What happened this day in history January 7

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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 358 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 25, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,736,208,000 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 ‘heptagon’ day.

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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 22 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 4,400 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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January 7 Historical Events

  • 1325
    Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal.
  • 1894
    William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
  • 1904
    The distress signal “CQD” is established only to be replaced two years later by “SOS”.
  • 1920
    The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
  • 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.
  • 1952
    President Harry S. Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb.
  • 1960
    The Polaris missile is test launched.
  • 1985
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan’s first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
  • 1991
    Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoutes in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.
  • 1999
    The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.

Who were born on January 7?

  • 1832
    James Munro, Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)
  • 1876
    William Hurlstone, English composer (d. 1906)
  • 1912
    Charles Addams, American cartoonist (d. 1988)
  • 1928
    William Peter Blatty, American screenwriter
  • 1935
    Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (d. 2006)
  • 1936
    Ben Cropp, Australian shark hunter and photographer
  • 1947
    Shobha De, Indian writer
  • 1960
    Loretta Sanchez, American politician, U.S. Representative from California
  • 1971
    Jeremy Renner, American actor
  • 1988
    Haley Bennett, American singer and actress

Who died on January 7?

  • 1758
    Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (b. 1686)
  • 1770
    Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695)
  • 1830
    Thomas Lawrence, English painter (b. 1769)
  • 1864
    Caleb Blood Smith, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
  • 1963
    Arthur Moore, Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
  • 1972
    John Berryman, American poet (b. 1914)
  • 1981
    Alvar Lidell, UK radio broadcaster (b. 1908)
  • 1992
    Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (The Muppets) (b. 1951)
  • 1996
    Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician (b. 1930)
  • 2008
    Alwyn Schlebusch, South African vice state president (b. 1917)

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