January 7

January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 358 days remaining until the end of the year (359 in leap years).

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January 7 in recent years
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2024 (Sunday)
2023 (Saturday)
2022 (Friday)
2021 (Thursday)
2020 (Tuesday)
2019 (Monday)
2018 (Sunday)
2017 (Saturday)
2016 (Thursday)

Events

Up to 1900

312 – Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint
672 – Emperor Tenji of Japan (b. 626)
1131 – Canute Lavard, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and saint (b. 1096)
1285 – King Charles I of Naples (b. 1226)
1325 – King Dinis of Portugal (b. 1261)
1355 – Ines de Castro, Castilian royal (b. 1320)
1451 – Antipope Felix V (b. 1383)
1536 – Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (b. 1485)
1609 – Nicholas Hilliard, English painter (b. 1547)
1625 – Ruggiero Giovanelli, Italian composer (b. 1560)
1655 – Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)
1658 – Theophilus Eaton, American farmer and politician (b. 1590)
1730 – Arni Magnusson, Icelandic scholar (b. 1663)
1758 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (b. 1686)
1770 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695)
1830 – Thomas Lawrence, English painter (b. 1769)
1830 – Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Queen of Portugal (b. 1775)
1864 – Caleb Blood Smith, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
1872 – James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)
1882 – Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor and chemist (b. 1822)
1892 – Tewfik Pasha, Khedive (ruler) of Egypt (b. 1852)
1893 – Jožef Stefan, Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet (b. 1835)

1901–1950

1903 – Alan Napier, British actor (d. 1988)
1903 – Carlos Di Sarli, Argentine tango musician (d. 1960)
1907 – Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist (d. 1993)
1908 – Red Allen, American trumpeter (d. 1967)
1910 – Frank Lubin, American–Lithuanian basketball player (d. 1999)
1910 – Orval Faubus, American politician, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)
1911 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress (d. 1995)
1912 – Charles Addams, American cartoonist (d. 1988)
1915 – Chano Poco, Cuban singer, dancer and jazz musician (d. 1948)
1916 – Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (d. 1975)
1916 – Elena Ceausescu, First Lady of Romania (d. 1989)
1918 – Alessandro Natta, Italian politician (d. 2001)
1920 – Vincent Gardenia, American actor (d. 1992)
1922 – Francisco Aramburu, Brazilian footballer (d. 1997)
1922 – Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flautist (d. 2000)
1922 – Eric Jupp, British–born Australian composer, arranger and conductor (d. 2003)
1922 – Alvin Dark, American baseball player (d. 2014)
1924 – Ralph Miliband, Belgian–born sociologist, father of David and Ed Miliband (d. 1994)
1924 – Edwin Reinecke, American politician (d. 2016)
1925 – Gerald Durrell, British naturalist and writer (d. 1995)
1925 – Robert Cormier, American writer (d. 2000)
1926 – Kim Jong-pil, 11th Prime Minister of South Korea
1928 – William Peter Blatty, American writer, screenwriter and director (d. 2017)
1929 – Terry Moore, American actress
1930 – Eddie LeBaron, American football player (d. 2015)
1931 – Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier (d. 2013)
1932 – Tormod Knutsen, Norwegian Nordic combined athlete
1934 – Tassos Papadopoulos, President of Cyprus (d. 2008)
1934 – Charles Jenkins Sr., American sprinter
1935 – Valeri Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2014)
1936 – Hunter Davies, Scottish writer and journalist
1937 – Ali Soilih, President of the Comoros (d. 1978)
1937 – Carlos Westendorp, Spanish diplomat
1938 – Patrick John, 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica
1938 – Paul Revere, American musician (Paul Revere and the Raiders) (d. 2014)
1939 – Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
1939 – Tom Kiernan, Irish rugby player and coach
1941 – John E. Walker, British chemist
1941 – Frederick D. Gregory, American astronaut
1942 – Vasily Alekseyev, Russian weightlifter (d. 2011)
1943 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb (d. 1955)
1943 – Richard Armstrong, English conductor
1944 – Mario Bertini, Italian footballer
1945 – Raila Odinga, Kenyan politician, former Prime minister of Kenya
1945 – Jay Lynch, American cartoonist (d. 2017)
1946 – Vann Nath, Cambodian painter (d. 2011)
1946 – Jann Wenner, American publisher
1947 – Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, Iranian classical musician (d. 2014)
1948 – Ichiro Mizuki, Japanese singer
1948 – Kenny Loggins, American singer
1950 – Erin Gray, American actress
1950 – Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and composer (d. 2016)

1951–2000

1953 – President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb.
1954 – The first public demonstration of a machine translation system was held in New York at the head office of IBM.
1955 – Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first African American person to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
1958 – Walter Hallstein becomes the first President of the European Commission.
1959 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
1960 – The UGM-27 Polaris missile is test–launched.
1968 – The Surveyor 7 spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1972 – While landing on Ibiza, a Sud Caravelle airplane of the Iberia airline crashes, killing 104 people.
1973 – Mark Essex shoots 10 people dead and injures 13 at a Howard Johnson's hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, before being shot dead by police.
1975 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%.
1979 – Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia are overthrown by Vietnamese troops.
1980 – US President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out Chrysler Corporation.
1984 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
1989 – Long–serving Japanese Emperor Hirohito dies aged 87; His son Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan.
1990 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns.
1991 – Roger Lafontant attempts a coup in Haiti.
1993 – The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated, with Jerry Rawlings as President.
1993 – The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack on the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
1996 – One of the worst blizzards in American history hits eastern states killing more than 100.
1997 – A team of programmers at the University of Regensburg, Germany releases Tibia, one of the earliest graphical MMORPGs.
1999 – The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins.
1999 – A series of landslides in Indonesia kills over 100 people.

From 2001

2002 – Avery Schreiber, American actor (b. 1935)
2004 – Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926)
2005 – Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913)
2005 – Rosemary Kennedy, third child and first daughter of Joseph and Rose Kennedy (b. 1918)
2005 – Eileen Desmond, Irish politician, former Minister for Health & Social Welfare (b. 1932)
2007 – Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic television presenter (b. 1929)
2008 – Alwyn Schlebusch, South African politician (b. 1917)
2013 – Carl Berner, German–American supercentenarian (b. 1902)
2013 – Huell Howser, American television host (b. 1945)
2013 – David R. Ellis, American director, actor and stuntman (b. 1952)
2014 – Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong movie producer and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
2015 – People killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting:
- Cabu, French cartoonist (b. 1938)
- Elsa Cayat, French psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and columnist (b. 1960)
- Charb, French cartoonist and journalist, Editor–in–Chief of Charlie Hebdo (b. 1967)
- Philippe Honoré, French cartoonist (b. 1941)
- Bernard Maris, French economist and journalist (b. 1946)
- Tignous, French cartoonist (b. 1957)
- Georges Wolinski, French cartoonist (b. 1934)
2015 – Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer and filmmaker (b. 1926)
2015 – Rod Taylor, Australian actor (b. 1930)
2015 – Mompati Merafhe, former Vice President of Botswana (b. 1947)
2015 – B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian business executive (b. 1947)
2015 – Arch A. Moore, Jr., American politician, 28th and 30th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1923)
2015 – Jethro Pugh, American football player (b. 1944)
2015 – J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1941)
2015 – David Rolfe, Australian swimmer (b. 1964)
2015 – José Arias, Spanish skier (b. 1922)
2016 – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian politician (b. 1936)
2016 – Sergey Shustikov, Russian footballer (b. 1970)
2016 – Robert M. Cundick, American organist and composer (b. 1926)
2016 – Judith Kaye, American lawyer (b. 1938)
2016 – Kitty Kallen, American singer (b. 1921)
2016 – Klaas Bakker, Dutch footballer (b. 1926)
2016 – Sol Polansky, American diplomat (b. 1926)
2016 – Richard Libertini, American actor (b. 1933)
2016 – Anton Srholec, Slovakian writer and priest (b. 1929)
2016 – Ashraf Pahlavi, Iranian princess (b. 1919)
2016 – Valerio Zanone, Italian politician (b. 1936)
2017 – Mario Soares, President of Portugal (b. 1924)
2017 – Nat Hentoff, American political philosopher, columnist and music critic (b. 1925)
2017 – Jerzy Kossela, Polish guitarist and singer (b. 1942)
2017 – Lech Trzeciakowski, Polish historian (b. 1931)
2017 – Lelio Lagorio, Italian politician (b. 1925)
2017 – Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (b. 1929)
2017 – Ramanuja Devnathan, Indian Sanskrit scholar (b. 1959)
2017 – John Deely, American philosopher (b. 1942)
2018 – Jim Anderton, New Zealand politician (b. 1938)
2018 – France Gall, French singer (b. 1947)
2018 – Anna Mae Hays, American military officer and nurse (b. 1920)
2018 – Markku Into, Finnish poet (b. 1945)
2018 – Peter Sutherland, Irish businessman (b. 1946)
2019 – Moshe Arens, Lithuanian–born Israeli aeronautical engineer, diplomat, and politician (b. 1925)
2019 – Jocelyne Saab, Lebanese film director (b. 1948)
2020 – Neil Peart, Canadian drummer (Rush) (b. 1952)
2021 – Tommy Lasorda, American baseball player/manager for the L.A. Dodgers (b. 1927)

Births

1951–1975

1951 – Talgat Musabayev, Kazakhstani cosmonaut
1951 – Helen Worth, English actress
1953 – Jenis av Rana, Faroese physician and politician
1953 – Dieter Hoeness, German footballer
1956 – Uwe Ochsenknecht, German actor and singer
1956 – David Caruso, American actor
1957 – Katie Couric, American newscaster
1958 – Linda Kozlowski, American actress
1959 – Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, English politician
1960 – Loretta Sanchez, American politician
1962 – Abigail Johnson, American businesswoman
1963 – Rand Paul, American politician
1964 – Christian Louboutin, French fashion designer
1964 – Nicolas Cage, American actor
1965 – Alessandro Lambruschini, Italian hurdler
1965 – John Ondrasik, American singer-songwriter
1965 – José Manuel Imbamba, Angolan archbishop
1966 – Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (d. 2012)
1966 – Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist (d. 1999)
1967 – Nick Clegg, British politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1967 – Guy Hebert, American ice hockey player
1967 – Mark Lamarr, English comedian and radio host
1969 – David Yost, American actor
1970 – Andy Burnham, British politician, Mayor of Greater Manchester
1970 – Doug E. Doug, American actor
1970 – Joao Ricardo, Angolan footballer
1971 – DJ Otzi, Austrian DJ, musician and rapper
1971 – Jeremy Renner, American actor and singer
1971 – David Longoria, American trumpeter, composer, producer and songwriter
1972 – Donald Brashear, American–Canadian ice hockey player

From 1976

1976 – Marcelo Bordon, Brazilian footballer
1977 – Dustin Diamond, American actor
1977 – Sofi Oksanen, Finnish writer
1978 – Emilio Palma, first person to be born on the continent of Antarctica
1978 – Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electrician, shot dead by police in London (d. 2005)
1979 – Christian Lindner, German politician
1982 – Lauren Cohan, American actress
1982 – Camilo Villegas, Colombian golfer
1983 – Natalie Gulbis, American golfer
1985 – Lewis Hamilton, English racecar driver, two–time Formula One world champion
1985 – Wayne Routledge, English footballer
1986 – Grant Leadbitter, English footballer
1987 – Davide Astori, Italian footballer (d. 2018)
1987 – Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
1988 – Haley Bennett, American singer and actress
1988 – Hardwell, Dutch DJ and producer
1989 – Emiliano Insua, Argentine footballer
1990 – Liam Aiken, American actor
1990 – Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
1990 – Camryn Grimes, American actress
1990 – Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
1991 – Caster Semenya, South African athlete
1991 – Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer
1991 – Max Morrow, Canadian actor
1991 – Roberto Pereyra, Argentine footballer
1992 – Erik Gudbranson, Canadian ice hockey player
1997 – Ayumi Ishida, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)

Deaths

1901–2000

1913 – Jack Boyle, American baseball player (b. 1866)
1920 – Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
1927 – Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician (b. 1851)
1932 – André Maginot, French civil servant, soldier and politician (b. 1877)
1943 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian–born inventor and electrical engineer (b. 1856).
1944 – Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States (b. 1874)
1945 – Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (b. 1870)
1951 – René Guénon, French–Egyptian writer (b. 1886)
1963 – Arthur Moore, Australian politician, Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
1964 – Cyril Davies, blues musician (b. 1932)
1972 – John Berryman, American poet (b. 1914)
1973 – Mark Essex, American spree killer (b. 1949)
1975 – Sinéad de Valera, wife of Irish statesman Éamon de Valera (b. 1878)
1980 – Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist and producer (b. 1935)
1984 – Alfred Kastler, French physicist (b. 1902)
1986 – P. D. Eastman, American writer and illustrator (b. 1909)
1988 – Trevor Howard, English actor (b. 1913)
1989 – Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (b. 1901)
1989 – Frank Adams, English mathematician (b. 1930)
1990 – Bronko Nagurski, American football player (b. 1908)
1992 – Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (b. 1951)
1995 – Murray Rothbard, American economist (b. 1926)
1998 – Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist (b.1906)

Observances

Christmas in Eastern Orthodox Churches that still use the Julian calendar
Tricolour Day (Italy)
Victory from Genocide Day (Cambodia)

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