### February 7 On February 7 2021, the U.S. Senate voted to approve President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. The legislation is meant to provide relief from the economic and health impacts of the pandemic. Other significant events that have occurred on February 7 include the launch of the space shuttle Challenger in 1983, the passage of the 15th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in 1870, and the first radio broadcast by Guglielmo Marconi in 1895.