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On Jan. 7, 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government. (Go to article.)
On Jan. 7, 1873, Adolph Zukor, the American entrepreneur who built the Paramount movie empire, was born. Following his death on June 10, 1976, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
On January 7, 1871, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the German empire. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
On this date in:
1610 Astronomer Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons.
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.
1800 Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, was born in Summerhill, N.Y.
1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.
1942 The World War II siege of Bataan began.
1953 President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.
1955 Singer Marian Anderson made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, becoming the first black person to perform there as a member.
1959 The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba.
1972 Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the Supreme Court.
1989 Japanese Emperor Hirohito died at age 87.
1996 A major blizzard paralyzed the eastern United States, claiming more than 100 lives.
1997 Newt Gingrich became the first Republican re-elected House speaker in 68 years.
1999 President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial began in the Senate. (He was later acquited on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.)
2003 Police announced they had found traces of the deadly poison ricin in a north London apartment and arrested six men.
2005 Actor Brad Pitt and actress Jennifer Aniston announced they were separating after four years of marriage.
2006 American journalist Jill Carroll was abducted in Iraq and a translator was killed. (Carroll was released unharmed after 82 days.)
2006 Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, facing corruption charges, stepped down as House majority leader. (He resigned from Congress in June 2006.)
Current Birthdays
Nicolas Cage turns 46 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini Actor Nicolas Cage turns 46 years old today.
72 Paul Revere
Rock musician
64 Jann Wenner
Magazine publisher (Rolling Stone)
62 Kenny Loggins
Rock singer
54 David Caruso
Actor ("CSI: Miami")
51 Kathy Valentine
Rock musician (The Go-Gos)
49 John Thune
U.S. senator, R-S.D.
36 John Rich
Country musician (Big and Rich)
34 Alfonso Soriano
Baseball player
28 Francisco Rodriguez
Baseball player
Historic Birthdays
Adolph Zukor
1/7/1873 - 6/10/1976
American entrepreneur
(Go to obit.)
66 James Harrington
1/7/1611 - 9/11/1677
English political philosopher
63 Johann Christian Fabricius
1/7/1745 - 3/3/1808
Dutch entomologist
74 Millard Fillmore
1/7/1800 - 3/8/1874
13th president of the United States (1850-53)
35 Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
1/7/1844 - 4/16/1879
French nun
76 Herbert John Gladstone
1/7/1854 - 3/6/1930
English statesman
85 Émile Borel
1/7/1871 - 2/3/1956
French mathematician
64 Francis Poulenc
1/7/1899 - 1/30/1963
French composer
69 Aristotle Onassis
1/7/1906 (O.S.) - 3/15/1975
Greek shipping magnate
59 Henry Allen
1/7/1908 - 4/17/1967
American jazz musician
76 Charles Addams
1/7/1912 - 9/29/1988
American cartoonist
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