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On This Day in HistoryFriday, January 07th
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On Jan. 7, 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government. (Go to article.)On Jan. 71873Adolph Zukorthe American entrepreneur who built the Paramount movie empire, was born.Following his death on June 10,1976, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day

On January 7, 1871Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the German empire. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

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1789The first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president.
1800Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, was born in Summerhill, N.Y.
1927Commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.
1942The World War II siege of Bataan began.
1953President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.
1955Singer Marian Anderson made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, becoming the first black person to perform there as a member.
1959The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba.
1972Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the Supreme Court.
1989Japanese Emperor Hirohito died at age 87.
1996A major blizzard paralyzed the eastern United States, claiming more than 100 lives.
1997Newt Gingrich became the first Republican re-elected House speaker in 68 years.
1999President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial began in the Senate.
2005Actor Brad Pitt and actress Jennifer Aniston announced they were separating after four years of marriage.
2006American journalist Jill Carroll was abducted in Iraq and a translator was killed. (Carroll was released unharmed after 82 days.)
2006Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, facing corruption charges, stepped down as House majority leader.

Current Birthdays
Jeremy Renner turns 40 years old today.

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Actor Jeremy Renner ("The Hurt Locker") turns 40 years old today.

73Paul Revere
Rock musician
65Jann Wenner
Magazine publisher (Rolling Stone)
63Kenny Loggins
Rock singer
55David Caruso
Actor ("CSI: Miami")
54Katie Couric
CBS News anchor
50John Thune
U.S. senator, R-S.D.
47Nicolas Cage
Actor
47Rand Paul
U.S. senator, R-Ky.
44Nick Clegg
Deputy British prime minister
37John Rich
Country musician (Big and Rich)
35Alfonso Soriano
Baseball player
29Francisco Rodriguez
Baseball player
Historic Birthdays
Adolph Zukor
 
1/7/1873 - 6/10/1976
American entrepreneur 

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66James Harrington
1/7/1611 - 9/11/1677
English political philosopher

63Johann Christian Fabricius
1/7/1745 - 3/3/1808
Dutch entomologist

74Millard Fillmore
1/7/1800 - 3/8/1874
13th president of the United States (1850-53)

35Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
1/7/1844 - 4/16/1879
French nun

76Herbert John Gladstone
1/7/1854 - 3/6/1930
English statesman

85Émile Borel
1/7/1871 - 2/3/1956
French mathematician

64Francis Poulenc
1/7/1899 - 1/30/1963
French composer

69Aristotle Onassis
1/7/1906 (O.S.) - 3/15/1975
Greek shipping magnate

59Henry Allen
1/7/1908 - 4/17/1967
American jazz musician

76Charles Addams
1/7/1912 - 9/29/1988
American cartoonist

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