Today's selected anniversaries: 7th February 2026 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunca_massacre 1948: Neil Harvey became the youngest Australian to score a century in Test cricket. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Harvey 1986: President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier fled the country after a popular uprising, ending 28 years of one-family rule in the nation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Duvalier 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downing_Street_mortar_attack