What Happened on February 7, 2023

Historical Events

LeBron Breaks Kareem's Record

LeBron James scores 38 points to become NBA's all-time leading scorer as the Lakers go down 133-130 to Oklahoma City Thunder in Los Angeles; surpasses Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 38,387 career points [1]

UK Metropolitan police officer David Carrick jailed for life for 85 serious offences including 48 rapes over 17 years, amid calls for a radical overhaul of the police service [1]

Biden's State of the Union

US President Joe Biden delivers his state of the Union address, calling out the ultra-wealthy including Big Oil, addressing increasing threats from China and the killing of Tyre Nichols

46th US President, Vice President and Senator Joe Biden

Events in 2023

Famous Deaths

František Cipro, Czech soccer forward (SK Slavia Prague 232 games) and manager (SK Slavia Prague, SK Dynamo České Budějovice), dies at 75
Friedel Lutz, German soccer full-back (12 caps West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.), dies at 84
Oleksandr Radchenko, Ukrainian soccer left-back (17 caps; FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), dies at 46

Died in 2023 2023 Highlights