January 7
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January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 358 days remaining until the end of the year (359 in leap years). For Orthodox Christians, this is when Christmas is celebrated.
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Events [change]
- 1325 – Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal.
- 1350 - Guttorm Palsson, Bishop of Stavanger in Norway, dies, as the last known death from Europe's 1347-1350 Plague epidemic.
- 1558 – France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England.
- 1566 – Pius V becomes Pope.
- 1598 – Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia.
- 1601 – Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
- 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.
- 1797 – The parliament of the Repubblica Cisalpina adopts the Italian green-white-red tricolour as official flag. It is the birthday of the flag of Italy.
- 1835 – HMS Beagle anchors off the Chonos Archipelago.
- 1894 – W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
- 1896 – Fannie Farmer publishes her 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."
- 1911 – Mary Pickford marries Owen Moore.
- 1919 - Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation (take-over) of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
- 1922 – Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes.
- 1924 – George Gershwin completes Rhapsody in Blue.
- 1926 – George Burns marries Gracie Allen.
- 1927 – First international telephone call – New York City to London.
- 1927 – The Harlem Globetrotters play their first basketball game.
- 1931 - Guy Menzies becomes the first person to, on his own, fly non-stop from Australia to New Zealand in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast after crossing the Tasman Sea.
- 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.
- 1950 – A fire at the Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa kills 41 people.
- 1953 – President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb.
- 1954 – The first public demonstration of a machine translation system was held in New York at the head office of IBM.
- 1959 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
- 1960 - The UGM-27 Polaris missile is test-launched.
- 1968 - The Surveyor 7 spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- 1973 - Mark Essex shoots 10 people dead and injures 13 at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, before being shot dead by police.
- 1975 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%.
- 1979 – Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia are overthrown by Vietnamese troops.
- 1980 – US President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out Chrysler Corporation.
- 1984 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
- 1989 – Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan.
- 1990 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns.
- 1991 – Roger Lafontant attempts a coup in Haiti.
- 1996 – One of the worst blizzards in American history hits eastern states killing more than 100.
- 1997 – A team of programmers at the University of Regensburg, Germany releases Tibia, one of the earliest graphical MMORPGs.
- 1999 – The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins.
- 1999 - A series of landslides in Indonesia kills over 100 people.
- 2006 - In the UK, Charles Kennedy resigns as leader of the Liberal Democrats, having come under pressure after admitting that he had a drink problem.
Births [change]
- 1355 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (d. 1397)
- 1502 – Pope Gregory XIII (d. 1585)
- 1528 – Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (d. 1572)
- 1624 - Guarino Guarini, Italian architect (d. 1683)
- 1634 - Adam Krieger, German composer (d. 1666)
- 1685 – Jonas Alstromer, Swedish agriculture and industry pioneer (d. 1761)
- 1713 - Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian opera director and impresario (d. 1785)
- 1718 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790)
- 1768 – Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (d. 1844)
- 1796 – Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817)
- 1797 – Mariano Paredes, Mexican military and politician (d. 1849)
- 1800 – Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)
- 1827 – Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer (d. 1915)
- 1830 – Albert Bierstadt, German-American painter (d. 1902)
- 1832 - James Munro, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)
- 1833 - Josep Manyanet i Vives, Catalan priest (d. 1901)
- 1834 – Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and inventor (d. 1874)
- 1844 – Bernadette Soubirous, French saint (d. 1879)
- 1845 – Ludwig III of Bavaria (d. 1921)
- 1858 - Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Russian-Israeli journalist and promoter of Hebrew (d. 1922)
- 1860 - Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (d. 1902)
- 1873 – Adolph Zukor, Hungarian producer (d. 1976)
- 1875 - Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1963)
- 1883 - Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, British admiral (d. 1963)
- 1885 - Edwin Swatek, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)
- 1888 – Vera de Bosset, Russian artist (d. 1915)
- 1891 - Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960)
- 1895 - Clara Haskill, Romanian pianist (d. 1960)
- 1896 - Arnold Ridley, British playwright and actor (d. 1984)
- 1899 - Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (d. 1963)
- 1903 - Alan Napier, British actor (d. 1988)
- 1907 – Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist (d. 1993)
- 1910 – Orval Faubus, American politician, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)
- 1911 - Butterfly McQueen, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1916 - Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (d. 1975)
- 1918 – Elena Ceausescu, First Lady of Romania (d. 1989)
- 1922 – Francisco Aramburu, Brazilian footballer (d. 1997)
- 1922 - Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flautist (d. 2000)
- 1922 - Eric Jupp, British-born Australian composer, arranger and conductor (d. 2003)
- 1925 – Gerald Durrell, British naturalist and author (d. 1995)
- 1925 - Robert Cormier, American writer (d. 2000)
- 1934 – Tassos Papadopoulos, President of Cyprus (d. 2008)
- 1935 - Valeri Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1937 - Carlos Westendorf, Spanish diplomat
- 1939 – Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
- 1941 – John E. Walker, British chemist
- 1941 - Frederick D. Gregory, American astronaut
- 1942 – Vasily Alekseyev, Russian weightlifter (d. 2011)
- 1942 – Paul Revere, American musician
- 1943 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb (d. 1955)
- 1944 – Mario Bertini, Italian footballer
- 1945 – Raila Odinga, Kenyan politician
- 1946 – Vann Nath, Cambodian painter (d. 2011)
- 1948 – Ichiro Mizuki, Japanese singer
- 1948 – Kenny Loggins, American singer
- 1951 - Talgat Musabayev, Kazakhstani cosmonaut
- 1953 - Dieter Hoeness, German footballer
- 1956 – Uwe Ochsenknecht, German actor and singer
- 1956 – David Caruso, American actor
- 1957 – Katie Couric, American newscaster
- 1958 – Linda Kozlowski, American actress
- 1960 - Loretta Sanchez, American politician
- 1962 – Abigail Johnson, American businesswoman
- 1964 – Nicolas Cage, American actor
- 1966 - Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (d. 2012)
- 1966 – Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist (d. 1999)
- 1967 – Nick Clegg, British politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1970 – Andy Burnham, British politician
- 1970 – Doug E. Doug, American actor
- 1970 – Joao Ricardo, Angolan footballer
- 1971 – DJ Otzi, Austrian DJ, musician and rapper
- 1971 – Jeremy Renner, American actor and singer
- 1972 – Donald Brashear, American-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Marcelo Bordon, Brazilian footballer
- 1977 – Dustin Diamond, American actor
- 1978 – Emilio Palma, first person to be born on the continent of Antarctica
- 1978 – Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electrician, shot dead by police in London (d. 2005)
- 1983 – Natalie Gulbis, American golfer
- 1985 – Lewis Hamilton, British racecar driver
- 1985 - Wayne Routledge, English footballer
- 1986 – Grant Leadbitter, English footballer
- 1988 - Haley Bennett, American singer and actress
- 1989 - Emiliano Insua, Argentine footballer
- 1990 – Liam Aiken, American actor
- 1990 – Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
- 1990 – Camryn Grimes, American actress
- 1990 – Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
- 1991 – Caster Semenya, South African athlete
- 1991 - Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer
- 1997 - Ayumi Ishida, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
Deaths [change]
- 312 – Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint
- 1285 - King Charles I of Naples (b. 1226)
- 1325 – King Dinis of Portugal (b. 1261)
- 1355 - Ines de Castro, Castilian royal (b. 1320)
- 1536 – Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (b. 1485)
- 1625 - Ruggiero Giovanelli, Italian composer (b. 1560)
- 1655 - Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)
- 1730 - Arni Magnusson, Icelandic scholar (b. 1663)
- 1758 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (b. 1686)
- 1770 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695)
- 1830 – Thomas Lawrence, English painter (b. 1769)
- 1830 - Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Queen of Portugal (b. 1775)
- 1864 – Caleb Blood Smith, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
- 1872 – James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)
- 1882 - Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor and chemist (b. 1822)
- 1892 - Tewfik Pasha, Khedive (ruler) of Egypt (b. 1852)
- 1893 – Jožef Stefan, Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet (b. 1835)
- 1913 - Jack Boyle, American baseball player (b. 1866)
- 1920 – Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
- 1927 - Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician (b. 1851)
- 1932 - Andre Maginot, French civil servant, soldier and politician (b. 1877)
- 1943 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-born inventor and electrical engineer (b. 1856).
- 1944 - Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States (b. 1874)
- 1951 – René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (b. 1886)
- 1963 - Arthur Moore, Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
- 1964 – Cyril Davies, blues musician (b. 1932)
- 1972 – John Berryman, American poet (b. 1914)
- 1973 - Mark Essex, American spree killer (b. 1949)
- 1975 – Sinéad de Valera, wife of Irish statesman Éamon de Valera (b. 1878)
- 1984 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist (b. 1902)
- 1986 - P. D. Eastman, American writer and illustrator (b. 1909)
- 1987 – Katherine Mcloughlin, dunno (b. 1913)
- 1988 – Trevor Howard, English actor (b. 1913)
- 1989 – Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (b. 1901)
- 1990 – Bronko Nagurski, American football player (b. 1908)
- 1992 - Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (b. 1951)
- 1995 – Murray Rothbard, American economist (b. 1926)
- 1998 – Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist (b.1906)
- 2002 – Avery Schreiber, American actor (b. 1935)
- 2004 - Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926)
- 2005 – Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Rosemary Kennedy, third child and first daughter of Joseph and Rose Kennedy (b. 1918)
- 2005 – Eileen Desmond, former Minister for Health & Social Welfare (b. 1932)
- 2007 - Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic television presenter (b. 1929)
- 2008 - Alwyn Schlebusch, South African politician (b. 1917)
Observances [change]
- Christmas in Eastern Orthodox Churches that still use the Julian calendar
- Tricolour Day (Italy)
- Victory from Genocide Day (Cambodia)
