January 7

Holidays

• Catholicism - Feast day of St. Raymond of Pe�afort.
• Christmas Day in the Julian calendar. This is the day on which Christmas is celebrated in most Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches.
• European traditional - Distaff day: women's traditional work begins again after Epiphany.

Events

• 2019 2019 Gabonese coup d'état attempt: The government of Gabon quashes a coup d'état by soldiers. The attempt took place while the country's president, Ali Bongo, was undergoing medical treatment in Morocco. (CBC)
• 2018 Syrian Civil War: An explosion at the headquarters of the Chechen-led Ajnad al-Kavkaz rebel group in Idlib, Syria, kills at least 23 people, while several people remain unaccounted for, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (BBC)
• 2017 Syrian Civil War: A fuel truck explodes in the Syrian town of Azaz, near the border with Turkey, killing at least 43 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (The Guardian)
• 2016 Libyan Civil War (2014–present): Zliten truck bombing: At least 65 people are killed after a truck bomb hit a police training center in the Libyan town of Zliten. (Reuters)
• 2015 Gunmen attack the Paris office of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing twelve people and injuring ten. Some witnesses report that the gunmen identified themselves as belonging to al-Qaeda in Yemen. A 2011 issue had depicted a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammed. (BBC)
• 2014 Syrian opposition–Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conflict: Both belligerents mass execute dozens of their combatant prisoners. (BBC)
• 2013 An explosion in a coal mine in the Turkish province of Zonguldak kills eight mine workers. (Hürriyet Daily News)
• 2012 At least 37 people are killed in two days of attacks in northeastern Nigeria, after radical Islamic group Boko Haram issues an ultimatum for all Christians to leave the north. (Reuters)
• 2011 A suicide bomber kills 17 people and wounds at least 20 others in a public bathhouse in Kandahar province, Afghanistan; the Taliban claims responsibility for the attack. (The Washington Post) (AP via Google News)
• 2010 The Xinhua news agency responds to claims by The Guardian newspaper that China had tried “hijack” the Copenhagen summit's Accord by claiming that the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao was not invited to secret US-initiated talks on December 17. (China Dialogue)
• 2009 35th Annual People's Choice Awards in the USA
• 2008 The Supreme Court of the United States hears arguments on whether execution by lethal injection is a violation of the Constitution's ban on ampquotcruel and unusual punishment.ampquot (BBC News)
• 2007 Newly appointed Archbishop Stanisław Wojciech Wielgus, of Warsaw resigns after Friday's allegations that he collaborated with the Polish communist government's secret police. He was due to be officially appointed by Pope Benedict XVI at 10:00 GMT, and announced his decision only one hour before. (Reuters) (BBC News)
• 2006 Embroiled in multiple scandals, former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announces he will not seek to reassume his former post.
• 2005 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake:: Japan sends its largest military deployment since World War II to tsunami-hit countries, with around 1,000 troops on standby. (CNA)The Group of Seven Industrialised Nations (G7) agrees to a moratorium on the debt repayments of countries worst affected by the tsunamis in Asia, sources at the HM Treasury said. (CNA)FBI warn of fake disaster appeal scams (CNN)
• 2004 In the United States, the Bush administration proposes a major reform of immigration law, creating a temporary worker program and giving legal status to both illegal and foreign workers for renewable three-year periods.
• 2003 US Congress convenes, with Republican Senate majority (51-48-1 independent)
• 2000 Microsoft Corporation acquires Visio Corporation in a stock swap.
• 1999 For the first time since the 1868 impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, the trial of President Clinton begins in the Senate.
• 1997 Newt Gingrich narrowly re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives.
• 1996 Crazy after You closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 1622 performances
• 1995 Christmas Carol closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 18 performances
• 1994 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding.
• 1993 The Winter Consumer Electronics Show is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. 3DO announces a CD-based entertainment platform, developed by Electronic Arts, Time Warner, Matsushita, and Kleiner Perkins.
• 1992 AT&T releases video-telephone ($1499).
• 1991 Nia Peeples Party Machine premieres on TV
• 1990 Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far
• 1989 Akhito becomes Emperor of Japan
• 1987 Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at age 28 the youngest.
• 1986 Chicago Bears defeat New England Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX
• 1985 King & I opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
• 1984 Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
• 1983 US President Ronald Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala.
• 1982 Fame premieres on NBC TV
• 1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
• 1979 Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge
• 1978 Angola revises its constitution.
• 1975 Shenandoah opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 1050 performances
• 1974 Dutch rations gasoline
• 1973 Purlie closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 14 performances
• 1972 William Hubbs Rehnquist sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice.
• 1971 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Arizona (state record).
• 1970 Farmers sue Max Yasgur for US$35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock".
• 1969 US Congress doubles Presidential salary.
• 1968 GE College Bowl quiz show premieres on NBC TV
• 1967 Newlywed Game premieres on ABC TV
• 1966 Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts
• 1965 France announces it will convert US$150 million of its currency to gold.
• 1964 Bahamas becomes self-governing
• 1963 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents
• 1962 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno fails.
• 1961 Trucial States (later United Arab Emirates) issue their first postage stamps.
• 1960 The Polaris missile is test launched.
• 1959 The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
• 1958 USSR shrinks army to 300,000.
• 1956 Vinoo Mankad scores 231 versus New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
• 1955 Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (NYC)
• 1953 US President Harry Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb.
• 1952 French Plevin government falls.
• 1950 Happy as Larry closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 3 performances
• 1949 First photo of genes taken at University of Southern California by Pease and Baker.
• 1948 US President Harry Truman raises taxes for Marshall plan.
• 1946 The recently elected government of Austria is recognized by the US, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.
• 1945 Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen.
• 1944 US Air Force announces production of first US jet fighter, the Bell P-59.
• 1942 WW II siege of Bataan starts
• 1939 US workers' union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916).
• 1938 Joseph P. Kennedy is appointed American Ambassador to Great Britain, and Hugh R. Wilson is appointed Ambassador to Germany.
• 1936 Tennis champions Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1 hour 18 minutes).
• 1934 Flash Gordon comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts
• 1933 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in the Netherlands
• 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.
• 1929 Buck Rogers, first sci-fi comic strip, premieres.
• 1928 The moat at the Tower of London, previously drained in 1843 (and planted with grass), is completely refilled by a tidal wave.
• 1927 Harlem Globetrotters play first basketball game (Hinckley, Illinois).
• 1925 Musical Big Boy with Al Jolson premieres in New York City
• 1923 Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan
• 1920 The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
• 1919 Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
• 1916 German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun.
• 1913 William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum.
• 1911 Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam.
• 1910 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators sweep Galt (Ont) in 2 games
• 1908 England beat Australia by one wicket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
• 1904 Marconi Company establishes "CQD" as first international radio distress signal.
• 1903 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Blanched Soldier (BG)
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• J Verleun

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Top #1 songs in the USA

• 2018 Ed Sheeran - Perfect
• 2017 The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk - Starboy
• 2016 Adele - Hello
• 2015 Taylor Swift - Blank Space
• 2014 Eminem Featuring Rihanna - The Monster
• 2014 Eminem - The Monster
• 2013 Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
• 2012 LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It
• 2011 Bruno Mars - Grenade
• 2010 Ke$ha - TiK ToK
• 2009 Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
• 2008 Flo Rida - Low
• 2007 Beyonce - Irreplaceable
• 2006 Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us
• 2005 Mario - Let Me Love You
• 2004 OutKast - Hey Ya!
• 2003 Eminem - Lose Yourself
• 2002 Nickelback - How You Remind Me
• 2001 Destiny's Child - Independent Women Part I
• 2000 Santana - Smooth
• 1999 R. Kelly - I'm Your Angel
• 1998 Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997
• 1998 Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight
• 1997 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
• 1996 Mariah Carey - One Sweet Day
• 1995 Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee
• 1994 Mariah Carey - Hero
• 1993 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
• 1992 Michael Jackson - Black Or White
• 1991 Madonna - Justify My Love
• 1990 Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
• 1989 Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
• 1988 Whitney Houston - So Emotional
• 1987 Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
• 1986 Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me
• 1985 Madonna - Like A Virgin
• 1984 Paul McCartney - Say Say Say
• 1983 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater
• 1982 Olivia Newton-John - Physical
• 1981 John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
• 1980 K.C and the Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go
• 1979 Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven
• 1978 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
• 1977 Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)
• 1976 Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
• 1975 Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
• 1974 Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle
• 1973 Carly Simon - You're So Vain
• 1972 Melanie - Brand New Key
• 1971 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
• 1970 B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
• 1969 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
• 1968 The Beatles - Hello Goodbye
• 1967 The Monkees - I'm A Believer
• 1966 The Beatles - We Can Work It Out
• 1965 The Beatles - I Feel Fine
• 1964 Bobby Vinton - There! I've Said It Again
• 1963 The Tornadoes - Telstar
• 1962 The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
• 1961 Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome To-Night?
• 1960 Marty Robbins - El Paso
• 1959 The Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song
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Top #1 Rock songs

• 2018 Imagine Dragons - Thunder
• 2017 twenty one pilots - Heathens
• 2016 twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
• 2015 Hozier - Take Me To Church
• 2014 Lorde - Royals
• 2013 The Lumineers - Ho Hey
• 2012 The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
• 2011 The Black Keys - Tighten Up
• 2010 Three Days Grace - Break