Notable Historical Events on January 7th
January 7th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
754 |
Pope Stefanus II arrives in Ponthion |
1325 |
Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as King of Portugal |
1558 |
Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French |
1566 |
Antonio "Michele" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V |
1579 |
England signs an offensive & defensive alliance with Netherland |
1584 |
Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia & Holy Roman empire |
1598 |
Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodor I |
1601 |
Robert, Earl of Essex, leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth |
1608 |
Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia |
1610 |
Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa & Ganymede |
1618 |
Francis Bacon becomes Lord Chancellor of England |
1622 |
Germany & Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg |
1654 |
Fire after heavy storm destroys two thirds of De Rijp Netherlands, 1 person dies |
1698 |
Russian Tsar Peter the Great departs Netherlands for England |
1714 |
Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later) |
1761 |
Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten |
1782 |
1st US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia |
1784 |
1st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia |
1785 |
1st balloon flight across English Channel (Jean Pierre Blanchard & John Jeffries) |
1797 |
The modern Italian flag is first used. |
1817 |
2nd Bank of US opens |
1822 |
1st printing in Hawaii |
1822 |
Liberia colonized by Americans |
1830 |
1st US Railroad Station opens (Baltimore) |
1835 |
HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago |
1842 |
Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris |
1861 |
Florida troops takeover Fort Marion at St Augustine (US Civil War) |
1862 |
Battle of Manassas Junction, VA |
1862 |
Romney Campaign; Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV |
1868 |
Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock |
1868 |
Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson |
1888 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG) |
1890 |
W B Purvis patents fountain pen |
1892 |
Mine explosion kills 100 in Krebs, Oklahoma; blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns |
1893 |
Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin |
1894 |
Early 5 second film of Fred Ott sneezing shot by Edison Manufacturing - 1st ever copyrited |
1896 |
Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book" |
1899 |
Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's |
1903 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" (BG) |
1903 |
Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel |
1904 |
Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st intl radio distress signal |
1907 |
Clyde Fitch' "Truth," premieres in NYC |
1908 |
England beat Australia by one wicket at the MCG |
1910 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators sweep Galt (Ont) in 2 games |
1911 |
1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF |
1911 |
Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam |
1913 |
William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum |
1914 |
1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal |
1916 |
German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun |
1916 |
In response to pressure from President Wilson, Germany notifies the State Department that it will abide by strict international rules of maritime warfare |
1919 |
The Industrial and Commercial Workers` Union of South Africa is founded, led by Clements Kadalie |
1923 |
Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan |
1925 |
Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in NYC |
1927 |
Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between NY & London |
1927 |
Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Illinois) |
1929 |
"Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres |
1929 |
"Tarzan," one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears |
1930 |
Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in NYC |
1930 |
Marguerite Perey discovers Fr (francium), the last naturally occurring element to be found |
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. |
1932 |
1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Mich |
1933 |
1st edition of People & Fatherland published in Netherlands |
1934 |
"Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts |
1935 |
Zoe Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in NYC |
1936 |
Tennis champs Helen Moody & Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m) |
1939 |
US worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916) |
1942 |
WW II siege of Bataan starts |
1944 |
US Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59 |
1945 |
Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory in the Ardennes |
1945 |
The last surface engagement between Allies and Japanese in the Pacific campaign, World War II |
1946 |
Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union |
1947 |
Aust v Eng at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Aust since 1882 |
1948 |
US president Harry Truman raises taxes for the Marshall Plan |
1949 |
1st photo of genes taken at U of S California by Pease & Baker |
1950 |
"Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 3 performances |
1950 |
Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry" |
1950 |
Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia) |
1952 |
French Plevin government falls |
1953 |
US President Harry Truman announces American development of the hydrogen bomb |
1954 |
Georgetown-IBM experiment, the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM. |
1955 |
Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (NYC) |
1955 |
WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mt Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1956 |
Vinoo Mankad scores 231 v NZ, 413 opening stand with Roy |
1958 |
USSR reduces army to 300,000 |
1959 |
US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government |
1959 |
American gangster Meyer Lansky flees Cuba for the Bahamas due to the Cuban Revolution and rise of Fidel Castro |
1961 |
1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16 |
1961 |
Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps |
1962 |
AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27 |
1962 |
Assassination attempt fails on Indonesian president Sukarno |
1962 |
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock |
1963 |
1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents |
1963 |
The rift between Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell and head coach Paul Brown reaches a boiling point, and Brown is fired |
1964 |
Bahamas becomes self-governing |
1964 |
Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707) |
1965 |
France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold |
1966 |
Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts |
1966 |
Gene Kiniski beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to become NWA champ |
1967 |
"Newlywed Game" premieres on ABC TV |
1968 |
"GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV |
1968 |
1st class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents |
1969 |
US Congress doubles president salary |
1970 |
Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock" |
1971 |
-40°F (-40°C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record) |
1972 |
Iberian Airlines crashes into 800ft peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die |
1972 |
LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record) |
1972 |
Lewis F Powell Jr becomes a Supreme Court Justice |
1972 |
William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice |
1972 |
LA Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104 |
1973 |
"Purlie" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 14 performances |
1973 |
British Darts Organisation founded in North London |
1973 |
Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational |
1973 |
Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 v Pakistan Never again |
1973 |
US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize |
1973 |
WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1974 |
Gasoline rationed in Netherlands |
1975 |
"Shenandoah" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 1050 performances |
1975 |
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to AR Ammons (Sphere) |
1975 |
Gary Geld & Peter Udell's musical "Shenandoah," premieres in NYC |
1975 |
Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert causing $30,000 damage |
1977 |
Human Rights Charter 77 established in Prague |
1978 |
Angola revises its constitution |
1979 |
Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge |
1980 |
Minn ends Phila Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends |
1982 |
"Fame" premieres on NBC TV |
1982 |
Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick |
1983 |
Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win v England |
1983 |
President Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala |
1984 |
Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). |
1985 |
"King & I" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances |
1985 |
Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet |
1985 |
KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ) |
1985 |
Lou Brock & Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame |
1986 |
Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes |
1986 |
STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems |
1986 |
US President Reagan announces economic sanctions against Libya |
1987 |
French airplanes harass Libyan positions in Duadi Doum |
1987 |
Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest |
1989 |
Akhito becomes emperor of Japan |
1989 |
International Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris |
1989 |
NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers longest win streak (11) |
1989 |
Cleve Cavs block 21 NY Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record |
1990 |
Lynn Jennings runs world record indoor 5km indoor at 15:22.64 |
1990 |
Tower of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far |
1991 |
"Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV |
1991 |
Saddam Hussein prepares his troops for what he says will be a long violent war against the US |
1992 |
AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499) |
1992 |
Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan |
1992 |
Tom Seaver & Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame |
1993 |
The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President. |
1994 |
South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs |
1994 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding |
1994 |
United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5 |
1995 |
"Christmas Carol" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 18 perfs |
1995 |
"Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 280 performances |
1996 |
"Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 1622 perfs |
1996 |
"Fool Moon" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after * performances |
1996 |
16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000 |
1997 |
Newt Gingrich narrowly re-elected speaker of the US House of Representatives |
1998 |
Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signs affidavit denying she had an affair with President Bill Clinton |
1999 |
Impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins in the US Senate. |
2001 |
27th People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Drew Carey & Jennifer Aniston win (TV) |
2007 |
Phil Jackson wins his 900th game as a head coach, becoming the fastest coach to reach 900 career wins |
2009 |
35th People's Choice Awards: Will Smith & Reese Witherspoon win (Movie Star) and Hugh Laurie & Christina Applegate win (TV) |
2012 |
Hot air balloon crashes in Carterton, New Zealand, killing 11 |
2013 |
Lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year |
2016 |
Pat Harrington, Schneider on 'One Day at a Time,' dead at 86 |
2017 |
Israel cuts $6 million in UN funding over settlements resolution |
2017 |
Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds laid to rest, side by side |
2017 |
Putin ordered hacking to help Trump, intelligence report says |
2017 |
Fort Lauderdale airport shooting: Five people shot dead by Florida gunman |
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