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January 7: Day of the Week
January 7, 2024 was the 7th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 359 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
January 7 Historical Event(s)
1608
Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.
1782
The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
1785
Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
1920
The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
1935
Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
1948
Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
1959
The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
1960
The Polaris missile is test launched.
1984
Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
2010
Muslim gunmen open fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians leaving church after celebrating a midnight Christmas mass, killing eight of them as well as one Muslim bystander.
Who were born on January 7?
1355
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397)
1746
George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1823)
1906
Bobbi Trout, American aviator (d. 2003)
1945
Gilles Marotte, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1953
Morris Titanic, Canadian ice hockey player
1956
Kostas Petropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
1961
Andrew Thomson, Australian politician
1966
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist (d. 1999)
1978
Emilio Palma, first person born on the Antarctic continent
1982
Ianina Zanazzi, Argentine racing driver
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters TLEKESUEXWOW? Check your answers here: Words with these letters TLEKESUEXWOW. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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