January 07
Thursday 07, 1999:
The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins.
Tuesday 07, 1997:
A team of programmers at the University of Regensburg, Germany releases Tibia, one of the earliest graphical MMORPGs.
Sunday 07, 1996:
One of the worst blizzards in American history hits eastern states killing more than 100.
Sunday 07, 1990:
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns.
Saturday 07, 1989:
Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan.
Saturday 07, 1984:
Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Monday 07, 1980:
President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out Chrysler Corporation.
Sunday 07, 1979:
Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge are overthrown by Vietnamese troops.
Tuesday 07, 1975:
OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%.
Wednesday 07, 1959:
The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro
Thursday 07, 1954:
The first public demonstration of a machine translation system was held in New York at the head office of IBM.
Wednesday 07, 1953:
President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb.
Saturday 07, 1950:
A fire at the Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa kills 41 people.
Sunday 07, 1945:
British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge.
Wednesday 07, 1942:
World War II: Siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.
Monday 07, 1935:
World War II: Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval sign the Italo-French agreements.
Friday 07, 1927:
The Harlem Globetrotters play their first game.
Thursday 07, 1926:
George Burns marries Gracie Allen.
Monday 07, 1924:
George Gershwin completes Rhapsody in Blue.
Saturday 07, 1922:
Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes.
Saturday 07, 1911:
Mary Pickford marries Owen Moore.
Thursday 07, 1904:
The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS."
Monday 07, 1901:
Alferd Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for cannibalism.
Tuesday 07, 1896:
Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook.
Sunday 07, 1894:
W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
Wednesday 07, 1835:
HMS Beagle anchors off the Chonos Archipelago.
Saturday 07, 1797:
The parliament of the Repubblica Cisalpina adopts the Italian green-white-red tricolour as official flag. It is the birthday of the flag of Italy.
Friday 07, 1785:
Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air.
Monday 07, 1782:
The first American commercial bank opens (Bank of North America).
Thursday 07, 1610:
Galileo Galilei observes the four largest moons of Jupiter for the first time. He named them and in turn the four are called the Galilean moons.
Monday 07, 1608:
1608 - Fire destroys Jamestown,Virginia.
Sunday 07, 1601:
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
Wednesday 07, 1598:
Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia.
Friday 07, 1566:
Pius V becomes Pope.
Tuesday 07, 1558:
France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England.
Sunday 07, 1325:
Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal.
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