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What happened in history on this day: January 7?
On January 7 in ...
- 1782 - First US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia.
- 1784 - First US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia.
- 1789 - America's first presidential election is held; only white men who own property are allowed to vote. George Washington wins the election.
- 1817 - The Second Bank of the United States opens for business, in Carpenter's Hall.
- 1830 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company begins carrying revenue traffic - first US Railroad Station (Baltimore, Maryland).
- 1861 - Florida troops takeover Fort Marion at Saint Augustine.
- 1862 - Battle of Manassas Junction, Virginia.
- 1862 - Romney Campaign - CSA General Thomas Jackson marchs towards Romney, West Virginia.
- 1868 - Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock.
- 1868 - Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson.
- 1892 - Mine explosion kills 100 in Krebs, Oklahoma; blacks trying to help rescue white survivors are driven away with guns.
- 1911 - First airplane bombing experiments conducted with explosives, in San Francisco, California.
- 1927 - Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London.
- 1929 - Buck Rogers, first sci-fi comic strip, premieres.
- 1929 - Tarzan, one of the first adventure comic strips, first appears.
- 1938 - Joseph P. Kennedy is appointed American Ambassador to Great Britain, and Hugh R. Wilson is appointed Ambassador to Germany.
- 1939 - US workers' union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916).
- 1942 - US and Filipino forces withdraw to Bataan.
- 1944 - US Air Force announces production of first US jet fighter, the Bell P-59.
- 1946 - The recently elected government of Austria is recognized by the US, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.
- 1948 - US President Harry Truman raises taxes for Marshall plan.
- 1949 - First photo of genes taken at University of Southern California by Pease and Baker.
- 1950 - Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport, Iowa).
- 1953 - US President Harry Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb.
- 1958 - US Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking to the Senate Democratic Caucus, states "Control of space means control of the world", "From space, the masters of infinity would have the power to control the Earth's weather...".
- 1959 - US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government.
- 1963 - US first class postage rate raised from 4 cents to 5 cents per ounce.
- 1968 - US first class postage rate raised from 5 cents to 6 cents per ounce.
- 1969 - US Congress doubles Presidential salary.
- 1971 - -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Arizona (state record).
- 1972 - Lewis F Powell Junior becomes a US Supreme Court Justice.
- 1972 - William Hubbs Rehnquist sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice.
- 1973 - US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize.
- 1975 - Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing US$30,000 damage.
- 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
- 1983 - US President Ronald Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala.
- 1985 - Saturn Corporation is founded in the USA as a "Different Kind of Car Company."
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya.
- 1992 - AT&T releases video-telephone ($1499).
- 1993 - The Winter Consumer Electronics Show is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. 3DO announces a CD-based entertainment platform, developed by Electronic Arts, Time Warner, Matsushita, and Kleiner Perkins.
- 1994 - United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing five.
- 1996 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 100 people.
- 1997 - Newt Gingrich narrowly re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives.
- 2003 - US Congress convenes, with Republican Senate majority (51-48-1 independent)
- 2006 - Embroiled in multiple scandals, former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announces he will not seek to reassume his former post.
- 2022 - David Bennett is the first human to receive a heart transplant from a pig, at University of Maryland, USA.
Births on January 7
- 1800 - Birth of Millard Fillmore in Locke, New York, USA; New York State Assembly member (1929-31), US House of Representatives member (Whig, 1833-43), New York state comptroller (1848-49), US Vice President (1849-50), 13th US President (1850-53).
- 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).
- 1911 - Birth of Butterfly [Thelma] McQueen in Tampa, Florida, USA; actress (Prissy - Gone With the Wind).
- 1913 - Birth of Shirley Ross in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm).
- 1928 - Birth of William Peter Blatty in New York City, New York, USA; author (The Exorcist).
- 1929 - Birth of Terry Moore AKA Helen Luella Koford in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Little Sheba, Batman, Burke's Law, Empire).
- 1933 - Birth of Elliot Kastner in New York City, New York, USA; producer (Bobo, Big Sleep, Ffolkes).
- 1934 - Birth of Charles Lamont Jenkins in New York City, New York, USA; 400m runner (Olympics-gold-1956).
- 1938 - Birth of Paul Revere Dick AKA Paul Revere in Harvard, Nebraska, USA; keyboardist (Paul Revere and the Raiders - "Fallin in Love", "Good Thing").
- 1941 - Birth of Frederick Drew Gregory in Washington DC, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (STS 51-B, 33, 44).
- 1943 - Birth of Jim Lefebvre in Hawthorne, California, USA; baseball manager (Seattle Mariners).
- 1945 - Birth of Tony Conigliaro in Massachusetts, USA; baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox).
- 1948 - Birth of Kenny Loggins in Everett, Washington, USA; singer (Loggins and Messina - "This is it", "Footloose").
- 1950 - Birth of Erin Gray in Honolulu, Hawaii; actress (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Baywatch).
- 1955 - Birth of Sandra Bernhard in Arizona, USA; Jewish comedian, singer, actress, and author (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy).
- 1956 - Birth of Robin Walton in Boise, Idaho, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Heartland Classic-15th).
- 1956 - Birth of Rosalyn Bryant in Chicago, Illinois, USA; 4x400m runner (Olympics-silver-1976).
- 1957 - Birth of Katie Couric [Katherine] in Arlington, Virginia, USA; TV news host (Today).
- 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 Jeff Montgomery in Wellston, Ohio, USA; pitcher (Kansas City Royals).
- 1967 - Birth of Guy Hebert in Troy, New York, USA; NHL goalie (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Team USA 1998).
- 1969 - Birth of Chris Hatcher; US baseball outfielder (Houston Astros).
- 1970 - Birth of Frank "Cliff" Mannon in Amarillo, Texas, USA; team handball (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Donald Brashear in Bedford, Indiana, USA; NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens).
- 1973 - Birth of Ricky Wood in Van Nuys, California, USA; diver (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Robert Dunn in Glenn Cove, New York, USA; team handball left wing (Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - Birth of Dustin Diamond in San Jose, California; actor (Screech - Saved By the Bell).
Deaths on January 7
- 1972 - John Berryman, American poet (Imaginary Jew), dies.
- 1990 - Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (San Francisco Giants), dies at age 86.
- 1990 - Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at age 73.
- 1994 - Death of Jay Blackton at age 84; American broadway conductor, arranger (Oklahoma!).
- 1995 - Murray Newton Rothbard, American economist, dies of cardiac arrest at age 69 (born 1926).
- 1998 - Death of Owen Bradley at age 82 from respiratory problems at Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; legendary Nashville producer (Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Ernest Tubb, Brenda Lee, Bill Anderson, Jack Greene, Kitty Wells, Webb Pierce.
- 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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