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What happened in history on this day: January 7?
On January 7 in ...
- 1817 - The Second Bank of the United States opens for business.
- 1861 - Florida troops takeover Fort Marion at Saint Augustine.
- 1862 - Battle of Manassas Junction, Virginia.
- 1862 - Romney Campaign - Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, West Virginia.
- 1911 - First airplane bombing experiments conducted with explosives, in San Francisco, California.
- 1927 - Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London.
- 1929 - Buck Rogers, first sci-fi comic strip, premieres.
- 1929 - Tarzan, one of the first adventure comic strips, first appears.
- 1938 - Joseph P. Kennedy is appointed American Ambassador to Great Britain, and Hugh R. Wilson is appointed Ambassador to Germany.
- 1939 - US workers' union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916).
- 1942 - US and Filipino forces withdraw to Bataan.
- 1944 - US Air Force announces production of first US jet fighter, the Bell P-59.
- 1946 - The recently elected government of Austria is recognized by the US, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.
- 1948 - US President Harry Truman raises taxes for Marshall plan.
- 1949 - First photo of genes taken at University of Southern California by Pease and Baker.
- 1950 - Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport, Iowa).
- 1953 - US President Harry Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb.
- 1959 - US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government.
- 1963 - US first class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents.
- 1969 - US Congress doubles Presidential salary.
- 1971 - -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Arizona (state record).
- 1972 - Lewis F Powell Jr becomes a US Supreme Court Justice.
- 1972 - William Hubbs Rehnquist sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice.
- 1973 - US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize.
- 1975 - Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing US$30,000 damage.
- 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
- 1983 - US President Ronald Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala.
- 1985 - Saturn Corporation is founded as a "Different Kind of Car Company."
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya.
- 1992 - AT&T releases video-telephone ($1499).
- 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.
- 1994 - United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing five.
- 1996 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 100 people.
- 1997 - Newt Gingrich narrowly re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives.
- 1999 - For the first time since the 1868 impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, the trial of President Clinton begins in the Senate.
- 2003 - US Congress convenes, with Republican Senate majority (51-48-1 independent)
- 2006 - Embroiled in multiple scandals, former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announces he will not seek to reassume his former post.
- 2009 - 35th Annual People's Choice Awards in the USA:
- Favorite movie: Dark Knight
- Favorite on-screen pairing: Christian Bale and Heath Ledger in Dark Knight
- Favorite female singer: Carrie Underwood
- Favorite country song: "Last Name" by Carrie Underwood
- Favorite star under 35 years: Carrie Underwood
- Funniest male star: Adam Sandler
- Favorite female movie star: Reese Witherspoon
- Favorite leading lady: Kate Hudson
- Favorite comedy movie: 27 Dresses
- Favorite action movie: Dark Knight
- Favorite superhero: Batman played by Christian Bale in Dark Knight
- Favorite movie cast: Dark Knight
- Favorite drama movie: The Secret Life of Bees
- Favorite family film: Wall-E
- Favorite TV drama: House
- Favorite TV comedy: Two and a Half Men
- Favorite new TV drama: The Mentalist
- Favorite new TV comedy: Gary Unmarried
- Favorite male TV star: Hugh Laurie in House
- Favorite female TV star: Christina Applegate in Samantha Who?
- Favorite TV talk show host: Ellen DeGeneres
- Favorite competition or reality TV show: Dancing With the Stars
- Favorite rock song "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock
- Favorite music group: Rascal Flatts
- Favorite male singer: Chris Brown
- Favorite pop song: "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry.
Births on January 7
- 1800 - Birth of Millard Fillmore in Locke, New York, USA; New York State Assembly member (1929-31), US House of Representatives member (Whig, 1833-43), New York state comptroller (1848-49), US Vice President (1849-50), 13th US President (1850-53).
- 1899 - Birth of Kenneth Thomson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant).
- 1911 - Birth of Butterfly [Thelma] McQueen in Tampa, Florida, USA; actress (Prissy - Gone With the Wind).
- 1913 - Birth of Shirley Ross in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm).
- 1928 - Birth of William Peter Blatty in New York City, New York, USA; author (The Exorcist).
- 1929 - Birth of Terry Moore [Helen Luella Koford] in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Little Sheba).
- 1933 - Birth of Elliot Kastner in New York City, New York, USA; producer (Bobo, Big Sleep, Ffolkes).
- 1934 - Birth of Charles Lamont Jenkins in New York City, New York, USA; 400m runner (Olympics-gold-1956).
- 1941 - Birth of Frederick Drew Gregory in Washington DC, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (STS 51-B, 33, 44).
- 1942 - Birth of Paul Revere in Boise, Idaho, USA; keyboardist (Paul Revere and Raiders - "Fallin in Love", "Good Thing").
- 1943 - Birth of Jim Lefebvre in Hawthorne, California, USA; baseball manager (Seattle Mariners).
- 1945 - Birth of Tony Conigliaro in Massachusetts, USA; baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox).
- 1948 - Birth of Kenny Loggins in Everett, Washington, USA; singer (Loggins and Messina - "This is it", "Footloose").
- 1949 - Birth of Marshall Chapman in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA; country singer.
- 1950 - Birth of Erin Gray in Honolulu, Hawaii; actress (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers).
- 1955 - Birth of Sandra Bernhard in Arizona, USA; Jewish comedian, singer, actress, and author (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy).
- 1956 - Birth of Robin Walton in Boise, Idaho, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Heartland Classic-15th).
- 1956 - Birth of Rosalyn Bryant in Chicago, Illinois, USA; 4x400m runner (Olympics-silver-1976).
- 1957 - Birth of Katie Couric [Katherine] in Arlington, Virginia, USA; TV news host (Today).
- 1958 - Birth of Donna Rice in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; model/Gary Hart's alleged lover.
- 1960 - Birth of David Marciano in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Detective Ray Vecchio - Due South).
- 1960 - Birth of Tierre Turner in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Waverly Wonders, Cop and the Kid).
- 1962 - Birth of Jeff Montgomery in Wellston, Ohio, USA; pitcher (Kansas City Royals).
- 1966 - Birth of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy; model/wife of John Kennedy Jr.
- 1967 - Birth of Guy Hebert in Troy, New York, USA; NHL goalie (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Team USA 1998).
- 1969 - Birth of Chris Hatcher; US baseball outfielder (Houston Astros).
- 1970 - Birth of Frank "Cliff" Mannon in Amarillo, Texas, USA; team handball (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Donald Brashear in Bedford, Indiana, USA; NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens).
- 1973 - Birth of Ricky Wood in Van Nuys, California, USA; diver (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Robert Dunn in Glenn Cove, New York, USA; team handball left wing (Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - Birth of Dustin Diamond in San Jose, California; actor (Screech - Saved By the Bell).
- 1983 - Birth of Natalie Gulbis; American golfer.
- 1987 - Birth of Haley Bennett; American singer and actress.
Deaths on January 7
- 1972 - John Berryman, American poet (Imaginary Jew), dies.
- 1990 - Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (San Francisco Giants), dies at age 86.
- 1990 - Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at age 73.
- 1995 - Murray Newton Rothbard, American economist, dies of cardiac arrest at age 69 (born 1926).
- 2007 - Death of Bobby Hamilton, American race car driver (born 1957).
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