January 7th Fun Facts, Trivia and History |
January 7th History Highlights |
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January 7th is… |
Harlem Globetrotter’s Day I’m Not Going to Take it Anymore Day International Programmers’ Day National Bobblehead Day National Old Rock Day National Pass Gas Day Orthodox Christmas Day |
January 7th Birthday Quotes |
“Courage is always rewarded.” “The whole country is full of enterprise. Our common schools are diffusing intelligence among the people and our industry is fast accumulating the comforts and luxuries of life. … It is not strange, however much it may be regretted, that such an exuberance of enterprise should cause some individuals to mistake change for progress and the invasion of the rights of others for national prowess and glory.” “The public is never wrong.” “I am learning to forgive my inner geek, and even value him as a free man.” “Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.” “A boat is always safe in the harbor, but that’s not what boats are built for.” |
January 7th Birthdays |
1800 – Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States (died in 1874) 1834 – Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (died in 1874) 1873 – Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (died in 1976) 1903 – Alan Napier, English actor (died in 1988) 1911 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (died in 1995) 1912 – Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family (died in 1988) 1929 – Terry Moore, American actress 1948 – Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter 1956 – David Caruso, American actor 1957 – Katie Couric, American television journalist 1963 – Rand Paul, American ophthalmologist and politician 1964 – Nicolas Cage, American actor 1970 – Doug E. Doug, American actor and comedian 1971 – Jeremy Renner, American actor 1979 – Aloe Blacc, American musician 1987 – Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress |
January 7th History |
1608 – Fire destroyed the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia 1610 – Galileo Galilei made his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, 1714 – The world’s first patent (#395) for a “Machine for Transcribing Letters” was granted in England by Queen Anne to Henry Mill. This first planned typewriter was never actually produced. 1830 – The 1st U.S. Railroad Station opened in Baltimore, MD 1927 – Commercial telephone service via radio began between New York and London. 1929 – Drawn by Hal Foster, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan comic strip 1st appeared 1929 – Buck Rogers, illustrated by Dick Calkins, appeared in newspaper comics. 1927 – The Harlem Globetrotters played their first game in Hinkley, Ill. 1948 – Thomas Mantell reported seeing a UFO over Kentucky. 1950 – #1 Hit January 7, 1950 – January 13, 1950: Gene Autry – Rudolph, The Red-nosed Reindeer 1962 – The Avengers premiered in ITV, in the UK 1966 – Gene Kiniski defeated long-time wrestling champ Lou Thesz to become NWA champion. 1975 – Broadway Show – Shenandoah (Musical) January 7, 1975 1980 – President Jimmy Carter authorized legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation. January 7, 1983 Birthday (fictional) Grant Ward, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., TV 1990 – The Leaning Tower of Piza was closed, citing safety concerns, and after some repairs, reopened on June 16, 2001. 1994 – Cabin Boy was released in theaters. January 7, 2002 – The Apple iBook was released. 2004 – The Apprentice premiered on NBC 2012 – #1 Hit January 7, 2012 – February 3, 2012: LMFAO – Sexy and I Know It January 7, 2092 Birthday (fictional) Ellen Ripley, Alien/s, Film 2015 – Two terroists attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo Magazine in Paris, killing twelve people, and wounding eleven others. #1 Hit January 7, 2017 – January 20, 2017: The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk – Starboy |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous. What’s the definition of a will? It’s a dead giveaway. The term “blueprint” is from the 19th century technique for copying technical drawings using a blue dye. “Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.” – Mel Brooks The palace of the parliament in Bucharest is the heaviest building in the world. “No one knows what its like to feel these feelings, like I do… and I blame you!” #songlyrics Thanks to Ghostbusters if some god asked me to think of a monster to destroy the world, I would immediately think of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. “Truth” is an anti-smoking campaign and “D.A.R.E.” is an antidrug campaign. #truthordare “I swear, if I hadn’t promised Mother on her deathbed that I wouldn’t kill you, I would kill you!” #moviequotes 26 year old Kyle MacDonald was able to trade a single red paperclip all the way up to a house, using the “Beggir and Better” game strategy. PJ Proby – Real Name: James Marcus Smith With her marriage she got a new name and a dress. It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers. Romeo and Juliet is proof that communication is key in relationships. If you tried your best to make the most ugly, unattractive and most ridiculous looking mash-up between a french maid and a velociraptor, it would probably look a lot like an ostrich. The Capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is Kingstown |
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