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| Birthday January 07, 1800 Millard Fillmore, (Whig) 13th US pres (1850-53) |
| Birthday January 07, 1845 Louis III, last king of Bavaria (1913-18) |
| Birthday January 07, 1891 Zora Neale Hurston is born |
| Birthday January 07, 1911 Butterfly McQueen, Actress (Gone with the Wind) |
| Birthday January 07, 1925 Gerald Durrell, British zoologist and writer and broadcaster |
| Birthday January 07, 1935 Valeri N. Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 6 and 36 and Apollo-Soyuz) |
| Birthday January 07, 1942 Vasili Alexeyev, world champion weight-lifter |
| Birthday January 07, 1948 Kenny Loggins, singer |
| History January 07, 1558 Calais last English possession in France retaken by French |
| History January 07, 1610 Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites Io Europa & Ganymede |
| History January 07, 1714 Typewriter patented (built years later) |
| History January 07, 1753 Plough Monday |
| History January 07, 1776 Samuel Adams writes that the confederation is not dead, but sleepeth |
| History January 07, 1785 Across the English Channel in a balloon |
| History January 07, 1785 1st balloon flight across English Channel |
| History January 07, 1789 1st natl presidental election - US |
| History January 07, 1822 1st printing in Hawaii |
| History January 07, 1822 Liberia colonized by Americans |
| History January 07, 1864 Caleb Blood Smith dies |
| History January 07, 1892 Mine explodes in Oklahoma |
| History January 07, 1901 Cannibal Alfred Packer is paroled |
| History January 07, 1911 America’s sweetheart Mary Pickford marries Owen Moore |
| History January 07, 1915 Bolshevik envoy approaches German ambassador in Turkey |
| History January 07, 1927 Harlem Globetrotters play their first game |
| History January 07, 1929 Chrysler is Time magazine's Man of the Year |
| History January 07, 1929 Tarzan" one of the 1st adventure comic strips appears |
| History January 07, 1945 Monty holds a press conference |
| History January 07, 1946 A case of split personality in puzzling Chicago murders |
| History January 07, 1947 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts |
| History January 07, 1953 Truman announces U.S. has developed hydrogen bomb |
| History January 07, 1959 United States recognizes new Cuban government |
| History January 07, 1963 1st class postage raised from 4› to 5›. |
| History January 07, 1965 Civilian government is restored in Saigon |
| History January 07, 1967 Newlywed Game premiers |
| History January 07, 1968 1st class postage raised from 5› to 6› |
| History January 07, 1971 Laird visits Saigon |
| History January 07, 1972 LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record) |
| History January 07, 1979 Pol Pot overthrown |
| History January 07, 1982 Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick |
| History January 07, 1989 Emperor Hirohito dies |
| History January 07, 1999 Clinton impeachment trial begins |
| History January 07, 1999 Clinton's Senate impeachment trial begins |