Well tomorrow marks another historical event the 53rd Birthday of a wonderful man. In his honor I have googled up all the events that happened on the 7th Day of Janury through out History. As a man who loves trivia and history I hope he will enjoy. If I had not been down with the flu all day I would have done a better job! But HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
07/01/0754 - Pope Stefanus II arrives in Ponthion
07/01/1325 - Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as king of Portugal
07/01/1558 - Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French
07/01/1566 - Antonio "Michele" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V
07/01/1566 - Michaele Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V
07/01/1579 - England signs an offensive and defensive alliance with Netherland
07/01/1584 - Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and Holy Roman empire
07/01/1598 - Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I
07/01/1601 - Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
07/01/1608 - Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia
07/01/1610 - Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede
07/01/1618 - Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor
07/01/1622 - Germany and Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg
07/01/1630 - Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno
07/01/1654 - Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp Neth, 1 dies
07/01/1698 - Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England
07/01/1714 - Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
07/01/1761 - Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten
07/01/1782 - 1st US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia
07/01/1784 - 1st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia
07/01/1785 - 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard and Jeffries)
07/01/1817 - 2nd Bank of US opens
07/01/1822 - 1st printing in Hawaii
07/01/1822 - Liberia colonized by Americans
07/01/1830 - 1st US Railroad Station opens (Baltimore)
07/01/1835 - HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago
07/01/1842 - Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris
07/01/1861 - Florida troops takeover Ft Marion at St Augustine
07/01/1862 - Battle of Manassas Junction, VA
07/01/1862 - Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV
07/01/1868 - Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock
07/01/1868 - Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson
07/01/1879 - Dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont
07/01/1888 - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG)
07/01/1890 - W B Purvis patents fountain pen
07/01/1892 - Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns
07/01/1893 - Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin
07/01/1894 - Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing
07/01/1896 - Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook
07/01/1899 - Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's
07/01/1903 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" (BG)
07/01/1903 - Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel
07/01/1904 - Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st intl radio distress signal
07/01/1907 - Clyde Fitch' "Truth," premieres in NYC
07/01/1908 - England beat Australia by one wicket at the MCG
07/01/1910 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators sweep Galt (Ont) in 2 games
07/01/1911 - 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF
07/01/1911 - Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam
07/01/1913 - William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum
07/01/1914 - 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal
07/01/1916 - German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun
07/01/1923 - Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan
07/01/1925 - Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in NYC
07/01/1927 - Coml transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between NY and London
07/01/1927 - Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Ill)
07/01/1929 - "Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres
07/01/1929 - "Tarzan," one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears
07/01/1929 - 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies
07/01/1930 - Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in NYC
07/01/1932 - 1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Mich
07/01/1933 - 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands
07/01/1934 - "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts
07/01/1934 - Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld
07/01/1935 - Z”e Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in NYC
07/01/1936 - Tennis champs Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)
07/01/1939 - US worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916)
07/01/1942 - WW II siege of Bataan starts
07/01/1944 - Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59
07/01/1945 - Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen
07/01/1946 - Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union
07/01/1947 - Aust v Eng at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Aust since 1882
07/01/1948 - US president Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan
07/01/1949 - 1st photo of genes taken at U of S Calif by Pease and Baker
07/01/1950 - "Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 3 performances
07/01/1950 - Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry"
07/01/1950 - Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia)
07/01/1952 - French Plevin govt falls
07/01/1953 - Pres Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb
07/01/1955 - Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (NYC)
07/01/1955 - WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mt Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
07/01/1956 - Vinoo Mankad scores 231 v NZ, 413 opening stand with Roy
07/01/1958 - USSR shrinks army to 300,000
07/01/1959 - US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban govt
07/01/1961 - 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16
07/01/1961 - Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps
07/01/1962 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27
07/01/1962 - Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails
07/01/1962 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock
07/01/1963 - 1st class postage raised from 4› to 5›
07/01/1964 - Bahamas becomes self-governing
07/01/1964 - Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707)
07/01/1965 - France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold
07/01/1966 - Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts
07/01/1966 - Gene Kiniski beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to become NWA champ
07/01/1967 - "Newlywed Game" premieres on ABC TV
07/01/1968 - "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV
07/01/1968 - 1st class postage raised from 5› to 6›
07/01/1969 - US Congress doubles president salary
07/01/1970 - Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock"
07/01/1971 - -40øF (-40øC), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record)
07/01/1972 - Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die
07/01/1972 - LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record)
07/01/1972 - Lewis F Powell Jr becomes a Supreme Court Justice
07/01/1972 - William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
07/01/1973 - "Purlie" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 14 performances
07/01/1973 - British Darts Organisation founded in North London
07/01/1973 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
07/01/1973 - Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 v Pakistan Never again
07/01/1973 - US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize
07/01/1973 - WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
07/01/1974 - Dutch rations gasoline
07/01/1975 - "Shenandoah" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 1050 performances
07/01/1975 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to AR Ammons (Sphere)
07/01/1975 - Gary Geld and Peter Udell's musical "Shenandoah," premieres in NYC
07/01/1975 - Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage
07/01/1977 - Huyman Rights Charta '77 established in Prague
07/01/1978 - Angola revises its constitution
07/01/1979 - Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge
07/01/1980 - Minn ends Phila Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends
07/01/1982 - "Fame" premieres on NBC TV
07/01/1982 - Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick
07/01/1983 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win v England
07/01/1983 - Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala
07/01/1985 - "King and I" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
07/01/1985 - Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet
07/01/1985 - KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ)
07/01/1985 - Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
07/01/1986 - Chicago Bears defeat New England Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX
07/01/1986 - Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes
07/01/1986 - STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems
07/01/1986 - US president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
07/01/1987 - French airplanes harass Libyan positions in Duadi Doum
07/01/1987 - Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest
07/01/1989 - Akhito becomes emperor of Japan
07/01/1989 - Intl Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris
07/01/1989 - NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers longest win streak (11)
07/01/1989 - Cleve Cavs block 21 NY Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record
07/01/1990 - Lynn Jennings runs world record 5K indoor at 15:22.64
07/01/1990 - Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far
07/01/1991 - "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV
07/01/1992 - ATandT releases video-telephone ($1,499)
07/01/1992 - Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan
07/01/1992 - Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
07/01/1994 - South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs
07/01/1994 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding
07/01/1994 - United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5
07/01/1995 - "Christmas Carol" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 18 perfs
07/01/1995 - "Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 280 performances
07/01/1996 - "Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 1622 perfs
07/01/1996 - "Fool Moon" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after * performances
07/01/1996 - 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000
07/01/1997 - Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House
07/01/1998 - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signs affidavit denying she had an affair with President Bill Clinton
07/01/1999 - President Bill Clinton begins his impeachment trial in the Senate.
