Daily Calendar for Sunday, January 7, 2029
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Sunday, January 7, 2029
Born
- Israel Putnam (American Revolutionary War general) –
- Millard Fillmore (13th U.S. president) –
- Zora Neale Hurston (author) –
- Vincent Gardenia (actor) –
- William Peter Blatty (author) –
- Douglas Kiker (broadcast journalist) –
- Hunter Davies (author) –
- Tony Conigliaro (baseball player) –
- Kenny Loggins (singer) –
- Erin Gray (actress) –
- Katie Couric (newscaster) –
- Nicolas Cage (actor) –
- Jon Lester (baseball player) –
- Liam Aiken (actor) –
- Lamar Jackson (football player) –
Died
- Lou Henry Hoover (U.S. First Lady) –
- Emperor Hirohito (Japan’s 124th, and longest reigning, emperor [62 years]; died in Tokyo, Japan) –
- Joe Robbie (founder of the Miami Dolphins) –
- Bronko Nagurski (football player) –
- Rosemary Kennedy (sister of President John F. Kennedy who was born with a disability. She was the inspiration for the Special Olympics spearheaded by the Kennedy family) –
Events
- Astronomer Galileo Galilei, armed with a primitive telescope, saw three stars near Jupiter. About a week later a fourth one appeared. Galileo had discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter. Today the moons are called Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto; they are known as the Galilean Satellites. –
- Major satellites of Jupiter first seen by Galileo –
- First typewriter patent issued in England –
- Bank of North America, first commercial bank chartered by Congress, opened, Philadelphia. –
- D. Landreth Seed Co. in Philadelphia established –
- Francois Blanchard and John Jefferies crossed the English Channel from Dover to Calais by hot-air ballon; the first crossing of the Channel by air –
- The electors were chosen for the first U.S. presidential election. (George Washington was elected president on February 4.) –
- Indians attempted to ambush cavalry of Iowa volunteers at Julesburg, Colorado –
- In 1892, with $638, Thomas A. Edison constructed the first movie studio. His first film was made on this day in 1894. Entitled Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, it documents Edison employee Fred Ott while he is sneezing. This remains the earliest copyrighted film still in existence. –
- Fannie Farmer published her first cookbook –
- Transatlantic telephone service began between NY and London –
- U.S. military plant Question Mark completed a 150-hour, 40-minute nonstop flight –
- Surveyor VII spacecraft launched –
- A U.S. court of appeals ordered a ban on the pesticide DDT until its effects on public health were studied –
- Lewis Powell, and William Rehnquist are confirmed as US Supreme Court justices –
- Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, fell to United Front insurgents –
- President Reagan banned trade and travel to Libya and called for an international boycott because of its involvement in terrorist activities –
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa closed to the public because of safety concerns –
- Tom Seaver won election into the Baseball Hall of Fame –
Weather
- A snowstorm brought a foot of snow to Washington, D.C., 14 inches to New York City, and 18 inches to Philadelphia –
- Great blizzard raged on Plains; many settlers lost –
- Severe cold wave in South; worst freeze since 1835 in Florida –
- The world record 24-hour rainfall total was 72 inches at Foc-Foc, La Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The rain ended on January 8. –
- The temperature at Hawley Lake in Arizona dipped to -40F, setting a new record-low temperature for the state. –
- First snow in 14 yrs, 6 inches in Rome, Italy; 20 degrees F— lowest temperature in 100 years –
- Snow covered the Sahara Desert in Ain Sefra, Algeria –
- The temperature soared to 117 degrees F in Sydney, Australia –