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Notable anniversaries in history for today: January 7
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of James Morrison Hawes; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1889).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Roloff Beny in Alberta, Canada; painter/photographer (A Time of Gods).
- 90th: 1934 - Flash Gordon comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Charles Lamont Jenkins in New York City, New York, USA; 400m runner (Olympics-gold-1956).
- 90th: 1934 - Dutch Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld.
- 80th: 1944 - US Air Force announces production of first US jet fighter, the Bell P-59.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Ad [GB] Nijhuis; Dutch Member of Parliament (VVD).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Alan Butcher; cricket player (one Test England versus India, scored 14 and 20).
- 70th: 1954 - In Dieppe, France, a meteorite explodes, smashing windows of a building.
- 70th: 1954 - DuMont Laboratories unveils the Duoscopic TV receiver. The TV set allows viewers to watch two different shows at the same time.
- 60th: 1964 - Bahamas achieves internal self-government and cabinet responsibility.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Nicolas Cage; actor (Moonstruck, Racing with the Moon, Inside the Actor's Studio, Saturday Night Live).
- 60th: 1964 - Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Principles), dies at age 62.
- 60th: 1964 - Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in the air (Boeing 707).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of John Rich; country singer (Big and Rich).
- 50th: 1974 - Netherlands government imposes rationing of gasoline.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902).
- 40th: 1984 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Jay Blackton at age 84; American broadway conductor, arranger (Oklahoma!).
- 30th: 1994 - Phoumi Vongvichit, President of Laos (1986-91), dies.
- 30th: 1994 - South Africa beats Australia in the Sydney Test by five runs.
- 30th: 1994 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding.
- 30th: 1994 - United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing five.
- 30th: 1994 - The barge Morris J. Furhman runs aground off the northern side of Puerto Rico capital city harbor, spilling 2.8 million litres of heavy fuel oil, which spreads over a 9.6km stretch of shoreline.
- 30th: 1994 - Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52.
- 15th: 2009 - Russia shuts off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin publicly endorses the move and urges greater international involvement in the energy dispute.
- 15th: 2009 - In India, software and services company Satyam, founder and chairman Ramalinga Raju admits to years of fraud in the company's accounts, inflating revenues and fabricating non-existent cash balances of about US$1 billion.
- 15th: 2009 - 35th Annual People's Choice Awards in the USA:
- Favorite movie: Dark Knight
- Favorite on-screen pairing: Christian Bale and Heath Ledger in Dark Knight
- Favorite female singer: Carrie Underwood
- Favorite country song: "Last Name" by Carrie Underwood
- Favorite star under 35 years: Carrie Underwood
- Funniest male star: Adam Sandler
- Favorite female movie star: Reese Witherspoon
- Favorite leading lady: Kate Hudson
- Favorite comedy movie: 27 Dresses
- Favorite action movie: Dark Knight
- Favorite superhero: Batman played by Christian Bale in Dark Knight
- Favorite movie cast: Dark Knight
- Favorite drama movie: The Secret Life of Bees
- Favorite family film: Wall-E
- Favorite TV drama: House
- Favorite TV comedy: Two and a Half Men
- Favorite new TV drama: The Mentalist
- Favorite new TV comedy: Gary Unmarried
- Favorite male TV star: Hugh Laurie in House
- Favorite female TV star: Christina Applegate in Samantha Who?
- Favorite TV talk show host: Ellen DeGeneres
- Favorite competition or reality TV show: Dancing With the Stars
- Favorite rock song "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock
- Favorite music group: Rascal Flatts
- Favorite male singer: Chris Brown
- Favorite pop song: "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry.
- 5th: 2019 - A faction of the Armed Forces of Gabon attempts a coup d'état.
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