January 7
People born on this day are Capricorn.
- 1985
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
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Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City in one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history.
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Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.
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The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as president.
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Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
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A British Aerospace Jetstream 41 operating as United Express Flight 6291 crashes in Gahanna, Ohio, killing five of the eight people on board.
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The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
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A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.
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Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, executing twelve people and wounding eleven others.
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A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sanaa with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured.
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The 6.4Mw 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes kill four and injure nine in southern Puerto Rico.
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A series of wildfires ravage the Greater Los Angeles area, resulting in at least 16 deaths and 13,401 structures destroyed.
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2012Blue Ivy Carter, American singer and actress
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2007Chloe Chua, Singaporean violinist, 2018 joint 1st prize winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists
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2003Ryan Dunn, American basketball player
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2000Marcus Scribner, American actor
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1997Ozzie Albies, Curaçaoan baseball player
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1997Lamar Jackson, American football player
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1996Alex Nedeljkovic, American ice hockey player
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1995Jordan Bell, American basketball player
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1995Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstani tennis player
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1994Jarnell Stokes, American basketball player
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1994Lee Sun-bin, South Korean actress and singer
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1994MacKenzie Weegar, Canadian ice hockey player
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