Notable Birthdays for January 7
Israel Putnam (1718-1790) - Revolutionary War General.
Daniel Tyler (1799-1882) - Brigadier General for the Union Army.
Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) -The 13th President of the U.S.
Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather (1815-1882) - Poet.
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell (1821-1891) - Brigadier General for the Confederate Army.
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) - Painter of western America.
Anna Murray Vail (1863-1955) - The first librarian of the NY Botanical Garden.
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (1890-1965) - Pioneer of the comic book.
Charles Addams (1912-1988) - Creator of The Addams Family.
William Peter Blatty (1928-2017) - Author best known for his novel The Exorcist.
Terry Moore (1929-Still Living) - Child actor known for her role in Come Back, Little Sheba.
Jann Wenner (1946-Still Living) - Co-founder of the Rolling Stone magazine.
David Caruso (1956-Still Living) - Actor known for his role as Lieutenant Horatio Caine on CSI: Miami.
Nicolas Cage (1964-Still Living) - Actor known for his leading roles in Con Air, Face/Off, Gone in 60 Seconds,
Memorable Events for January 7
1782 - The Bank of North America opens as the first American commercial bank in the U.S.
1784 - The first seed business opens in the U.S.
1890 - William Purvis receives a patent for the fountain pen.
1894 - Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing.
1927 - The Harlem Globetrotters play their first game.
1944 - The Air Force announces production of first jet fighter.
1948 - Pilot Thomas Mantell crashes his plane while pursuing a UFO.
1953 - President Truman announces the development of the hydrogen bomb.
