Birthdates Which Occur on January 7:
1528 Jeanne d'Albret queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV
1539 Sebasti n de Covarrubias Horozco Spanish lexicographer
1611 James Harrington England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans)
1612 Paul de La Pierre composer
1634 Adam Krieger composer
1652 Pavao Vitezovic Croatia, writer/historian
1653 Bernhard Albinus Germany, court-physician (Frederick of Prussia)
1685 Gerard George Clifford Dutch director of East India Company
1710 Josef Antonin Sehling composer
1799 Daniel Tyler Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1800 Millard Fillmore Locke NY, (Whig) 13th president (1850-53)
1808 Jacob Ammen Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1816 Stephen Miller Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1821 Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell Brig General (Confed Army), died in 1891
1824 James Morrison Hawes Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
1830 (Samuel) Emerson Opdycke Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
and Albert Bierstadt Germany, painter (US landscapes)
1842 Johan Lindegren composer
1844 Marie-Bernarde Soubirous [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary
1845 Louis III last king of Bavaria (1913-18)
and Paul Deusen German philosopher (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft)
1853 Nikolai Arkas composer
1855 Eli‰zer Ben-Jehuda [Perelmann], Latvia, writer (1st hebrew newspaper)
1860 Emanuil Mandlov composer
1868 Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski Polish/German orientalist
1873 Adolph Zukor Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)
and Charles Pierre P‚guy Orl‚ans Fr, Catholic writer (God Speaks)
1875 Thomas Hicks English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)
1876 William Yeates Hurlstone composer
1877 Johannes F Buziau Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)
1883 Andrew Browne Irish/British admiral (WW II)
1890 Henny Porten Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception)
and Maurice E McLoughlin tennis champ (US Open-1912)
1892 Rudolf Moser composer
1894 Jose Rozo Contreras composer
1895 Marie-Dominique Chenu French Roman Catholic theologist
1896 Arnold Ridley Bath England, actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train)
1898 Art Baker NYC, TV host (You Asked For It)
and Geronimo Baqueiro Foster composer
1899 Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches)
and Kenneth Thomson Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant)
19-- Juan Gabriel spanish singer (Amon Eterno, De Serenata)
and Valeria Linch spanish entertainer [or 1/17]
1903 Alan Napier Birmingham England, actor (Alfred-Batman)
and Shalva Azmayparashvili composer
and Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov composer
1907 Nicanor Zabaleta San Sebastian, Spain, harpist
1910 Alain JG de Rothschild France, banker/baron
and Jack Lovelock NZ/US surgeon/runner (Olympic-gold-1936)
1912 Charles Addams cartoonist (New Yorker, Addams Family)
1913 Francis De Wolff England, actor (From Russia With Love)
and Shirley Ross Omaha NE, actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm)
1915 Herman Musaph Dutch psychiatrist/sexologist/founder (NVSH)
1916 Gerrit Schulte [Le Fou Pedalant], Dutch 6 day bicyclist
and Paul Keres USSR, chess grandmaster (1950)
1917 Ulysses Sipmson Kay composer
1918 Alessadro Natta Italian political leader (Communist Party)
1922 Jean-Pierre Prampal Marseilles France, flautist
and Vincent Gardenia Naples Italy, actor (All in the Family, LA Law)
1923 Charles Russell Woolen composer
1924 Roloff Beny Alberta, painter/photographer (A Time of Gods)
1925 Gerald Malcolm Durrell Britain, zoologist/writer (Mockery Bird)
1928 William Peter Blatty NYC, author/director (The Exorcist)
1929 Douglas Kiker NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award)
and Kenneth Henry US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1952)
and Terry Moore [Helen Luella Koford], LA Cal, actress (Little Sheba)
1931 Mack Mattingly (Sen-R-GA, 1981-86)
1933 Elliot Kastner NYC, producer (Bobo, Big Sleep, Ffolkes)
1934 Charles Lamont Jenkins NYC, 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1956)
1935 Noam Sheriff composer
and Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov cosmonaut (Soyuz 6, 19, 36/35)
1936 Eldee Young US bassist (Young Holt Unlimited-Hang on Sloopy)
1938 Jasperina de Jong Dutch cabaret performer
1941 Frederick D Gregory Wash DC, Col USAF/astro (STS 51-B, 33, 44)
1942 Vasili Alexeyev USSR, weightlifer (Olympic-gold- )
1943 Jim Lefebvre Hawthorne Calif, baseball manager (Seattle Mariners)
and Leona Williams singer/songwriter (Ladies Get the Blues)
1944 Ad [GB] N˜huis Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
and Mike McGear Liverpool, singer (Paul McCartney's brother)
1945 Tony Conigliaro Mass, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
1946 Andy Brown rock drummer (Fortunes Birmingham)
1947 David Porcel˜n Dutch composer/conductor
1948 Kaz Lux Poland/Netherland, singer
and Kenny Loggins Everett WA, singer (& Messina-This is it, Footloose)
1949 Marshall Chapman Spartanburg SC, rocker
1950 Erin Gray Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers)
1951 Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev Rus, major/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-19)
1952 Giuliano Ferrara
1953 Earl Lindo "Wire" rocker
1955 Sandra Bernhard Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy)
1956 Rosalyn Bryant Chic Ill, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1976)
1957 Katie Couric [Katherine], Arlington VA, TV news host (Today)
and Kristen Meadows actress (Santa Barbara)
1958 Donna Rice New Orleans La, model/Gary Hart's lover
and Peter R Mokaba president (South African Youth Congress)
1959 Kathy Valentine rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat)
1960 Tierre Turner Detroit Mich, actor (Waverly Wonders, Cop & the Kid)
1962 Hallie Todd actress (Check is in the Mail)
1964 Nicolas Cage [Coppola], actor (Moonstruck, Racing with the Moon)
1969 Kym Wylde XXX actress (Girls Will be Boys)
1974 Jennifer LeRoy Craig CO, playmate (Feb, 1993)
1977 Dustin Diamond San Jose Calif, actor (Screech-Saved By Bell)
Deaths Which Occured January 7:
312 Lucianus of Antioch theologist/saint, dies
1285 Charles I van Anjou brother of King Louis IX of France, dies
1325 Dionysius the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies
1451 Amadeus VIII Duke of Savoy/last anti-pope Felix V (1439-49), dies
1529 Peter de Oude Vischer German count of Sebaldus, dies
1536 Catherine of Aragon 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies
1537 Alessandro de' Medici Italian monarch of Florence, assassinated
1566 Ludovicus Blosius [Louis de Blois "Dacrianus"], wrtier, dies
1590 Jacob Andreae German theologist (Formulae Concordiae), dies at 61
1598 Theodorus I [Fedor Ivanovitsj], czar of Russia (1584-98), dies at 40
1655 Innocentius X [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies
1678 Johannes Flittner composer, dies at 59
1695 Mary II Stuart queen of England, dies at 32
1721 Rochus Aerts Flemish sculptor
1722 Antoine Coypel French painter/poet, dies at 60
1736 Ceslav Vanura composer, dies at 41
1755 Gallus Zeiler composer, dies at 49
1790 Antonio Corbisiero composer, dies at 69
1810 Joseph Lipavsky composer, dies at 37
1830 Charlotte J T infant of Portugal, dies
1833 Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba composer, dies at 55
1843 Franz Schoberlechner composer, dies at 45
1868 William Batchelder Bradbury composer, dies at 51
1870 Karl Schwencke composer, dies at 72
1887 Abraham I van Lyre actor/theater director (Gran Th‚ƒtre), dies at 74
1890 Hans Matthison-Hansen composer, dies at 82
1891 Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert composer, dies at 79
1892 Tewfik Pasja viceroy of Egypt, dies
1907 Anton Urspruch composer, dies at 56
1922 Antonio Scontrino composer, dies at 71
1932 Henri Stroethoff actor (Slight Paradise), dies at 60
1942 Henry Earl of Baillet-Latour, pres of IOC (1925-42), dies at 63
1943 Nikola Tesla Yugoslavian physicist (tesla), dies
1944 J Verleun resistance fighter, executed
1957 Al White choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies
1958 Petru Groza premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74
1960 Luis da Costa composer, dies at 80
1961 Clarice Baright 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn dies at 74
1964 Colin C McPhee composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 63
1967 Carl Schuricht composer, dies at 86
1970 Robert [Harriot] Barrat actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81
1971 Dick Kollmar actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies at 60
Madame Spivy [LeVoe] actress (All Fall Down), dies at 64
1972 John Berryman US poet (Imaginary Jew), dies
1979 Zbigniew Turski composer, dies at 70
1980 Carl White rocker, dies
Sarah Selby actress (Tower of London), dies at 74
1981 Jose Ardevol composer, dies at 69
1982 Bert Oosterhuis auto racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash
1983 August Cool Belgian trade union leader, dies
1985 Johnny Guarnieri jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67
1986 M Rooi editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Current), dies at 79
1987 Larry Carr pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72
1988 Trevor Howard actor (Ryan's Daughter), dies at 71 of bronchitis
1990 Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski football hall of famer, dies at 81
Gail Lucas entertainer, dies
Horace Stoneham baseball owner (Giants), dies at 86
Joseph Robbie lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at 73
1991 Joe Hicks baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64
1992 Jhean Burton entertainer, dies
Richard Hunt puppeteer/actor, dies at 40
1993 Richard Branda actor, dies of colon cancer at 57
1994 Vittorio Mezzogiorno actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52
1995 Larry Grayson Brit entertainer (Generation Game), dies
Viktor Vorobyov Russian general-major, dies in battle
Holidays Which Occur January 7:
Cambodia PRK-Liberation Day (1979)
Liberia Pioneers' Day
Religious Observances on January 7:
Christian-Andorra St Lucia's Day
Christian-Ethiopia Ganna Christmas
RC Feast of St Vitalis
RC Reinout, monk/supervisor of bricklayers
RC Sanctinus, bishop of Senlis
RC Tillo, hermit in Brajac/apostle of Izegem
RC Valentinus, apostle of Reti‰, Bavaria
Russian Orthodox Julian Calendar Christmas in 20th, 21st century
1275 RC Memorial of Raymond of Pe¤afort, priest (opt)
Things to Remember for January 7:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
13 Days Astrological sign: Capricorn
[Ancient Rome] (a d vij Id Jan)
Highlights in History Which Occur January 7:
754 Pope Stefanus II arrives in Ponthion
1325 Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as king of Portugal
1558 Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French
1566 Michaele Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V
1579 England signs an offensive & defensive alliance with Netherland
1584 Last day of Julian calendar in Bohemia
1598 Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I
1601 Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
1608 Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia
1610 Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa & Ganymede
1618 Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor
1622 Germany & Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg
1630 Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno
1654 Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of The Ripe, 1 dies
1698 Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England
1714 Typewriter patented (built years later)
1761 Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten
1782 1st US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia
1784 1st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia
1785 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard & Jeffries)
1789 1st national (presidential) election in US
1817 2nd Bank of US opens
1822 1st printing in Hawaii
and Liberia colonized by Americans
1830 Baltimore & Ohio RR Co begins carrying revenue traffic
1835 HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago
1842 Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris
1861 Florida troops takeover Ft Marion at St Augustine
1862 Battle of Manassas Junction, VA
and Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV
1868 Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock
and Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson
1879 King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont
1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG)
1890 W B Purvis patents fountain pen
1892 Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help
rescue white survivors, driven away with guns
1893 Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin
1896 A Charlois discovers asteroids #410 Chloris & #411 Xanthe
and Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook
and M Wolf discovers asteroids #412 Elisabetha & #413 Edburga
1899 Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's
1903 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" (BG)
and Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel
1904 Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st intl radio distress signal
1907 Clyde Fitch' "Truth," premieres in NYC
1910 Ottawa Senators sweep Galt in 2 games for the Stanley Cup
1911 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF
and Dutch Pathfinders Organization established in Amsterdam
1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #738 Alagasta
and William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum
1914 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal
1916 German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun
1923 Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan
1925 Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in NYC
1927 Coml transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between NY & London
and Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Ill)
1929 "Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres
and "Tarzan," one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears
and 1st telephone connection between Netherlands & East Indies
1930 Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in NYC
1932 1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Mich
1933 1st edition of People & Fatherland published in Netherlands
1934 "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1297 Quadea & #1298 Nocturna & #3264
and Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld
1935 Z”e Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in NYC
1936 Duitslands issues 1st of Stamp
and Tennis champs Helen Moody & Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)
1939 US worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916)
1940 G Kulin discovers asteroid #3019
1942 WW II siege of Bataan starts
1945 Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen
1946 Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union
1948 US president Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan
1950 Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry"
and Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia)
1952 French Plevin govt falls
1953 Pres Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb
1955 Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (NYC)
and WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mt Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 USSR shrinks army to 300,000
1959 US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban govt
1961 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16
and Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps
1962 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails
and Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock
1963 1st class postage raised from 4› to 5›
1964 Bahamas becomes self-governing
and Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707)
1965 France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold
1966 Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts
and Gene Kiniski beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to become NWA champ
1967 "Newlywed Game" premieres on ABC TV
1968 "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV
and 1st class postage raised from 5› to 6›
1969 US Congress doubles president salary
1971 -40øF (-40øC), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record)
1972 Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die
and LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record)
and Lewis F Powell Jr becomes a Supreme Court Justice
and William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1973 British Darts Organisation founded in North London
and US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize
and WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1974 Dutch ration benzine & gasoline
1975 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to AR Ammons (Sphere)
and Gary Geld & Peter Udells musical "Shenandoah," premieres in NYC
and P Wild discovers asteroid #3468
1976 E F Helin discovers asteroid #2062 Aten
1977 Huyman Rights Charta '77 established in Prague
1978 Angola revises its constitution
1979 Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge
1980 Minn ends Phila Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends
1982 "Fame" premieres on NBC TV
and Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick
1983 Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala
1985 Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet
and KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ)
1986 Chicago Bears defeat New England Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX
and Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes
and STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems
and US president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
1987 French airplanes harass Libyan positions in Duadi Doum
1989 Akhito becomes emperor of Japan
and Intl Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris
and NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers longest win streak (11)
Cleve Cavs block 21 NY Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record
1990 Lynn Jennings cycles world record 5K indoor at 15:22.64
1991 "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV
1992 AT&T releases video-telephone ($1499)
1994 Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60)
and United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5
1608 Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.
1950 Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, killing 41
patients. (Davenport, Iowa)
1972 Iberian Airlines flight crashed into 800-foot-peak on island
of Ibiza, killing 104.
Your Special Reminders for January 7:
1896 6øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1907 64øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 7th day of year with 358 remaining (Numerology = 8)
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