Historical Events In January - 07

1989  International Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris on January - 07.  

1990  On this day in history tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far  

1991  Haiti coup defeated on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history soviet paratroopers sent to Baltic Republics  

1991  The TV series Blossom debuts on January - 07.  

1992  AT&T releases video-telephone ($1499) on January - 07.  

1992  On this day in history in Los Angeles Capitol Records decides not to renew Anne Murray's contract;  

1992  On January - 07 last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan  

1993  On this day in history the U.S. EPA classifies environmental tobacco smoke as a carcinogen.  

1994  About 3.4 million litres of heating oil blacken beaches on Puerto Rico when a barge runs aground on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history united Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5  

1994  US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding on this day in history.  

1995  On January - 07 the New Brunswick Southern Railway commences operation over former CP trackage from McAdam to Saint John, N.B. with a branch from McAdam to St. Stephen.  

1996  16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000 on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history keiko the killer whale star from the movie Free Willy retures from performing  

1997  Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House on January - 07.  

1999  On January - 07 the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton opens in the U.S. Senate.  

2000  An exhausted 14-year-old Tibetan Buddhist leader reaches India after trekking across the snowy Himalayas, a defection that embarrassed Chinese leaders who used him as a symbol of their rule over Tibet on January - 07.  

2001  A general practitioner in Manchester, England may have killed more than 200 patients over almost 24 years, says a new clinical study of his medical practice. Dr Harold Shipman is currently serving 15 life sentences for the deaths of 15 patients on this day in history.  

2006  On January - 07 embroiled in multiple scandals, former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announces he will not seek to reassume his former post.  

2006  On January - 07 uK Liberal Democratic leader Charles Kennedy resigns after revelations that he has a drinking problem.  

2012  Hot air balloon crashes in Carterton, New Zealand, killing 11 on this day in history.  

2013  On January - 07 lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year  

2014  Sheikh Hasina wins the general election in Bangladesh on this day in history.  

2018  75th Golden Globes: "Ladybird", "The Handmaid's Tale", Elisabeth Moss , Sterling K. Brown among the winners, Oprah Winfrey accepts Lifetime award with powerful speech on January - 07.  

2018  Sydney, Australia has its hottest day for 80 years as Penrith reaches 47.3 degrees on this day in history.  

2018  It snows in the Sahara desert - 15 inches reported in Aïn Séfra, Northwest Algeria on January - 07.  

2019  On this day in history a faction of the Armed Forces of Gabon announces a coup d'état. Gabon's government later declares that it has reasserted control.  

2021  On January - 07 uS Congress completes the ceremonial certification of Joe Biden 's presidential victory late in the night after an earlier unprecedented breach of the Capitol by Trump supporters  

2021  On January - 07 elon Musk , co-founder of Tesla, becomes the world's richest man, worth $186 billion, overtaking Amazon founder Jeff Bezos  

2021  Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg blocks President Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram till January 20, following suspension of his other social media accounts the previous day on this day in history.  

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1355  Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397) was born on January - 07.  

1528  On January - 07 birth of jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV  

1539  On this day in history birth of sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer  

1611  James Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans) was born on this day in history.  

1612  Paul de La Pierre, composer was born on this day in history.  

1634  Adam Krieger, German composer was born on January - 07.  

1647  Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677) was born on January - 07.  

1652  Pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian was born on January - 07.  

0312  Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1130  Baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83 on January - 07.  

1285  On this day in history charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58  

1325  Dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies on this day in history.  

1400  Death of Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374) on this day in history.  

1451  Amadeus VIII, last anti-pope Felix V (1439-49), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1529  On this day in history peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies  

1536  On January - 07 catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies