Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
On this day in 1558, Calais, the last English possession in France at the time, was retaken by the French. On this day in 1610, Galileo discovered the first three Jupiter satellites: Io, Europa & Ganymede. In 1618 on this day, Francis Bacon became the English Lord Chancellor. In 1785 on this day, Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries became the first to travel across the English Channel by air via a gas balloon. On this day in 1789, the first U.S. presidential election took place. The modern Italian flag was first used on this day in 1797. On this day in 1822, Liberia was colonized by Americans. In 1931 on this day, Guy Menzies flew the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, although he crash-landed on New Zealand's west coast. On this day in 1953, American President Harry Truman announced that the U.S. had developed the hydrogen bomb. On this day in 1979, Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge were overthrown in Kampuchea, now known as Cambodia, after Vietnamese forces captured the capital city of Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
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
On this day in 1558, Calais, the last English possession in France at the time, was retaken by the French.
1566 - Antonio "Michele" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V
1579 - England signs an offensive & defensive alliance with Netherland
1584 - Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia & Holy Roman empire
1598 - Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodor I
1601 - Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
1608 - Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia
On this day in 1610, Galileo discovered the first three Jupiter satellites: Io, Europa & Ganymede. In 1618 on this day, Francis Bacon became the English Lord Chancellor.
1622 - Germany & Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg
1654 - Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp Neth, 1 dies
1698 - Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England
1714 - Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (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
In 1785 on this day, Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries became the first to travel across the English Channel by air via a gas balloon. They flew from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air. The two men nearly crashed into the Channel along the way, however, as their balloon was weighed down by extraneous supplies such as anchors, a nonfunctional hand-operated propeller, and silk-covered oars with which they hoped they could row their way through the air. Just before reaching the French coast, the two balloonists were forced to throw nearly everything out of the balloon, and Blanchard even threw his trousers over the side in a desperate, but apparently successful, attempt to lighten the ship. On this day in 1789, the first U.S. presidential election took place. On this day in 1789, America's first presidential election is held. Voters cast ballots to choose state electors; only white men who owned property were allowed to vote. As expected, George Washington won the election and was sworn into office on April 30, 1789. The modern Italian flag was first used on this day in 1797.
1817 - 2nd Bank of US opens
1822 - 1st printing in Hawaii
On this day in 1822, Liberia was colonized by Americans.
1822 - Liberia colonized by Americans
1830 - 1st US Railroad Station opens (Baltimore)
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
1862 - Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV
1868 - Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock
1868 - Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson
1888 - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG)
1890 - W B Purvis patents fountain pen
1892 - Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Oklahoma-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns
1893 - Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin
1894 - Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing
1896 - Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook
1899 - Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's
1903 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" (BG)
1903 - Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel
Inventor and Nobel Laureate Guglielmo MarconiInventor and Nobel Laureate Guglielmo Marconi 1904 - Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st intl radio distress signal
1907 - Clyde Fitch' "Truth," premieres in NYC
1908 - England beat Australia by one wicket at the MCG
1910 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators sweep Galt (Ont) in 2 games
1911 - 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF
1911 - Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam
1913 - 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
1927 - Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Illinois)
1929 - "Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres
1929 - "Tarzan," one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears
1930 - Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in NYC
In 1931 on this day, Guy Menzies flew the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, although he crash-landed on New Zealand's west coast.
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
1935 - Zoe Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in NYC
1936 - Tennis champs Helen Moody & Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)
1939 - US worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916)
1942 - WW II siege of Bataan starts
1944 - Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59
1945 - Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen
1946 - Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union
1947 - Aust v Eng at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Aust since 1882
33rd US President Harry Truman33rd US President Harry Truman 1948 - US president Harry Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan
1949 - 1st photo of genes taken at U of S California by Pease & Baker
1950 - "Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 3 performances
1950 - Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry"
1950 - Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia)
1952 - French Plevin government falls
On this day in 1953, American President Harry Truman announced that the U.S. had developed the hydrogen bomb. In his final State of the Union address before Congress, President Harry S. Truman tells the world that that the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. It was just three years earlier on January 31, 1950, that Truman publicly announced that had directed the Atomic Energy Commission to proceed with the development of the hydrogen bomb. Truman's directive came in responds to evidence of an atomic explosion occurring within USSR in 1949.
1954 - Georgetown-IBM experiment, the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
1955 - Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (NYC)
1955 - WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mt Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - Vinoo Mankad scores 231 v NZ, 413 opening stand with Roy
1958 - USSR shrinks army to 300,000
1959 - US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government
1961 - 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16
1961 - Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps
Cuban President Fidel CastroCuban President Fidel Castro 1962 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27
1962 - Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails
1962 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock
1963 - 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents
1964 - Bahamas becomes self-governing
1964 - 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
1966 - 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
1968 - 1st class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents
1969 - US Congress doubles president salary
1970 - Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock"
1971 - -40°F (-40°C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record)
1972 - Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die
1972 - LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record)
1972 - Lewis F Powell Jr becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1972 - William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1972 - LA Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
1973 - "Purlie" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 14 performances
1973 - British Darts Organisation founded in North London
1973 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1973 - Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 v Pakistan Never again
1973 - US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize
1973 - WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1974 - Dutch rations gasoline
1975 - "Shenandoah" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 1050 performances
1975 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to AR Ammons (Sphere)
1975 - Gary Geld & Peter Udell's musical "Shenandoah," premieres in NYC
1975 - Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage
1977 - Huyman Rights Charta '77 established in Prague
1978 - Angola revises its constitution
On this day in 1979, Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge were overthrown in Kampuchea, now known as Cambodia, after Vietnamese forces captured the capital city of Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge. On January 7, 1979, Vietnamese troops seize the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, toppling the brutal regime of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge, organized by Pol Pot in the Cambodian jungle in the 1960s, advocated a radical Communist revolution that would wipe out Western influences in Cambodia and set up a solely agrarian society. In 1970, aided by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, Khmer Rouge guerrillas began a large-scale insurgency against Cambodian government forces, soon gaining control of nearly a third of the country.
1980 - Minn ends Phila Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends
1982 - "Fame" premieres on NBC TV
1982 - Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick
1983 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win v England
US President & Actor Ronald ReaganUS President & Actor Ronald Reagan 1983 - President Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala
1984 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
1985 - "King & I" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
1985 - Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet
1985 - KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ)
1985 - Lou Brock & Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1986 - Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes
1986 - STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems
1986 - US President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
1987 - French airplanes harass Libyan positions in Duadi Doum
1987 - Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest
1989 - Akhito becomes emperor of Japan
1989 - Intl Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris
1989 - NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers longest win streak (11)
1989 - Cleve Cavs block 21 NY Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record
1990 - Lynn Jennings runs world record 5K indoor at 15:22.64
1990 - Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far
1991 - "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV
1992 - AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499)
1992 - Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan
1992 - Tom Seaver & Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1993 - The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
1994 - South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs
1994 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding
1994 - United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5
1995 - "Christmas Carol" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 18 perfs
1995 - "Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 280 performances
1996 - "Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 1622 perfs
1996 - "Fool Moon" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after * performances
1996 - 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000
1997 - Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House
White House Intern Monica LewinskyWhite House Intern Monica Lewinsky 1998 - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signs affidavit denying she had an affair with President Bill Clinton
1999 - President Bill Clinton begins his impeachment trial in the Senate.
2012 - Hot air balloon crashes in Carterton, New Zealand, killing 11
2013 - Lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year
1558 - Calais, the last English possession on mainland France, was recaptured by the French. 1610 - Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons. He named them Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. 1782 - The Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia. It was the first commercial bank in the United States. 1785 - French aeronaut/balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard successfully made the first air-crossing of the English Channel from the English coast to France. 1789 - Americans voted for the electors that would choose George Washington to be the first U.S. president. 1887 - Thomas Stevens completed the first worldwide bicycle trip. He started his trip in April 1884. Stevens and his bike traveled 13,500 miles in almost three years time. 1894 - W.K. Dickson received a patent for motion picture film. 1896 - "Fannie Farmer Cookbook" cookbook was published. 1904 - The distress signal "CQD" was established. Two years later "SOS" became the radio distress signal because it was quicker to send by wireless radio. 1926 - George Burns and Gracie Allen were married. 1927 - Transatlantic telephone service Service began between New York and London. 31 calls were made on this first day. 1927 - In Hinckley IL, the Harlem Globetrotters played their first game. 1929 - The debut of "Buck Rogers 2429 A.D." occurred in newspapers around the U.S. The title of the comic strip was later changed to "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century." 1932 - Chancellor Heinrich Brüning declared that Germany cannot, and will not, resume reparations payments. 1935 - French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini signed the Italo-French agreements. 1940 - "Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch" debuted on CBS Radio. The show aired for 16 years. 1941 - The NBC Blue radio network presented "The Squeaky Door" for the first time. The show was later known as "Inner Sanctum." 1942 - The World War II siege of Bataan began. 1949 - The announcement of the first photograph of genes was shown at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. 1953 - U.S. President Harry Truman announced the development of the hydrogen bomb. 1954 - The Duoscopic TV receiver was unveiled this day. The TV set allowed the watching of two different shows at the same time. 1959 - The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba. 1968 - The cost of a U.S. first class stamp was raised to 6 cents. 1975 - OPEC agreed to raise crude oil prices by 10%, which began a time of world economic inflation. 1979 - Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government. 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed legislation that authorized $1.5 billion in loans for the bail out of Chrysler Corp. 1989 - Crown Prince Akihito became the emperor of Japan following the death of his father, Emperor Hirohito. 1990 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa was closed to the public. The accelerated rate of "leaning" raised fears for the safety of its visitors. 1996 - Alvaro Arzu was elected president of Guatemala. 1996 - One of the biggest blizzards in U.S. history hit the eastern states. More than 100 deaths were later blamed on the severe weather. 1998 - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signed an affidavit denying that she had an affair with U.S. President Clinton. 1999 - U.S. President Clinton went on trial before the Senate. It was only the second time in U.S. history that an impeached president had gone to trial. Clinton was later acquitted of perjury and obstruction of justice charges. 2002 - Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates introduced a new device code named Mira. The device was tablet-like and was a cross between a handheld computer and a TV remote control. 2009 - Russia shut off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the move and urged greater international involvement in the energy dispute. 2010 - Apple's iPad was unveiled.
1896 Fanny Farmer published her first cookbook. 1927 Transatlantic commercial telephone service began between New York and London. 1953 Harry Truman announced that the U.S. had developed the hydrogen bomb. 1955 Marian Anderson made her Metropolitan Opera debut. 1979 Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge government. 1989 Japan's Emperor Hirohito died. 1999 The impeachment trial of President William Clinton began in the Senate.
The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/jan07.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory
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