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JANUARY 7, 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.
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and Read More
JANUARY 7, 1979
The People's Army of Vietnam captured Phnom Penh, marking the end of large-scale fighting in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), officially the Vietnam People's Army, also recognized as the Vietnamese Army, the People's Army or colloquially Read More
JANUARY 7, 1797
The Italian tricolour was first adopted as an official flag by the government of the Cispadane Republic.
The flag of Italy, often referred to as The Tricolour, is a flag featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white Read More
JANUARY 7, 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.
A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air. Suspended beneath is Read More
JANUARY 7, 1993
The Fourth Republic of Ghana was inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings, the country's former military ruler, as president.
The area of the Republic of Ghana became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Read More
JANUARY 7, 2020
After 253 days without an operational government, a second round of investiture votes produced Spain's first coalition government since the Second Republic.
Attempts to form a government in Spain followed the Spanish general election of 28 April 2019, which failed to deliver an overall Read More
JANUARY 7, 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.
Nag Hammadi is a city and markaz in Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Read More
JANUARY 7, 1782
The Bank of North America (pictured) opened in Philadelphia as the de facto first central bank of the United States.
The Bank of North America was the first chartered bank in the United States, and served as the country's first de facto Read More
JANUARY 7, 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.
The Kentucky Air National Guard (KY ANG) is the aerial militia of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is a reserve of Read More
JANUARY 7, 1931
Australian aviator Guy Menzies (pictured) flew from Sydney to New Zealand's West Coast, making the first solo trans-Tasman flight.
Guy Lambton Menzies was an Australian aviator who flew the first solo trans-Tasman flight, from Sydney, Australia to the West Coast of Read More
JANUARY 7, 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 Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian revolutionary, politician and religious leader. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Read More
JANUARY 7, 1955
Marian Anderson became the first African-American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Marian Anderson was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras Read More
JANUARY 7, 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.
The Parliament of 1327, which sat at the Palace of Westminster between 7 January and 9 March 1327, was instrumental in the Read More

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