Today in History - History - January 7th

1998Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signs affidavit denying she had an affair with President Bill Clinton

1953US President Harry Truman announces American development of the hydrogen bomb

200127th People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Drew Carey & Jennifer Aniston win (TV)

2007Phil Jackson wins his 900th game as a head coach, becoming the fastest coach to reach 900 career wins

2013Lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year

1963The rift between Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell and head coach Paul Brown reaches a boiling point, and Brown is fired

1959American gangster Meyer Lansky flees Cuba for the Bahamas due to the Cuban Revolution and rise of Fidel Castro

1948US president Harry Truman raises taxes for the Marshall Plan

200935th People's Choice Awards: Will Smith & Reese Witherspoon win (Movie Star) and Hugh Laurie & Christina Applegate win (TV)

1862Romney Campaign; Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV

1928William Peter Blatty, NYC, author/director (The Exorcist)

1800Millard Fillmore, Locke NY, (Whig) 13th president (1850-53)

1911Actress Mary Pickford (19) weds actor Owen Moore (25)

1971American horror, sci-fi and fantasy author Stephen King marries Tabitha Spruce, author and activist

1995Actor-comedian Martin Lawrence (29) weds former Miss Virginia USA Patricia Southall (24) at Norfolk Waterside Marriott in Virginia

1989MLB player Greg Maddux (22) weds Kathy Ronnow

1880Pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski (19) weds Antonina Korsak

2006Punky pop singer Pink (26) weds motocross daredevil and The Surreal Life actor Carey Hart (30) at the Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

1943Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist (tesla motor), dies at 86

1536Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies at 50