What are the important events that happened on January 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 7: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 7 is the 7th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 25, 2023 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,409,760 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptagon’ day.
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 34 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,034 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 7 Historical Events
- 1797 –The modern Italian flag is first used.
- 1835 –HMS Beagle drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
- 1927 –The first transatlantic telephone service is established – from New York, New York to London, England, United Kingdom.
- 1935 –Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
- 1942 –World War II: The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.
- 1945 –World War II: British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge.
- 1948 –Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
- 1959 –The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
- 1968 –Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
- 1993 –The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
Who were born on January 7?
- 1837 –Thomas Henry Ismay, founder of the White Star Line shipping company (d. 1899)
- 1895 –Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and co-founder of Qantas (d. 1974)
- 1906 –Bobbi Trout, American aviator (d. 2003)
- 1910 –Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)
- 1936 –G. Robert Blakey, American attorney
- 1941 –Manfred Schellscheidt, German American soccer coach
- 1950 –Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter
- 1961 –John Thune, American politician, junior senator of South Dakota
- 1969 –David Yost, American actor
- 1979 –Bipasha Basu, Indian model and actress
Who died on January 7?
- 1400 –Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)
- 1655 –Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)
- 1694 –Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general (b. c.1618)
- 1919 –Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1843)
- 1932 –André Maginot, French eponym of the Maginot Line (b. 1877)
- 1946 –Adamo Didur, Polish tenor (b. 1874)
- 1989 –Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (b. 1901)
- 2002 –Jon Lee, Welsh musician (Feeder) (b. 1968)
- 2005 –Eileen Desmond, Irish politician (b. 1932)
- 2007 –Bobby Hamilton, NASCAR team owner (b. 1957)
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