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January 7 Gregorian calendar . There are 358 days remaining until the end of the year (359 in leap years ).
Events [ ] 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal .1558 - France takes Calais , the last continental possession of England .1598 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia .1608 - Fire destroys Jamestown .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 .1735 - Hieronimus de Salis marries hon. Mary ffane, at St. Margaret's Westminster.1782 - The first American commercial bank, 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 current flag of Italy is first used.1835 - 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.1924 - George Gershwin completes Rhapsody in Blue .1924 - The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is founded in Paris by seven member states: Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , France , Hungary , Spain , and Switzerland .
1927 - First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London .1927 - The Harlem Globetrotters play their first game.
1935 - Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco–Italian Agreement .1942 - World War II : 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 , kills 41 people.1953 - President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed a 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 crashed into Mont San Jose on approach to Ibiza Airport killing all 104 on board.1979 - Phnom Penh fell 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 Chrysler Corporation .1984 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).1990 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns.1993 - The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.1999 - The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins.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 )1834 - Johann Philipp Reis , German physicist and inventor (d. 1874 )1844 - Bernadette Soubirous , French saint (d. 1879 )1860 - Emanuil Manolov , Bulgarian composer (d. 1902 )1871 - Émile Borel , French mathematician and politician (d. 1956 )1873 - Adolph Zukor , Hungarian producer (d. 1976 )1873 - Charles Péguy , French poet and essayist (d. 1914 )
1875 - Gustav Flatow , German gymnast (d. 1945 )1875 - Thomas Hicks , American runner (d. 1963 )
1891 - Zora Neale Hurston , American author (d. 1960 )1896 - Arnold Ridley , British playwright and actor (d. 1984 )1899 - Francis Poulenc , French composer (d. 1963 )1903 - Warren Hull , American actor (d. 1974 )1903 - Alan Napier , English actor (d. 1988 )
1908 - Red Allen , American musician (d. 1967 )1910 - Faiz Ahmed Faiz , Pakistani poet (d. 1984 )1910 - Orval Faubus , Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994 )
1912 - Charles Addams , American cartoonist (d. 1988 )1913 - Johnny Mize , American baseball player (d. 1993 )1916 - Paul Keres , Estonian chess player (d. 1975 )1922 - Vincent Gardenia , Italian-born actor (d. 1992 )1922 - Jean-Pierre Rampal , French flutist (d. 2000 )
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 screenwriter1929 - Terry Moore , American actress1934 - Charlie Jenkins , American runner1934 - Jean Corbeil , Canadian politician (d. 2002 )
1935 - Kenny Davern , American jazz clarinetist (d. 2006 )1935 - Tommy Johnson , American tubist (d. 2006 )
1935 - Valeri Kubasov , Soviet cosmonaut
1937 - Paul Revere , American musician1938 - Roland Topor , French illustrator (d. 1997 )1938 - Rory Storm , British singer (d. 1972 )
1938 - Lou Graham , American golfer
1939 - Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark 1941 - Iona Brown , British violinist and conductor (d. 2004 )1941 - John E. Walker , English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 - Vasily Alexeev , Russian weightlifter1942 - Danny Williams , South African singer (d. 2005 )
1942 - Jim Lefebvre , American baseball player and manager
1944 - Arne Scheie , Norwegian sports commentator1945 - Tony Conigliaro , American baseball player (d. 1990 )1945 - Dick Marty , Swiss politician
1946 - Jann Wenner , American publisher1947 - Shobha De , Indian writer1948 - Kenny Loggins , American singer1949 - Marshall Chapman , American singer/songwriter1949 - Anne Schedeen , American actress
1949 - Steven Williams , American actor
1950 - Erin Gray , American actress1950 - Johnny Lever , Indian actor
1950 - Juan Gabriel , Mexican singer and songwriter
1950 - Ross Grimsley , American baseball player
1951 - Helen Worth , British actress1952 - Sammo Hung , Hong Kong actor1956 - David Caruso , American actor1956 - Mike Liut , Canadian ice hockey player
1957 - Nicholson Baker , American novelist1957 - Katie Couric , American television host
1957 - Julian Solis , Puerto Rican boxer
1959 - Kathy Valentine , American musician (The Go-Gos )1962 - Aleksandr Dugin , Russian politician1964 - Nicolas Cage , American actor1966 - Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy , American publicist (d. 1999 )1967 - Mark Lamarr , British comedian and broadcaster1967 - Guy Hebert , American ice hockey player
1969 - David Yost , American actor1970 - Doug E. Doug , American actor1970 - Joao Ricardo , Angolan footballer
1971 - C.W. Anderson , American professional wrestler1972 - Donald Brashear , American ice hockey player1973 - Jonna Tervomaa , Finnish singer1974 - John Rich , American guitarist and bassist (Big & Rich )1976 - Éric Gagné , Canadian baseball player1976 - Alfonso Soriano , Dominican baseball player
1977 - Michelle Behennah , British model1977 - Dustin Diamond , American actor
1978 - Kevin Mench , American baseball player1979 - Bipasha Basu , Indian model1979 - Mariangel Ruiz , Venezuelan actress and model
1981 - Marquis Daniels , American basketball player1981 - Alex Auld , Canadian ice hockey player
1982 - Francisco Rodriguez , Venezuelan baseball player1982 - Hannah Stockbauer , German swimmer
1982 - Ianina Zanazzi , Argentine racing driver
1983 - Natalie Gulbis , American golfer1984 - Jon Lester , American baseball player1985 - Lewis Hamilton , English F1 racing driver1986 - Grant Leadbitter , English footballer1988 - Scott Pendlebury , Australian rules footballer1990 - Liam Aiken , American actor1990 - Elene Gedevanishvili , Georgian figure skater
1990 - Camryn Grimes , American actress Deaths [ ] 1400 - Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey , English politician (b. 1374 )1451 - Amadeus VIII, Count 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 )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 )1943 - Nikola Tesla , Serbian-born inventor and electrical engineer (b. 1856 )1944 - Napoleon Lapathiotis , Greek poet (b. 1888 )1951 - René Guénon , French-Egyptian author (b. 1886 )1953 - Osa Johnson , American explorer (b. 1894 )1964 - Cyril Davies , American musician (b. 1932 )1967 - David Goodis , American writer (b. 1917 )1972 - John Berryman , American poet (b. 1914 )1972 - Eftichia Papagianopoulos , Greek lyricist
1980 - Larry Williams , American singer and songwriter (b. 1935 )1984 - Alfred Kastler , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902 )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 - Bronko Nagurski , American football player (b. 1908 )1992 - Richard Hunt , American puppeteer (The Muppets ) (b. 1951 )1995 - Murray Rothbard , American economist (b. 1926 )1996 - Tarō Okamoto , 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 - Jon Lee , Welsh musician (Feeder ) (b. 1968 )
2002 - Avery Schreiber , American actor (b. 1935 )
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 - Bobby Hamilton , NASCAR team owner (b. 1957 )2007 - Magnús Magnússon , Icelandic-born television presenter (b. 1929 ) Holidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
112 Familypedia people were born on January 7
149 Familypedia people died on January 7
86 Familypedia people were first married on January 7