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January 7
January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are
358 days remaining (359 in leap years).
Events
* 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal
* 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England
* 1566 - Pius V becomes Pope
* 1598 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia
* 1610 - Galileo Galilei observes the four largest moons of Jupiter for
the first time. He named them and in turn the four are called the
Galilean moons.
* 1782 - The first American commercial bank opens (Bank of North
America).
* 1785 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries
travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a gas balloon, becoming
the first to cross the English Channel by air
* 1789 - First nationwide United States election
* 1894 - W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
* 1896 - Fannie Farmer publishes first cookbook
* 1901 - Alferd Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for
cannibalism
* 1904 - The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two
years later by "SOS."
* 1927 - First international telephone call - New York City to London
* 1927 - The Harlem Globetrotters play their first game
* 1935 - World War II: Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister
Pierre Laval sign the Italo-French agreements.
* 1942 - World War II: Siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins
* 1945 - British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in
which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge
* 1953 - President Harry Truman announces development of the hydrogen
bomb
* 1959 - The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel
Castro
* 1975 - OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%.
* 1979 - Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge are overthrown by Vietnamese troops
* 1980 - President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5
billion in loans to bail out Chrysler Corporation
* 1989 - Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan
* 1990 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety
concerns.
* 1996 - One of the worst blizzards in American. history hits eastern
states killing more than 100.
* 1999 - The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins.
Births
* 1768 - Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (+ 1844)
* 1800 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States 1850-1853
* 1831 - Heinrich von Stephan, organizer of the German postal union and
founder of the Universal postal union (+ 1897)
* 1834 - Johann Philipp Reis, physicist and inventor (+ 1874)
* 1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (+ 1921)
* 1871 - Felix ƒdouard Justin ƒmile Borel, mathematician, politician,
statesmen, member of the French Resistance during World War II (+ 1956)
* 1873 - Adolph Zukor, producer (+ 1976)
* 1890 - Henny Porten, actress (+ 1960)
* 1898 - Rudolf Fernau, actor (+ 1985)
* 1899 - Francis Poulenc, composer (+ 1963)
* 1901? - Zora Neale Hurston, writer (+ 1960)
* 1910 - Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas, segregationist (+ 1994)
* 1911 - Butterfly McQueen, actress (+ 1995)
* 1912 - Charles Addams, cartoonist (+ 1988)
* 1915 - Erwin Wickert, narrator
* 1916 - Paul Keres, chess player
* 1922 - Jean-Pierre Rampal, musician
* 1923 - Pinkas Braun, actor and film director
* 1928 - William Peter Blatty, screenwriter
* 1935 - Valeri Kubasov, cosmonaut
* 1942 - Paul Revere, singer and musician
* 1948 - Kenny Loggins, singer
* 1956 - David Caruso, actor
* 1957 - Katie Couric, television host
* 1957 - Julian Solis, world champion boxer
* 1964 - Nicolas Cage, actor
Deaths
* 1536 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England
* 1872 - James Fisk, entrepreneur
* 1893 - Jo?ef Stefan, physicist, mathematician and poet
* 1988 - Trevor Howard, actor
* 1989 - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
* 1990 - Bronko Nagurski, American football star
Holidays and observances
* Catholicism - Feast day of St. Raymond of Penafort.
* Julian calendar Christmas
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