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January 7th Happy Birthday to Jeremy Renner, Brett Dalton, and Lyndsy Fonseca
Today is Saturday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2012. There are 359 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 7, 1942, the Japanese siege of Bataan began during World War II. (The fall of Bataan three months later was followed by the notorious Death March.)
On this date:
In 1325, Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal.
In 1558, France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England.
In 1598, Boris Godunov becomes Tsar of Russia.
In 1608, an accidental fire devastated the Jamestown settlement in the Virginia Colony.
In 1610, Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able distinguish the last two until the following day.
In 1782, The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
In 1785, Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
In 1789, the first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president.
In 1797, The modern Italian flag is first used.
In 1800, the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, was born in Summerhill, N.Y.
In 1835, HMS Beagle drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
In 1894, W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
In 1894, one of the earliest motion picture experiments took place at the Thomas Edison studio in West Orange, N.J., as Fred Ott was filmed taking a pinch of snuff and sneezing.
In 1904, The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
In 1912, dark-humored cartoonist Charles Addams was born in Westfield, N.J.
In 1927, commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.
In 1919, Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
In 1920, The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
In 1922, Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64-57 vote.
In 1927, The first transatlantic telephone service is established, from New York City to London.
In 1931, Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
In 1935, Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco–Italian Agreement.
In 1942, World War II: The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.
In 1945, World War II: British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge.
In 1948, Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
In 1949, George C. Marshall resigned as U.S. Secretary of State; President Harry S. Truman chose Dean Acheson to succeed him.
In 1950, A fire at the Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, kills 41 people.
In 1952, President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb.
In 1954, Georgetown-IBM experiment: the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
In 1959, The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
In 1960, The Polaris missile is test launched.
In 1968, Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
In 1972, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 1972, An Iberia Caravelle jetliner crashed into a mountain while on approach to Ibiza Airport in Spain, killing all 104 people on board.
In 1973, Mark Essex fatally shoots 10 people and wounds 13 others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana before being shot to death by police officers.
In 1979, Third Indochina War, Cambodian-Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
In 1984, Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
In 1985, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
In 1989, Emperor Hirohito of Japan died in Tokyo at age 87; he was succeeded by his son, Crown Prince Akihito.
In 1990, The interior of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public because of safety concerns.
In 1991, Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoutes in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.
In 1993, The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
In 1999, The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
In 2006, Jill Carroll, a freelance journalist for The Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped and her translator shot dead in Baghdad. (Carroll was freed almost three months later.)
Ten years ago: British Prime Minister Tony Blair and nine U.S. senators swept into Bargam Air Base in Afghanistan for an unannounced visit and promised Afghan leaders their full support in rebuilding the shattered country. Yves Saint Laurent announced his retirement and closure of the fashion house he'd started 40 years earlier. Comedian Avery Schreiber died in Los Angeles at age 66.
Five years ago: Newly elected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, interviewed on CBS' "Face the Nation," said Democrats running Congress would not give President George W. Bush a blank check to wage war in Iraq. NASCAR driver Bobby Hamilton, winner of the 2001 Talladega 500, died at age 49.
One year ago: A package addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited at a Washington postal facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland's governor and state transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them.
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Re: January 7th
Today's Birthdays: Retired MLB player/manager Alvin Dark is 90. Author William Peter Blatty is 84. Country singer Jack Greene is 82. Pop musician Paul Revere is 74. Magazine publisher Jann Wenner is 66. Singer Kenny Loggins is 64. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 63. Latin pop singer Juan Gabriel is 62. Actress Erin Gray is 62. Actor Sammo Hung is 60. Actor David Caruso is 56. Katie Couric is 55. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 53. Rock musician Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go's) is 53. Actor David Marciano is 52. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is 51. Actress Hallie Todd is 50. Actor Nicolas Cage is 48. Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting) is 47. Actor Doug E. Doug is 42. Actor Kevin Rahm is 41. Actor Jeremy Renner is 41. Country singer-musician John Rich is 38. Actor Dustin Diamond is 35. Actor Robert Ri'chard is 29. Actress Lyndsy Fonseca is 25. Actor Liam Aiken is 22. Actress Camryn Grimes is 22. Actor Max Morrow is 21.
Other birthdays, Jan. 7:
1929 — Terry Moore, American actress
1935 — Ducky Schofield, American baseball player
1942 – Jim Lefebvre, American baseball player and manager
1949 – Anne Schedeen, American actress
1949 – Steven Williams, American actor
1950 – Ross Grimsley, American baseball player
1956 – Mike Liut, Canadian ice hockey player
1958 – Linda Kozlowski, American actress
1958 – Donna Rice, American sex scandal figure
1960 – Loretta Sanchez, American politician, U.S. Representative from California
1963 – Rand Paul, American politician, Junior Senator from Kentucky
1967 – Nick Clegg, British Liberal Democrat Leader
1967 – Guy Hebert, American ice hockey player
1970 – Todd Day, American basketball player
1971 – Tina Anderson, American comic book writer
1972 – Donald Brashear, American ice hockey player
1976 – Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player
1976 – Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
1978 – Kevin Mench, American baseball player
1981 – Marquis Daniels, American basketball player
1982 – Francisco Rodriguez, Venezuelan baseball player
1983 – Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player (raised in Puerto Rico)
1983 – Natalie Gulbis, American golfer
1984 – Jon Lester, American baseball player
1988 – Haley Bennett, American singer and actress
Born on this day, passed away, Jan. 7:
1718 – Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790)
1768 – Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (d. 1844)
1800 – Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)
1827 – Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer; introduced Universal Standard Time (d. 1915)
1844 – Bernadette Soubirous, French saint (d. 1879)
1873 – Adolph Zukor, Hungarian producer (d. 1976)
1888 – Vera de Bosset, Russian artist, wife of Igor Stravinsky (d. 1982)
1903 – Alan Napier, English actor (Alfred on Batman) (d. 1988)
1908 – Red Allen, American musician (d. 1967)
1911 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress (Gone with the Wind) (d. 1995)
1912 – Charles Addams, American cartoonist (d. 1988)
1913 – Johnny Mize, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1922 – Vincent Gardenia, Italian-born actor (d. 1992)
1942 – Danny Williams, South African singer (d. 2005)
1943 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese child victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb (d. 1955)
1945 – Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (d. 1990)
1945 – Gilles Marotte, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1966 – Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist (d. 1999)
1978 – Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian shooting victim (d. 2005)
Notable Deaths, Jan. 7:
1655 – Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)
1913 – Jack Boyle, American baseball player (b. 1866)
1943 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-born inventor and electrical engineer (b. 1856)
1944 – Lou Hoover, U.S. First Lady (b. 1874)
1960 – Dorothea Douglass Chambers (aka Katharine Lambert Chambers), UK tennis player (b. 1878)
1964 – Cyril Davies, English musician (b. 1932)
1980 – Larry Williams, American singer and songwriter (b. 1935)
1988 – Trevor Howard, English actor (b. 1913)
1989 – Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (b. 1901)
1990 – Bronko Nagurski, American football player (b. 1908)
1990 – Horace Stoneham, American baseball executive (b. 1903)
2002 – Avery Schreiber, American actor (b. 1935)
2007 – Bobby Hamilton, NASCAR team owner (b. 1957)
2010 – Willie Mitchell, American soul singer (b. 1928)
2011 – Derek Gardner, British Formula 1 car designer (b. 1931)
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Re: January 7th
Today is Monday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2013. There are 358 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 7, 1973, sniper Mark Essex laid siege at a Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge in downtown New Orleans for about 10 hours, killing seven people before he himself was slain by sharpshooters.
One year ago: Three days before the New Hampshire primary, Mitt Romney brushed aside rivals' criticism in the opening round of a weekend debate doubleheader that left his Republican presidential campaign challengers squabbling among themselves and unable to knock the front-runner off stride. Record-shattering Drew Brees threw for 466 yards and three touchdowns, and the New Orleans Saints poured it on in the second half for a 45-28 NFC wild-card victory over the Detroit Lions.
Today's Birthdays: Author William Peter Blatty is 85. Country singer Jack Greene is 83. Pop musician Paul Revere is 75. Magazine publisher Jann Wenner is 67. Singer Kenny Loggins is 65. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 64. Latin pop singer Juan Gabriel is 63. Actress Erin Gray is 63. Actor Sammo Hung is 61. Actor David Caruso is 57. Talk show host Katie Couric is 56. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 54. Rock musician Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go's) is 54. Actor David Marciano is 53. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is 52. Actress Hallie Todd is 51. Actor Nicolas Cage is 49. Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik (on-DRAH'-sik) (Five for Fighting) is 48. Actor Doug E. Doug is 43. Actor Kevin Rahm is 42. Actor Jeremy Renner is 42. Country singer-musician John Rich is 39. Actor Dustin Diamond is 36. Actress Lauren Cohan (TV: "The Walking Dead") is 31. Actor Robert Ri'chard is 30. Actress Lyndsy Fonseca is 26. Actor Liam Aiken is 23. Actress Camryn Grimes is 23. Actor Max Morrow is 22.
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Re: January 7th
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2014. There are 358 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 7, 1789, America held its first presidential election as voters chose electors who, a month later, selected George Washington to be the nation's first chief executive.
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush proposed legal status, at least temporarily, for millions of immigrants improperly working in the U.S. Swedish actress Ingrid Thulin died in Stockholm at age 77.
Five years ago: President-elect Barack Obama met at the White House with America's four living presidents: George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Russia shut off all its gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine in a price and payment dispute; the cutoff lasted nearly two weeks.
One year ago: President Barack Obama announced he would nominate former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, calling him "the leader our troops deserve"; Obama also chose White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. The No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide rolled top-ranked Notre Dame 42-14 for the BCS championship.
Today's Birthdays: Author William Peter Blatty is 86. Pop musician Paul Revere is 76. Magazine publisher Jann Wenner is 68. Singer Kenny Loggins is 66. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 65. Latin pop singer Juan Gabriel is 64. Actress Erin Gray is 64. Actor Sammo Hung is 62. Actor David Caruso is 58. Talk show host Katie Couric is 57. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 55. Rock musician Kathy Valentine is 55. Actor David Marciano is 54. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is 53. Actress Hallie Todd is 52. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is 50. Actor Nicolas Cage is 50. Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik (on-DRAH'-sik) (Five for Fighting) is 49. Actor Doug E. Doug is 44. Actor Kevin Rahm is 43. Actor Jeremy Renner is 43. Country singer-musician John Rich is 40. Actor Dustin Diamond is 37. Actress Lauren Cohan is 32. Actor Brett Dalton (TV: "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.") is 31. Actor Robert Ri'chard is 31. Actress Lyndsy Fonseca is 27. Actor Liam Aiken is 24. Actress Camryn Grimes is 24. Actor Max Morrow is 23.
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Re: January 7th Happy Birthday to Jeremy Renner, Brett Dalton, and Lyndsy Fonseca
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2015. There are 358 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 7, 1927, commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.
Ten years ago: A military jury at Fort Hood, Texas, acquitted Army Sgt. 1st Class Tracy Perkins of involuntary manslaughter in the alleged drowning of an Iraqi civilian, but convicted him of assault in the Jan. 2004 incident. (Perkins was sentenced to six months in prison.) Rosemary Kennedy, the oldest sister of President John F. Kennedy and the inspiration for the Special Olympics, died at a Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, hospital at age 86. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston announced they were separating after 4 1/2 years of marriage.
Five years ago: A worker for a transformer-making company in St. Louis showed up at the plant and opened fire, killing three people and wounding five before killing himself. Thousands of Egyptian Christians went on a rampage after six members of their community were gunned down as they left midnight Mass for Coptic Christians in the southern Egyptian town of Nag Hamadi. No. 1 Alabama held on for a 37-21 win over No. 2 Texas in the BCS championship played in Pasadena, Calif.
One year ago: Brutal polar air that made the Midwest shiver over the past few days spread to the East and the Deep South, shattering records that in some cases had stood for more than a century. A U.S. Air Force Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in a coastal area of eastern England during a training mission, killing all four crew members aboard.
Today's Birthdays: Author William Peter Blatty is 87. Magazine publisher Jann Wenner is 69. Singer Kenny Loggins is 67. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 66. Latin pop singer Juan Gabriel is 65. Actress Erin Gray is 65. Actor Sammo Hung is 63. Actor David Caruso is 59. Talk show host Katie Couric is 58. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 56. Rock musician Kathy Valentine is 56. Actor David Marciano is 55. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is 54. Actress Hallie Todd is 53. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is 51. Actor Nicolas Cage is 51. Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik (on-DRAH'-sik) (Five for Fighting) is 50. Actor Doug E. Doug is 45. Actor Kevin Rahm is 44. Actor Jeremy Renner is 44. Country singer-musician John Rich is 41. Actor Dustin Diamond is 38. Singer/rapper Aloe Blacc is 36. Actress Lauren Cohan is 33. Actor Brett Dalton (TV: "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.") is 32. Actor Robert Ri'chard is 32. Actress Lyndsy Fonseca is 28. Actor Liam Aiken is 25. Actress Camryn Grimes is 25. Actor Max Morrow is 24. Actor Marcus Scribner (TV: "black-ish") is 15.
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Re: January 7th Happy Birthday to Jeremy Renner, Brett Dalton, and Lyndsy Fonseca
Today is Thursday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2016. There are 359 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 7, 1789, America held its first presidential election as voters chose electors who, a month later, selected George Washington to be the nation's first chief executive.
Ten years ago: Jill Carroll, a freelance journalist for The Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped and her translator shot dead in one of Baghdad's most dangerous Sunni Arab neighborhoods. (Carroll was freed almost three months later.) A Black Hawk helicopter carrying eight U.S. troops and four American civilians crashed near the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, killing all aboard. U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, facing corruption charges, stepped down as House majority leader. (DeLay was found guilty in Nov. 2010 of illegally funneling corporate money to Texas candidates; his conviction was eventually overturned.)
Five years ago: A package addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited at a Washington postal facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland's governor and state transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them.
One year ago: Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French newspaper that had caricatured the Prophet Mohammad, methodically killing 12 people, including the editor, before escaping in a car. (Two suspects were killed two days later.) Actor Rod Taylor 82, died in Los Angeles.
Today's Birthdays: Author William Peter Blatty is 88. Magazine publisher Jann Wenner is 70. Singer Kenny Loggins is 68. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 67. Latin pop singer Juan Gabriel is 66. Actress Erin Gray is 66. Actor Sammo Hung is 64. Actor David Caruso is 60. Talk show host Katie Couric is 59. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 57. Rock musician Kathy Valentine is 57. Actor David Marciano is 56. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is 55. Actress Hallie Todd is 54. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is 53. Actor Nicolas Cage is 52. Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik (on-DRAH'-sik) (Five for Fighting) is 51. Actor Rex Lee is 47. Actor Doug E. Doug is 46. Actor Kevin Rahm is 45. Actor Jeremy Renner is 45. Country singer-musician John Rich is 42. Actor Dustin Diamond is 39. Singer/rapper Aloe Blacc is 37. Actress Lauren Cohan is 34. Actor Brett Dalton (TV: "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.") is 33. Actor Robert Ri'chard is 33. Actress Lyndsy Fonseca is 29. Actor Liam Aiken is 26. Actress Camryn Grimes is 26. Actor Max Morrow is 25. Actor Marcus Scribner (TV: "black-ish") is 16.
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Re: January 7th Happy Birthday to Jeremy Renner, Brett Dalton, and Lyndsy Fonseca
Today is Saturday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2017. There are 358 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 7, 1942, Japanese forces began besieging American and Filipino troops in Bataan during World War II. (The fall of Bataan three months later was followed by the notorious Death March.)
In 2015, masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French newspaper that had caricatured the Prophet Mohammad, methodically killing 12 people before escaping. (Two suspects were killed two days later.) Actor Rod Taylor 82, died in Los Angeles.
Ten years ago: Newly elected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, interviewed on CBS' "Face the Nation," said Democrats running Congress would not give President George W. Bush a blank check to wage war in Iraq. NASCAR driver Bobby Hamilton, winner of the 2001 Talladega 500, died at age 49.
Five years ago: Three days before the New Hampshire primary, Mitt Romney brushed aside rivals' criticism in the opening round of a weekend debate doubleheader that left his Republican presidential campaign challengers squabbling among themselves and unable to knock the front-runner off stride. Record-shattering Drew Brees threw for 466 yards and three touchdowns, and the New Orleans Saints poured it on in the second half for a 45-28 NFC wild-card victory over the Detroit Lions.
One year ago: President Barack Obama tore into the National Rifle Association during a televised town hall meeting in Fairfax, Va., as he dismissed what he called a "conspiracy" alleging that the federal government — and Obama in particular — wanted to seize all firearms as a precursor to imposing martial law. A former carnival worker who was convicted of killing three Tampa Bay-area women was executed in Florida. Singer Kitty Kallen ("Little Things Mean a Lot") died in Cuernavaca, Mexico, at age 94.
Today's Birthdays — Jan. 7: Author William Peter Blatty is 89. Magazine publisher Jann Wenner is 71. Singer Kenny Loggins is 69. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 68. Actress Erin Gray is 67. Actor Sammo Hung is 65. Actress Jodi Long is 63. Actor David Caruso is 61. Talk show host Katie Couric is 60. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 58. Rock musician Kathy Valentine is 58. Actor David Marciano is 57. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is 56. Actress Hallie Todd is 55. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is 54. Actor Nicolas Cage is 53. Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik (on-DRAH'-sik) (Five for Fighting) is 52. Actor Rex Lee is 48. Actor Doug E. Doug is 47. Actor Kevin Rahm is 46. Actor Jeremy Renner is 46. Country singer-musician John Rich is 43. Actor Dustin Diamond is 40. Actor Reggie Austin is 38. Singer/rapper Aloe Blacc is 38. Actress Lauren Cohan is 35. Actor Brett Dalton is 34. Actor Robert Ri'chard is 34. Actress Lyndsy Fonseca is 30. Actor Liam Aiken is 27. Actress Camryn Grimes is 27. Actor Max Morrow is 26. Actor Marcus Scribner is 17.
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Today is Sunday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2018. There are 358 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 7, 1789, America held its first presidential election as voters chose electors who, a month later, selected George Washington to be the nation's first chief executive.
Ten years ago: The Pentagon reported that an Iranian fleet of high-speed boats had charged at and threatened to blow up a three-ship U.S. Navy convoy in the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, then vanished as the American ship commanders were preparing to open fire. Second-ranked LSU defeated No. 1 Ohio State, 38-24, in the BCS championship game played in New Orleans. Philip Agee, a renegade CIA agent whose naming of operatives led to a law against exposing spies, died in Cuba at age 72.
Five years ago: President Barack Obama announced he would nominate former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, calling him "the leader our troops deserve"; Obama also chose White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. The No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide rolled top-ranked Notre Dame 42-14 for the BCS championship.
One year ago: President-elect Donald Trump, in a series of tweets, said "only 'stupid' people or fools" would dismiss closer ties with Russia, and he seemed unswayed after his classified briefing on an intelligence report that accused Moscow of meddling on his behalf in the election that catapulted him to power. Nat Hentoff, an eclectic columnist, critic, novelist and agitator dedicated to music, free expression and defying the party line, died in New York at age 91.
Today's Birthdays — Jan. 7: Magazine publisher Jann Wenner is 72. Singer Kenny Loggins is 70. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 69. Actress Erin Gray is 68. Actor Sammo Hung is 66. Actress Jodi Long is 64. Actor David Caruso is 62. Talk show host Katie Couric is 61. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 59. Rock musician Kathy Valentine is 59. Actor David Marciano is 58. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is 57. Actress Hallie Todd is 56. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is 55. Actor Nicolas Cage is 54. Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik (on-DRAH'-sik) (Five for Fighting) is 53. Actor Rex Lee is 49. Actor Doug E. Doug is 48. Actor Kevin Rahm is 47. Actor Jeremy Renner is 47. Country singer-musician John Rich is 44. Actor Dustin Diamond is 41. Actor Reggie Austin is 39. Singer-rapper Aloe Blacc is 39. Actress Lauren Cohan is 36. Actor Brett Dalton is 35. Actor Robert Ri'chard is 35. Actress Lyndsy Fonseca is 31. Actor Liam Aiken is 28. Actress Camryn Grimes is 28. Actor Max Morrow is 27. Actor Marcus Scribner is 18.
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1610 – Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
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In 1970 - Max Yasgur was sued for $35,000 in property damages by neighboring farmers. It was Yasgur's on which the August 1969 Woodstock Festival was held.
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