Today In History For February 7th 2011

Today is Monday February 7th and its the 38th day of 2011. There are 327 days left in the year.

On this day in 1984, space shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered space walk which lasted nearly six hours.

The government announced the start of shoe rationing, limiting customers to buying three pairs per person for the remainder of the year on this day in 1943.

The year was 1936 and it was on this day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized a flag for the office of the vice president.