What are the important events that happened on January 1, 2007? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

January 1, 2007: Facts & Myths About This Day

January 1, 2007 is the 1^st day of the year 2007 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 19, 2006 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,167,609,600 seconds 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 ‘henagon’ day.

If a person born on this day saved a Quarter every day starting at age 4, then by now that person has accumulated $1,216.00. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)

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.

Dog is the mythical animal and Fire is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.

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January 1, 2007 Historical Events

• 2007 –
  Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
• 2007 –
  Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Also, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages.

Who died on January 1, 2007?

• 2007 –
  A. I. Bezzerides, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 2007 –
  Darrent Williams, American football player (b. 1982)
• 2007 –
  Del Reeves, American country singer (b. 1932)
• 2007 –
  Ernie Koy, American baseball player (b. 1909)
• 2007 –
  Julius Hegyi, American conductor (b. 1923)
• 2007 –
  Leon Davidson, American scientist known for studying UFOs (b. 1922)
• 2007 –
  Leonard Fraser, Australian serial killer (b. 1951)
• 2007 –
  Roland Levinsky, South African medical scientist (b. 1943)
• 2007 –
  Tad Jones, American jazz music historian (b. 1952)
• 2007 –
  Tillie Olsen, American writer (b. 1912)

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