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What happened in history on this day: January 7?
On January 7 in ...
- 1954 - DuMont Laboratories unveils the Duoscopic TV receiver. The TV set allows viewers to watch two different shows at the same time.
- 1967 - ABC TV debuts the Newlywed Game TV game show, hosted by Bob Eubanks.
- 1968 - GE College Bowl quiz show premieres on NBC TV.
- 1982 - NBC TV debuts series Fame.
- 1983 - CBS airs the 100th episode of The Dukes of Hazzard.
- 1985 - CBC Television (Canada) debuts the Midday TV show, and the Venture TV show.
- 1991 - Nia Peeples' Party Machine 30-minute TV show premieres.
- 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.
Births on January 7
- 1873 - Birth of Adolph Zukor in Hungary; movie producer/director/executive (Paramount).
- 1890 - Birth of Henny Porten in Magdeburg, Germany; silent screen star (Deception).
- 1896 - Birth of Arnold Ridley in Bath, England; actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train).
- 1898 - Birth of Art Baker in New York City, New York, USA; TV host (You Asked For It).
- 1899 - Birth of Kenneth Thomson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant).
- 1903 - Birth of Alan Napier in Birmingham, England; actor (Alfred - Batman TV series).
- 1911 - Birth of Butterfly [Thelma] McQueen in Tampa, Florida, USA; actress (Prissy - Gone With the Wind).
- 1913 - Birth of Francis De Wolff in England; actor (From Russia With Love).
- 1913 - Birth of Shirley Ross in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm).
- 1922 - Birth of Vincent Gardenia in Naples, Italy; Tony and Emmy award winning actor (All in the Family, L.A. Law, Ben Casey, Naked City, Edge of Night, J. Edgar Hoover - Kennedy TV mini-series).
- 1929 - Birth of Douglas Kiker; NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award).
- 1929 - Birth of Terry Moore AKA Helen Luella Koford in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Little Sheba, Batman, Burke's Law, Empire).
- 1930 - Birth of Douglas Kiker; news correspondent (NBC Magazine, Peabody award 1970).
- 1933 - Birth of Elliot Kastner in New York City, New York, USA; producer (Bobo, Big Sleep, Ffolkes).
- 1939 - Birth of Maury Povich; TV host (Current Affair, Maury).
- 1950 - Birth of Erin Gray in Honolulu, Hawaii; actress (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Baywatch).
- 1952 - Birth of Sammo Hung; actor (Martial Law).
- 1955 - Birth of Sandra Bernhard in Arizona, USA; Jewish comedian, singer, actress, and author (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy).
- 1956 - Birth of David Caruso; actor (CSI: Miami, NYPD Blue, Michael Hayes).
- 1956 - Birth of Uwe Ochsenknecht; actor (Die Straße, Derrick, Tatort, Das Boot, Manner and Schtonk).
- 1957 - Birth of Katie Couric [Katherine] in Arlington, Virginia, USA; TV news host (Today).
- 1957 - Birth of Kristen Meadows; actress (Santa Barbara).
- 1960 - Birth of David Marciano in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Detective Ray Vecchio - Due South, The Shield).
- 1960 - Birth of Tierre Turner in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Waverly Wonders, Cop and the Kid).
- 1962 - Birth of Hallie Todd; actress (Check is in the Mail, Lizzie McGuire, Murder She Wrote, Best of Times).
- 1964 - Birth of Nicolas Cage; actor (Moonstruck, Racing with the Moon, Inside the Actor's Studio, Saturday Night Live).
- 1970 - Birth of Doug E. Doug; actor-rapper (Where I Live, Cosby, Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever).
- 1971 - Birth of Kevin Rahm; actor (Judging Amy, Jesse).
- 1977 - Birth of Dustin Diamond in San Jose, California; actor (Screech - Saved By the Bell).
- 1990 - Birth of Camryn Grimes; actress (The Young and the Restless).
- 1990 - Birth of Liam Aiken; actor (Late Night with David Letterman, Law and Order).
- 1991 - Birth of Max Morrow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Monk).
Deaths on January 7
- 1932 - Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (Bright Paradise), dies at age 60.
- 1957 - Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies.
- 1970 - Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at age 81.
- 1971 - Dick Kollmar, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies at age 60.
- 1971 - Madame Spivy [LeVoe], actress (All Fall Down), dies at age 64.
- 1980 - Sarah Selby, actress (Tower of London), dies at age 74.
- 1985 - Death of Johnny Guarnieri at age 67; jazz pianist, musical director (NBC, headed the orchestra on Morey Amsterdam Show TV show, , Tonight! America After Dark TV show).
- 1988 - Death of Trevor Howard at age 71 of bronchitis; English actor (Ryan's Daughter, George Washington TV mini-series, Peter the Great, Shaka Zulu, Love Boat).
- 1992 - Richard Hunt, puppeteer/actor (The Muppet Movie), dies of AIDS at age 40.
- 1993 - Richard Branda, actor (Two Minute Warning), dies of colon cancer at age 57.
- 1994 - Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52.
- 1995 - Larry Grayson, British entertainer (Generation Game), dies at age 71 (born 1923).
- 2002 - Death of Avery Schreiber at age 64 of diabetes complications; actor/comedian (Burns and Schreiber, Doritos ads, My Mother The Car, Chico and the Man, Match Game, Days of Our Lives, The Muppet Show).
- 2014 - Death of Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong filmmaker and entrepreneur (born 1907).
- 2023 - Death of Adam Rich at age 54 in his apartment in Los Angeles, California, California, USA; actor (Nicholas Bradford - Eight is Enough TV show (1977-1981)).
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