The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie events on the 7th February
French writer Emile Zola is brought to trial for libel for "J'Accuse," his newspaper editorial attacking the French army over the Dreyfus affair. (Dreyfus)
Charlie Chaplin makes his first appearance in his popular "Little Tramp" role, in Kid Auto Races at Venice. (Chaplin)
Dr. Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi doctor who performed medical experiments at the Auschwitz death camps, dies of a stroke while swimming. (Brazil) (Schindler's List)
Walter Sparrow stays away in a hotel for the night. (The Number 23)
SDF-1 Macross launch ceremony; outbreak of Space War I. (South Ataria Island, Pacific Ocean) (Macross in Clash of the Bionoids)