Super Bowl triumph implicit the Kansas City Chiefs connected the Buccaneers’ location field.

In 2023, Lebron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to go the NBA’s all-time vocation scoring leader.

Today’s birthdays:

• Author Gay Talese is 93.
• Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., is 73.
• Actor James Spader is 65.
• Country vocalist Garth Brooks is 63.
• Actor-comedian Eddie Izzard is 63.
• Actor-comedian Chris Rock is 60.
• Actor Essence Atkins is 53.
• Basketball Hall of Famer Steve Nash is 51.
• Actor Ashton Kutcher is 47.
• Actor Deborah Ann Woll is 40.
• NFL backmost Matthew Stafford is 37.
• NHL guardant Steven Stamkos is 35.