Tukuk-OS📅 January 7
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on January 7? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2020 — After 253 days without an operational government, a second round of investiture votes produced Spain's first coalition government since the Second Republic.
2019–2020 Spanish government formationInvestitureCoalition government
- 2012 — A hot air balloon flight from Carterton, New Zealand, collided with a power line while landing, causing it to crash and killing all eleven people on board.
Hot air balloonCarterton, New Zealand2012 Carterton hot air balloon crash
- 2010 — In Nag Hammadi, Egypt, Muslim gunmen opened fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians leaving church after attending Christmas Liturgy, killing eight of them, as well as one Muslim bystander.
- 1993 — The Fourth Republic of Ghana was inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings, the country's former military ruler, as president.
- 1989 — Representatives of Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini delivered a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, inviting him to consider Islam as an alternative to communism, and predicting the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc.
Ruhollah KhomeiniKhomeini's letter to Mikhail GorbachevMikhail Gorbachev
- 1989 — In one of the most famous upsets in FA Cup history, Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City.
- 1979 — The People's Army of Vietnam captured Phnom Penh, marking the end of large-scale fighting in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
- 1978 — An article entitled "Iran and Red and Black Colonization" was published in the newspaper Ettela'at attacking Ruhollah Khomeini, then in exile in Iraq.
Iran and Red and Black ColonizationEttela'atRuhollah Khomeini
- 1955 — Marian Anderson became the first African-American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
- 1948 — Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell, flying in pursuit of an alleged UFO, was killed when his P-51 Mustang crashed near Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Kentucky Air National GuardMantell UFO incidentUnidentified flying object
- 1939 — French physicist Marguerite Perey identified francium, the last element to be discovered in nature rather than by synthesis.
Marguerite PereyFranciumTimeline of chemical element discoveries
- 1931 — Australian aviator Guy Menzies (pictured) flew from Sydney to New Zealand's West Coast, making the first solo trans-Tasman flight.
- 1904 — The Marconi International Marine Communication Company specified CQD (audio featured) as the distress signal to be used by its operators.
- 1797 — The Italian tricolour was first adopted as an official flag by the government of the Cispadane Republic.
- 1782 — The Bank of North America (pictured) opened in Philadelphia as the de facto first central bank of the United States.
- 1610 — Through his telescope, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei made the first observation of Jupiter's Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, although he was not able to distinguish the first two until the following night.
- 1327 — The Parliament of 1327, which was instrumental in the transfer of the English Crown from King Edward II to his son, Edward III, began at the Palace of Westminster.
Births
- 2012 — Blue Ivy Carter, American singer and actress
- 2007 — Chloe Chua, Singaporean violinist, 2018 joint 1st prize winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists
Chloe ChuaYehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists
- 2003 — Ryan Dunn, American basketball player
- 2000 — Marcus Scribner, American actor
- 1997 — Ozzie Albies, Curaçaoan baseball player
- 1997 — Lamar Jackson, American football player
- 1996 — Alex Nedeljkovic, American ice hockey player
- 1995 — Jordan Bell, American basketball player
- 1995 — Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstani tennis player
- 1994 — Jarnell Stokes, American basketball player
- 1994 — Lee Sun-bin, South Korean actress and singer
- 1994 — MacKenzie Weegar, Canadian ice hockey player
Deaths
- 2026 — Glenn Hall, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (born 1931)
- 2025 — Jean-Marie Le Pen, French intelligence officer and politician (born 1928)
- 2025 — Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1938)
- 2024 — Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (born 1945)
- 2021 — Michael Apted, English filmmaker (born 1941)
- 2021 — Tommy Lasorda, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1927)
- 2021 — Henri Schwery, Swiss cardinal (born 1932)
- 2020 — Neil Peart, Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1952)
- 2020 — Silvio Horta, American screenwriter and television producer (born 1974)
- 2020 — Elizabeth Wurtzel, author and feminist (born 1967)
- 2018 — Jim Anderton, Former New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister (born 1938)
- 2018 — France Gall, French singer (born 1947)
Observances & holidays
- Christian Feast Day: André Bessette (Canada)
- Christian Feast Day: Blessed Marie Thérèse Haze
- Christian Feast Day: Canute Lavard
- Christian Feast Day: Felix and Januarius
- Christian Feast Day: Lucian of Antioch
- Christian Feast Day: Raymond of Penyafort
- Christian Feast Day: Synaxis of John the Forerunner & Baptist (Julian calendar)
- Christian Feast Day: January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari) Christmas in Russia
- Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari) Christmas in Ukraine
- Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari) Christmas in Serbia
- Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari) Ethiopian Christmas
- Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari) Remembrance Day of the Dead (Armenia)
- Distaff Day (medieval Europe)
- Pioneer's Day (Liberia)
- Tricolour Day or Festa del Tricolore (Italy)
- Victory from Genocide Day (Cambodia)
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