bad day...

Throughout the years - January 7:

bits and pieces from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_7

Events

• 1610 - Galileo Galilei observes the four largest moons of Jupiter for the first time. He named them and in turn the four are called the Galilean moons.
• 1782 - The first American commercial bank opens (Bank of North America).
• 1797 - The current flag of Italy is first used.
• 1904 - The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS."
• 1927 - First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London.
• 1927 - The Harlem Globetrotters play their first game.
• 1990 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns.
• 1999 - The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins.

births

• 1 BC (O.S.) - Jesus of Nazareth, central figure of Christianity, (date celebrated by Eastern Orthodox churches as Christmas)
• 1800 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)
• 1957 - Katie Couric, American television host
• 1964 - Nicolas Cage, American actor
• 1977 - Dustin Diamond, American actor

deaths

• 1536 - Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1485)
• 1913 - Jack Boyle, baseball player (b. 1866)
• 1919 - Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist and philantropist (b. 1843)
• 1920 - Edmund Barton, first Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1943 - Nikola Tesla, Serbian-born inventor and electrical engineer (b. 1856)

holidays

• Catholicism - Feast day of St. Raymond of Peñafort.
• Christmas Day in the Julian calendar. This is the day on which Christmas is celebrated in Oriental Orthodox Churches.
• European traditional - Distaff day: women's traditional work begins again after Epiphany.
• Japan - Nanakusa (Seven Herbs Festival).

oh yeah... and my birthday.