January 7
January 7
On this day in 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 night.
In 1785 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
1835 – HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
In 1894 – Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing.On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
In 1904 – The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS"
In 1927 – The first transatlantic commercial telephone service is established from New York City to London.
In 1968 Surveyor 7 lifts off.
Birthdays
Alfred Bierstadt
"Storm in the Mountains"
Charles Péguy
Adolph Zukor
William Hurlstone
Zora Neale Hurston
Hurston playing a hountar, or mama drum, 1937
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
Al Bowlly
Francis Poulenc
F. Orlin Tremaine
"The Throwback" from Weird Tales v08 n04 October 1926
Alan Napier
Here he is as Alfred Pennyworth in "Batman"
Red Allen
Charles Addams
Charles Addams Collection on archive.org
Francis de Wolff
as Dr Keisling in
Robert Juniper
Terry Moore
"Silence..."
Elliott Kastner
Kenny Davern
Rory Storm
Iona Brown
John Steiner
as Kirby in
Sadako Sasaki
Mike McGear
Kenny Loggins
Erin Gray
Robert Longo
Kathy Valentine
On this day in 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 night.
In 1785 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
1835 – HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
In 1894 – Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing.On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
In 1904 – The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS"
In 1927 – The first transatlantic commercial telephone service is established from New York City to London.
In 1968 Surveyor 7 lifts off.
Birthdays
Alfred Bierstadt
"Storm in the Mountains"
Charles Péguy
Adolph Zukor
William Hurlstone
Zora Neale Hurston
Hurston playing a hountar, or mama drum, 1937
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
Al Bowlly
Francis Poulenc
F. Orlin Tremaine
"The Throwback" from Weird Tales v08 n04 October 1926
Alan Napier
Here he is as Alfred Pennyworth in "Batman"
Red Allen
Charles Addams
Charles Addams Collection on archive.org
Francis de Wolff
as Dr Keisling in
Robert Juniper
Terry Moore
"Silence..."
Elliott Kastner
Kenny Davern
Rory Storm
Iona Brown
John Steiner
as Kirby in
Sadako Sasaki
Mike McGear
Kenny Loggins
Erin Gray
Robert Longo
Kathy Valentine
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