January 7 in History

Historical Events on January 7

1558 France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England.

1610 Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.

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.

1959 The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.

1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.

1984 Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

1993 The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.

2015 Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, shooting twelve people execution style, and wounding eleven others.

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Famous Birthdays on January 7

1963 Rand Paul

1967 Nick Clegg

1985 Lewis Hamilton

1991 Eden Hazard

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Famous Deaths on January 7

1943 Nikola Tesla

1951 René Guénon

1989 Hirohito

1995 Murray Rothbard

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