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