On this day: 7 January

Selected events and births on 7 January, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1327 – The Parliament of 1327, which was instrumental in the transfer of the English Crown from King Edward II to his son, Edward III, began at the Palace of Westminster. Read more: Parliament of 1327 The Crown Edward II
• 1610 – Through his telescope, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei made the first observation of Jupiter's Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, although he was not able to distinguish the first two until the following night. Read more: Galileo Galilei Galilean moons Io (moon)
• 1782 – The Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia as the de facto first central bank of the United States. Read more: Bank of North America Central bank
• 1797 – The Italian tricolour was first adopted as an official flag by the government of the Cispadane Republic. Read more: Flag of Italy Cispadane Republic
• 1904 – The Marconi International Marine Communication Company specified CQD (audio featured) as the distress signal to be used by its operators. Read more: Marconi Company CQD Distress signal
• 1931 – Australian aviator Guy Menzies flew from Sydney to New Zealand's West Coast, making the first solo trans-Tasman flight. Read more: Guy Menzies Sydney Westland District
• 1939 – French physicist Marguerite Perey identified francium, the last element to be discovered in nature rather than by synthesis. Read more: Marguerite Perey Francium Timeline of chemical element discoveries
• 1955 – Marian Anderson became the first African-American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Read more: Marian Anderson Metropolitan Opera
• 1989 – Representatives of Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini delivered a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, inviting him to consider Islam as an alternative to communism, and predicting the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc. Read more: Ruhollah Khomeini Khomeini's letter to Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev
• 1989 – In one of the most famous upsets in FA Cup history, Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City. Read more: FA Cup Sutton United F.C. English football league system
• 2020 – After 253 days without an operational government, a second round of investiture votes produced Spain's first coalition government since the Second Republic. Read more: 2019–2020 Spanish government formation Investiture Coalition government

Born on this day

• 1941 – John E. Walker, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: John E. Walker Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1946 – Michele Elliott, author, psychologist and founder of child protection charity Kidscape Read more: Michele Elliott Kidscape
• 1946 – Jann Wenner, American publisher, co-founded Rolling Stone Read more: Jann Wenner Rolling Stone
• 1962 – Aleksandr Dugin, Russian political analyst and strategist known for his fascist views Read more: Aleksandr Dugin Fascism
• 1967 – Nick Clegg, English academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Read more: Nick Clegg Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1996 – Alex Nedeljkovic, American ice hockey player Read more: Alex Nedeljkovic
• 1997 – Ozzie Albies, Curaçaoan baseball player Read more: Ozzie Albies
• 1997 – Lamar Jackson, American football player Read more: Lamar Jackson
• 2000 – Marcus Scribner, American actor Read more: Marcus Scribner
• 2003 – Ryan Dunn, American basketball player Read more: Ryan Dunn (basketball)
• 2007 – Chloe Chua, Singaporean violinist, 2018 joint 1st prize winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists Read more: Chloe Chua Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists
• 2012 – Blue Ivy Carter, American singer and actress Read more: Blue Ivy Carter

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