What happened on this day in history?
January 7th….
1785 – Two explorers cross the English Channel in a balloon
1789 – First U.S. presidential election
1891 – Zora Neale Hurston is born
1892 – Mine explodes in Oklahoma
1946 – A case of split personality in puzzling Chicago murders
1953 – President Truman announces U.S. has developed hydrogen bomb
1955 – Marian Anderson becomes first African American to perform at the Met Opera
1959 – United States recognizes new Cuban government
1979 – Pol Pot overthrown
1927 – Harlem Globetrotters play their first game
1999 – President Clinton’s impeachment trial begins
2015 – 12 people die in shooting at “Charlie Hebdo” offices
Learn more about any of these events here- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
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