January 7

Today in History
• 1610 - Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons
• 1782 - The Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia as 1st commercial bank U.S.
• 1894 - W.K. Dickson received a patent for motion picture film
• 1896 - Fanny Farmer published her first cookbook
• 1927 - Transatlantic commercial telephone service began between New York and London
• 1927 - In Hinckley IL, the Harlem Globetrotters played their first game
• 1942 - The World War II siege of Bataan began
• 1953 - Harry Truman announced that the U.S. had developed the hydrogen bomb


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Distaff Day
• Harlem Globetrotter’s Day
• I Am a Mentor Day
• I’m Not Going To Take It Anymore Day
• Mahayana New Year
• National Tempura Day
• Old Rock Day
• Orthodox Christmas Day

Birthdays
• 1355 - Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England
• 1502 - Gregory XIII [Ugo Boncompagni], Italian pope
• 1528 - Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre and mother of French King Henry IV
• 1718 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general
• 1745 - Johann Christian Fabricius, Danish Entomologist (named nearly 10,000 species)
• 1800 - Millard Fillmore, 13th US President
• 1844 - Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, St. Bernadette of Lourdes, saint/visionary
• 1845 - Louis III, last king of Bavaria