January 7

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on January 7. From 1900 until now. January 7 is under the sign of Capricorn. Famous birthdays on this day include Nicolas Cage (1964), Blue Ivy Carter (2012) and Jeremy Renner (1971). Several movies were released around January 7 over the years, such as The Shop Around the Corner in 1940 directed by Ernst Lubitsch and His Girl Friday in 1940 directed by Howard Hawks.
But much more happened on January 7 over the years: find out below

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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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Famous Birthday

Nicolas Cage: American actor and noted family, the son...
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Lewis Hamilton: British Formula One car racing driver,...
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Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: Model / Wife of John Kennedy Jr.
Roland Topor: French artist and writer.
Katie Couric: American journalist and co-anchor of the...
David Caruso: American actor.
Bipasha Basu: Movie Actress.
Nicole Avezard
Lauren Cohan: TV Actress.
Max Gallo: French historian and writer of...
Rand Paul: Politician.
Liam Aiken: American actor.
Kenny Loggins: American singer and songwriter, two-time...
Eden Hazard: Belgian international footballer who...
Nick Clegg: British politician and leader of the...
Linda Kozlowski: American actress.
Lyndsy Fonseca: American actress.
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Jean-Pierre Rampal: French flutist whose work brought the...
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2015 shooting at Charlie Hebdo
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François Saint-Macary: French Catholic clergyman, who was...
Günter Wand: German conductor and composer (d. 2002).
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Haley Bennett: American singer and actress.
Haley Bennett: American singer and actress.
Todd Day: American basketball player and coach.
Zöe Salmon: Northern Irish model and television host...
Donna Rice: American news figure, a pharmaceutical...
Max Riemelt: Actor.
Claude Roy Kirk
Robert Le Vigan: French actor, who appeared in more than...
Anabela Belikova
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Jann Wenner: American publisher co-founded Rolling...
Alain de Rothschild
Jean-Marc Birkholz
David Spangler: American writer and mystic, a "conscious...
Aloe Blacc: Soul Singer.
Terry Moore: American actress, given a contract with...
Vido Musso
Caster Semenya: South African runner.
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Sofi Oksanen: Finnish author and playwright.
Marie Desplechin
Hallie Todd: Actress (Check is in the Mail).
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Alan Napier: American actor (Alfred the butler on...
Arnold Princeton: American black jazz musician on keyboard...
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David Yost: American actor.
Tassos Papadopoulos: Cypriot lawyer and politician 5th...
Kathy Valentine: American bass player and songwriter (The...
Michel Bourlet
Richard F Kneip
Janine Jansen
Arthur Conrad: American dancer, choreographer and opera...
Robert Duncan: American major contemporary poet,...
Paul Keres: Estonian-Finnish chess player and...
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Chester Kallman: American poet, librettist and...
Kevin Rahm: Actor.
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Trevor Nelson (DJ)
Denis Ranque
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Svetlana Metkina: Russian actress.
Baptiste-Marrey
Bernard Finch: American physician convicted of...
Serena Ortolani
David Arroyo
Clint Mansell: English singer-songwriter and guitarist...
Paul Clemens: American juvenile actor and noted...
Georges Claes: Belgium sport Champion.
Franco Debenedetti
Diane Meur
Marcel Joller: Swiss actor, clown and cabaret...
Lindsay Clubine
Natalie Gulbis: American golfer.
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Michel Auclair: German actor of stage and film, making...
John Berryman: American writer, a Regents Professor at...
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Clarice Baright: 1st woman admitted to American Bar...
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Dick Kollmar: Actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What),...
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Zbigniew Turski: Composer, dies at 70.
Sarah Selby: Actress (Tower of London), dies at 74.
Jose Ardevol: Composer, dies at 69.
M Rooi: Editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily),...
Gail Lucas: Entertainer.
Joe Hicks: Baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64.
Jhean Burton: Entertainer.
Richard Branda: Actor (2 Minute Warning), dies of colon...
William Larry White Grayson: Comedian, dies at 71.
Henry Ware: Eliot American industrialist and...
Cyril Davies: English musician (Born 1932).
Eileen Desmond: Irish politician (Born 1932).
Anton Urspruch composer: dies at age 56.
Benno Erdmann German philosopher (Logik I): dies at age 69.
Antonio Scontrino composer: dies at age 71.
Colin C McPhee: composer (H2O, Mechanical Principles),...
Carl White: rocker, dies.
Bert Oosterhuis: Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in...
August Cool: Belgian trade union leader, dies at age...
Johnny Guarnieri: jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show),...
Larry Carr: pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at age...
Joseph Robbie: lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies...
Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski: football hall of famer, dies at age 81.
Phoumi Vongvichit: President of Laos (1986-91), dies.
Lynn Blessing: vibes player, dies at age 65.
Lewis Boddington: aerospace engineer, dies at age 85.
Bobby Pratt jazz trombone/piano player: dies at age 67.
Viktor Vorobyov: Russian General Major, dies in battle.
Harry Golombek: chess Grandmaster, dies at age 83.
Arthur Leavins: violinist, dies at age 77.
Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd: archaeologist, dies at age 93.
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James Holland: artist/exhibition organiser, dies at age...
Robley D Evans: nuclear physicist, dies at age 88.
Desmond Flower: publisher, dies at age 89.
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Adamo Didur: Polish tenor (Born 1874).
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Arthur Moore: Premier of Queensland (Born 1876).
Prof James Smith: South African ichthyologist (Born 1897).
Eftichia Papagianopoulos: Greek lyricist (Born 1893).
Eric Robinson: Australian politician (Born 1926).
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Mary Hardy: Australian radio and television...
Philip D Eastman: American children's book writer and...
Taro Okamoto: Japanese avant-garde artist (Born 1911).
Owen Bradley: American record producer (Born 1915).
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Maria Dimitriadi: Greek singer (Born 1950).
John A Thorburn: American war hero (Born 1946).
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Rene Guenon: French-Egyptian author (Born 1886).
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Murray Rothbard: American economist and historian (d....
Osa Johnson: American director and explorer (d....
Jack Boyle: American baseball player and umpire (d....
Lou Hoover: American wife of Herbert Hoover 33rd...
Willie Mitchell: American soul singer (Born 1928).
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Al White: Choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour).
Allan Chapman: Scottish politician (Born 1897).
James Carr: American Rhythm & Blues and soul...
Carl Schuricht: Polish-German conductor (d. 1967).
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J Verleun: Dutch resistance fighter, executed.
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