This Day in History
07 Jan 1325
Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as King of Portugal
07 Jan 1558
Calais last English possession in France retaken by French
07 Jan 1566
Antonio Michele Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V
07 Jan 1579
England signs an offensive & defensive alliance with Netherland
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Emperor Hirohito dies
Showa Tenno Hirohito the 124th Japanese monarch in an imperial line dating back to 660 B.C. dies after serving six decades as the emperor of Japan. He was the...
Clinton impeachment trial begins
On January 7 1999 the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton formally charged with lying under oath and obstructing justice begins in the Senate. As in...
Across the English Channel in a balloon
Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover England to Calais France in a gas balloon becoming the first to cross the Engl...
First U.S. presidential election
On this day in 1789 Americas first presidential election is held. Voters cast ballots to choose state electors only white men who owned property were ...
Monty holds a press conference
On this day British Gen. Bernard Montgomery gives a press conference in which he all but claims complete credit for saving the Allied cause in the Battle of th...
Laird visits Saigon
Accompanied by Admiral Thomas Moorer Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Defense Secretary Melvin Laird arrives in South Vietnam to assess the military...
Civilian government is restored in Saigon
Gen. Nguyen Khanh and the newly formed Armed Forces Councilthe generals who had participated in a coup on December 19 1964restore civilian cont...
Harlem Globetrotters play their first game
On January 7 1927 the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team travels 48 miles west from Chicago to play their first game in Hinckley Illinois.The Globetrotters...
Clinton’s Senate impeachment trial begins
On this day in 1999 the United States Senate begins its impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton the first president to be impeached by the House of Repres...
Cannibal Alfred Packer is paroled
The confessed Colorado cannibal Alfred Packer is released from prison on parole after serving 18 years.One of the ragged legions of gold and silver prospectors ...
Zora Neale Hurston is born
On this day in 1891 Zora Neale Hurston novelist and folklorist is born in Eatonville Fla. Although at the time of her death in 1960 Hurston had published m...
America’s sweetheart Mary Pickford marries Owen Moore
On this day in 1911 one of the most popular stars of early Hollywood Mary Pickford marries fellow actor Owen Moore (1886-1939). Known as America...
Mine explodes in Oklahoma
A massive mine explosion leaves nearly 100 dead in Krebs Oklahoma on this day in 1892. The disaster the worst mining catastrophe in Oklahomas history...
A case of split personality in puzzling Chicago murders
Six-year-old Suzanne Degnan is kidnapped from her home in an affluent Chicago neighborhood. Her father found a note on the floor asking for a 20000 ransom. Al...
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