This Day In History

January 7

St. Raymond
Priest, Patron Saint of Canonists

1610  Galileo sights four of Jupiter's moons.
1714  The first patent for a typewriter issued in England.
1782  First commercial bank in the US, The Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1789  First US Presidential election held.
1798  Great Britain introduces the world's first income tax -- thanx GB! :-p
1953  President Truman announces that the US has developed the hydrogen bomb during a State of the Union Address.
1959  US recognized Fidel Castro as head of Cuba's government.
1979  Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia and overthrows the Khmer Rouge government.
1986  US President Reagan orders cessation trading with Libya.

1955  Marian Anderson becoms the he first black singer at the Metropolitan Opera.
1958  Flying V guitar was patented this day by the Gibson Guitar Company.

1800  US Vice President Millard S. Fillmore
1912  Cartoonist Charles Addams
1948  Singer Kenny Loggins

1962

• The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens

• Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley

•  The Twist - Chubby Checker

• Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke

1971

• My Sweet Lord by George Harrison is a hit and is sued years later for copying  the hit song from years earlier He's So fine.

• It's Impossible by Perry Como

• Rose Garden by Lynn Anderson

1980

• Send One Your Love - Stevie Wonder

• Please Don't Go - K.C. & The Sunshine Band

• Take the Long Way Home - Supertramp

• Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers

1989

• Kokomo - The Beach Boys

• Especially For You - Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

• Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison

• My Prerogative - Bobby Brown

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