Major Events
- 1610 Galileo Galilei discovers the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa and Ganymede
- 1714 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
- 1941 New Fourth Army Incident: Chinese Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek fire on surrounded Communist New Fourth Army at Maolin, Anhui Province, killing or capturing 7,000 troops
- 1953 US President Harry Truman announces American development of the hydrogen bomb
- 1954 Georgetown-IBM experiment, first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held at IBM's head office in New York
- 1999 President Bill Clinton's Impeachment trial begins in the US Senate after the House voted to impeach him for lying about his affair with Monica Lewinsky
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Jan 7 in Film & TV
- 1894 William K.L. Dickson captures "Fred Ott's Sneeze" as a motion picture at Thomas Edison's Black Mariah Studio, West Orange, New Jersey [1]
Jan 7 in Music
- 1955 Marian Anderson becomes the 1st African American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera, singing the role of Ulrica in Giuseppe Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera"
- 1980 Real Records releases "Pretenders", the debut album of The Pretenders, in UK
Jan 7 in Sport
- 1972 Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Atlanta Hawks, 134-90 for their 33rd straight win, the longest winning streak in major professional sports
Did You Know?
Marguerite Perey discovers francium (Fr), the last naturally occurring element to be found
Gregory XIII
Millard Fillmore
Hudson Fysh
Valery Kubasov
Rand Paul
William Peter Blatty
Nicolas Cage
Jeremy Renner
Lauren Cohan
Maurice McLoughlin
Lewis Hamilton
Lamar Jackson
Fun Fact About January 7
It snows in the Sahara desert - 15 inches reported in Aïn Séfra, Northwest Algeria
Famous Weddings
- 1430 Duke Philip the Good (33) formally celebrate marriage Isabella of Portugal (32) in Sluys, Burgundy
- 1630 Italian composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno
- 1879 Dutch King William II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont
More January 7 Weddings
Catherine of Aragon
Ignacy Łukasiewicz
Nikola Tesla
Hirohito
Bronko Nagurski
Tommy LasordaArticles, Photos and Quiz
Getting In a Spin On Saint Distaff’s Day
Distaff is not one of the best known saints; in fact he never existed. But January 7 is Saint Distaff’s Day and once one of seemingly dangerous fun and frolics.
January 7, 1 AD
Impeachment Trial of Bill Clinton
Tickets issued to former President Gerald Ford and his wife Betty
January 7, 1999
