Event:
TransAsia Airways suspends flights and begins retraining all its pilots in compliance with orders from Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration after the crash of Flight 235 into the Keelung River three days ago
More Notable Events on February 7:
1998 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
1984 Bruce McCandless, U.S., makes 1st untethered space walk
1983 Elizabeth Dole, 1st female secretary of transportation, is sworn-in
1964 Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for 1st U.S. tour
1962 President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba
