How Many Days Until February 7?

This day in history: February 7

1. 1994

   Having retired four months earlier, American basketball player Michael Jordan signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox to play baseball.

2. 1995

   Ramzi Yousef, one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434, was arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.

3. 1997

   Steve Jobs returned to Apple Inc. as a consultant after the company's acquisition of his technology startup NeXT.

4. 1999

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

5. 2005

   President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on the redenomination of Azerbaijan's currency, with 1 new manat equal to 5000 old manats.

6. 2014

   An inquiry report of the United Nations Human Rights Council found systematic and wide-ranging violations of human rights in North Korea.

7. 2014

   Researchers announced the discovery of the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa, at more than 800,000 years old.

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