January 7
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January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 358 days remaining until the end of the year (359 in leap years).
[edit] Events
1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England. 1598 - Boris Godunov becomes Tsar of Russia. 1608 - Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia. 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, the Bank of North America, opens. 1785 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon. 1797 - The modern Italian flag is first used. 1835 - The HMS Beagle anchors off the Chonos Archipelago. 1894 - W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film. 1904 - The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS". 1922 - Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64-57 vote. 1927 - First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London. 1931 - Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast. 1935 - Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco–Italian Agreement. 1942 - World War II: The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins. 1945 - World War II: 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 the hydrogen bomb. 1954 - Georgetown-IBM experiment, the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM. 1959 - The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. 1972 - Iberia Airlines Caravelle 6-R crashes into Mont San Jose on approach to Ibiza Airport killing all 104 on board. 1973 - Mark Essex fatally shoots 10 people and wounds 13 others at Howard Johnson’s Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana before being shot to death by police officers. 1979 - Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. 1980 - President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation. 1984 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 1990 - The interior of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. 1991 - Beginning of the operation Desert Storm, during the Gulf War. 1993 - The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President. 1999 - The impeachment of President Bill Clinton begins.
[edit] Births
1355 - Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397) 1502 - Pope Gregory XIII (d. 1585) 1528 - Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (d. 1572) 1647 - Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677) 1685 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. 1761) 1706 - Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751) 1718 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790) 1768 - Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (d. 1844) 1786 - John Catron, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1865) 1796 - Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817) 1800 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874) 1827 - Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer; introduced Universal Standard Time (d. 1915) 1830 - Albert Bierstadt, German-American painter (d. 1902) 1831 - Heinrich von Stephan, German labor organizer (d. 1897) 1832 - James Munro, Premier of Victoria (d. 1908) 1834 - Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and inventor (d. 1874) 1844 - Bernadette Soubirous, French saint (d. 1879) 1845 - King Ludwig III of Bavaria (d. 1921) 1858 - Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. 1922) 1860 - Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (d. 1902) 1870 - Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943) 1871 - Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956) 1873 - Charles Péguy, French poet and essayist (d. 1914) 1873 - Adolph Zukor, Hungarian producer (d. 1976) 1875 - Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945) 1875 - Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1963) 1876 - William Hurlstone, English composer (d. 1906) 1891 - Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960) 1895 - Clara Haskil, Romanian pianist (d. 1960) 1895 - Sir Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and co-founder of QANTAS (d. 1974) 1896 - Arnold Ridley, British playwright and actor (d. 1984) 1898 - Al Bowlly, British jazz singer (d. 1941) 1899 - Francis Poulenc, French composer (d. 1963) 1900 - John Brownlee, Australian tenor (d. 1969) 1903 - Warren Hull, American actor (d. 1974) 1903 - Alan Napier, English actor (d. 1988) 1907 - Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist (d. 1993) 1908 - Red Allen, American musician (d. 1967) 1910 - Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani poet (d. 1984) 1910 - Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994) 1911 - Butterfly McQueen, American actress (d. 1995) 1912 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (d. 1988) 1912 - Günter Wand, German conductor, composer (d. 2002) 1913 - Johnny Mize, American baseball player (d. 1993) 1916 - Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (d. 1975) 1917 - Ulysses Kay, American composer (d. 1995) 1922 - Vincent Gardenia, Italian-born actor (d. 1992) 1922 - Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flutist (d. 2000) 1922 - Eric Jupp, British-born Australian composer, arranger, conductor (d. 2003) 1922 - Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager 1923 - Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary critic (d. 2003) 1924 - Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (d. 1966) 1925 - Gerald Durrell, British naturalist (d. 1995) 1928 - William Peter Blatty, American screenwriter 1929 - Terry Moore, American actress 1932 - Joe Berinson, Australian politician 1933 - Elliott Kastner, U.S. film producer 1934 - Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (d. 2002) 1934 - Charlie Jenkins, American runner 1935 - Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (d. 2006) 1935 - Tommy Johnson, American tubist (d. 2006) 1935 - Valeri Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut 1936 - Ben Cropp, Australian shark hunter and photographer 1936 - G. Robert Blakey, American attorney 1937 - Paul Revere, American musician 1938 - Rory Storm, British singer (d. 1972) 1938 - Roland Topor, French illustrator (d. 1997) 1938 - Lou Graham, American golfer 1939 - Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark 1941 - Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (d. 2004) 1941 - Manfred Schellscheidt, German American soccer coach 1941 - John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1942 - Danny Williams, South African singer (d. 2005) 1942 - Vasily Alexeev, Russian weightlifter 1942 - Jim Lefebvre, American baseball player and manager 1943 - Sadako Sasaki, Japanese child victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb (d. 1955) 1943 - Sir Richard Armstrong, British conductor 1944 - Arne Scheie, Norwegian sports commentator 1944 - Tony Whitlam, Australian judge 1945 - Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (d. 1990) 1945 - Gilles Marotte, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005) 1945 - Dick Marty, Swiss politician 1945 - Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya 1946 - Jann Wenner, American publisher 1947 - Shobha De, Indian writer 1948 - Kenny Loggins, American singer 1949 - Marshall Chapman, American singer/songwriter 1949 - Anne Schedeen, American actress 1949 - Steven Williams, American actor 1950 - Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter 1950 - Erin Gray, American actress 1950 - Ross Grimsley, American baseball player 1950 - Johnny Lever, Indian actor 1951 - Helen Worth, British actress 1952 - Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor 1956 - David Caruso, American actor 1956 - Mike Liut, Canadian ice hockey player 1957 - Nicholson Baker, American novelist 1957 - Katie Couric, American television host 1957 - Julian Solis, Puerto Rican boxer 1957 - Reena Roy, Indian actress 1958 - Linda Kozlowski, American actress 1958 - Donna Rice, American sex scandal figure 1959 - Kathy Valentine, American musician (The Go-Gos) 1960 - David Marciano, American actor 1960 - Loretta Sanchez, American politician 1961 - Andrew Thomson, Australian politician 1961 - Supriya Pathak, Indian actress 1961 - John Thune, American politician 1962 - Aleksandr Dugin, Russian politician 1963 - Clint Mansell, English musician and composer 1964 - Nicolas Cage, American actor 1966 - Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist (d. 1999) 1966 - Ehab Tawfik, Egyptian singer 1967 - Guy Hebert, American ice hockey player 1967 - Mark Lamarr, British comedian and broadcaster 1967 - Nick Clegg, British Liberal Democrat 1969 - David Yost, American actor 1970 - Doug E. Doug, American actor 1970 - Joao Ricardo, Angolan footballer 1971 - C.W. Anderson, American professional wrestler 1971 - Tina Anderson, American comic book writer 1971 - Jeremy Renner, American actor 1972 - Donald Brashear, American ice hockey player 1973 - Jonna Tervomaa, Finnish singer 1974 - John Rich, American musician (Big & Rich) 1976 - Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player 1976 - Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player 1977 - Michelle Behennah, British model 1977 - Dustin Diamond, American actor 1977 - John Gidding, American architect and TV host (Designed to Sell) 1978 - Kevin Mench, American baseball player 1979 - Bipasha Basu, Indian model 1979 - Mariangel Ruiz, Venezuelan actress and model 1979 - Ryan Tedder, American singer 1981 - Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player 1981 - Marquis Daniels, American basketball player 1982 - Francisco Rodriguez, Venezuelan baseball player 1982 - Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer 1982 - Ianina Zanazzi, Argentine racing driver 1983 - Natalie Gulbis, American golfer 1983 - Liesbeth Mouha, Belgian beach volleyball player 1984 - Jon Lester, American baseball player 1985 - Lewis Hamilton, English F1 racing driver 1986 - Grant Leadbitter, English footballer 1988 - Haley Bennett, American Singer and Actress 1988 - Scott Pendlebury, Australian rules footballer 1988 - Robert Sheehan, Irish actor 1989 - Emiliano Insúa, Argentine footballer 1990 - Liam Aiken, American actor 1990 - Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater 1990 - Camryn Grimes, American actress 1990 - Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian skijumper 1991 - Max Morrow, Canadian actor
[edit] Deaths
1285 - King Charles I of Naples (b. 1226) 1325 - King Dinis of Portugal (b. 1261) 1400 - Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374) 1451 - Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (b. 1383) 1536 - Catherine of Aragon, consort of Henry VIII of England (b. 1485) 1566 - Louis de Blois, Flemish mystic (b. 1506) 1619 - Nicholas Hilliard, English painter (bc. 1547) 1625 - Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer (bc. 1560) 1655 - Pope Innocent X (b. 1574) 1658 - Theophilus Eaton, American colonist (b. 1590) 1694 - Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general (bc. 1618) 1700 - Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquarian (b. 1618) 1715 - François Fénelon, French-Catholic theologian and writer (b. 1651) 1758 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (b. 1686) 1767 - Thomas Clap, 1st president of Yale University (b. 1703) 1770 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695) 1783 - William Tans'ur, English hymnist (b. 1700) 1786 - Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (b. 1715) 1830 - Thomas Lawrence, English painter (b. 1769) 1864 - Caleb Blood Smith, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808) 1872 - James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834) 1876 - Juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. 1807) 1878 - François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) 1892 - Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (b. 1852) 1893 - Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835) 1913 - Jack Boyle, American baseball player (b. 1866) 1919 - Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1843) 1920 - Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849) 1932 - André Maginot, French eponym of the Maginot Line (b. 1877) 1936 - Guy d'Hardelot, French composer, best known for Because (b. 1858) 1943 - Nikola Tesla, Serbian-born inventor and electrical engineer (b. 1856) 1944 - Lou Hoover, U.S. First Lady (b. 1874) 1944 - Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet (b. 1888) 1946 - Adamo Didur, Polish tenor (b. 1874) 1951 - René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (b. 1886) 1953 - Osa Johnson, American explorer (b. 1894) 1960 - Dorothea Douglass Chambers (aka Katharine Lambert Chambers), UK tennis player (b. 1878) 1963 - Arthur Moore, Premier of Queensland (b. 1876) 1964 - Cyril Davies, American musician (b. 1932) 1967 - Carl Schuricht, German conductor (b. 1880) 1967 - David Goodis, American writer (b. 1917) 1968 - Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) 1972 - John Berryman, American poet (b. 1914) 1972 - Eftichia Papagianopoulos, Greek lyricist 1980 - Larry Williams, American singer and songwriter (b. 1935) 1981 - Alvar Lidell, UK radio broadcaster (b. 1908) 1981 - Eric Robinson, Australian politician (b. 1926) 1984 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) 1985 - Mary Hardy, Australian radio and television presenter (b. 1931) 1986 - Philip D. Eastman, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1909) 1986 - Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist (b. 1917) 1988 - Trevor Howard, English actor (b. 1913) 1988 - Michel Auclair, French actor (b. 1922) 1989 - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (b. 1901) 1990 - Horace Stoneham, American baseball executive (b. 1903) 1990 - Bronko Nagurski, American football player (b. 1908) 1992 - Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (The Muppets) (b. 1951) 1995 - Murray Rothbard, American economist (b. 1926) 1996 - TarŠOkamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (b. 1911) 1996 - Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician (b. 1930) 1998 - Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) 1998 - Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915) 2000 - Gary Albright, American professional wrestler (b. 1963) 2002 - Avery Schreiber, American actor (b. 1935) 2002 - Jon Lee, Welsh musician (Feeder) (b. 1968) 2004 - Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926) 2005 - Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913) 2005 - Eileen Desmond, Irish politician (b. 1932) 2006 - Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912) 2007 - Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic-born television presenter (b. 1929) 2007 - Bobby Hamilton, NASCAR team owner (b. 1957) 2008 - Alwyn Schlebusch, South African vice state president (b. 1917)
[edit] Holidays and observances
European traditional - Distaff day: women's traditional work begins again after Epiphany. Italy - Tricolour day (Festa del Tricolore) Japan - Nanakusa (Seven Herbs Festival). Roman Catholic Church
St. Canute Lavard St. Charles of Sezze St. Lucian of Antioch St. Raymond of Peñafort Bl. Widukind, Duke of Saxony, (d. 807)
Coptic Orthodox Church - Synaxis of John the Forerunner & Baptist Eastern Orthodox Church - St. John the Baptist Christmas Day in the Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian Calendar January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)