Births on January 7

Olga Panova

Born on January 7, 1987

Olga Panova, Russian tennis player

Olga Alexandrovna Panova (Russian: Ольга Александровна Панова; born 7 January 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player. She was born in Krasnodar. Her younger sister, Alexandra Panova, is also a tennis player.

In her career, she won nine doubles titles on the ITF circuit. On 17 July 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 274. On 21 August 2006, she peaked at No. 192 in the doubles rankings.

Partnering Ekaterina Makarova in 2005, Panova was runner-up at the $75,000 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge. She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2006 İstanbul Cup, partnering Vasilisa Davydova in doubles, but lost her first-round match against Yuliana Fedak and Eva Hrdinová.

References

Olga Panova

Choose Another Date

Events on 1987

27 Apr

Kurt Waldheim
The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the USA, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
1 May

Auschwitz concentration camp
Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
5 Jul

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
27 Jul

RMS Titanic
RMS Titanic Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
7 Nov

Habib Bourguiba
In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Births on January 7

Olga Panova

Born on January 7, 1987

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1987

Kurt Waldheim

Auschwitz concentration camp

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

RMS Titanic

Habib Bourguiba