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What happened in history on this day: January 7?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 7 in ...
- 1984 - Commodore International announces the Commodore 264 at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Code-name for the computer was "TED", named for its Text Editing Chip. The 264 uses a 7501 microprocessor, 64 kB RAM, 320x200 pixel graphics offering 128 color variations.
- 1984 - Commodore International shows a prototype of the Commodore 364 computer at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show. The 364 is like the Commodore 264, but with a separate numeric keypad, 48 kB ROM, and built-in voice synthesizer.
- 1984 - At the Winter CES, Commodore International shows the SX-64, formerly called Executive 64. It now includes a 5-inch monitor, and one 170 kB 5.25 disk drive, for US$995.
- 1984 - Commodore International introduces the TED-16, a 16 kB version of the Commodore 264, with a price under US$100.
- 1984 - Commodore announces that during 1983, they sold US$1 billion worth of computers, the first personal computer company to do so.
- 1988 - (to January 10) In Las Vegas, the Winter Consumer Electronics Show is held.
- 1989 - The Winter Consumer Electronics Show is held in Las Vegas, over four days.
- 1993 - The Winter Consumer Electronics Show is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Advanced Gravis announces the UltraSound 3D sound card. I-Motion introduces the Alone in the Dark computer game.
- 1997 - The MacWorld Expo / San Francisco show is held in San Francisco, California, over four days.
- 1997 - At the Macworld Expo, Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak appear together on stage for the first time since 1984. Apple Computer announces it plans to release an operating system code-named Rhapsody in 1998 that will run current applications, Next OS applications, and Java applications. The new OS will feature pre-emptive multitasking and protected memory. Apple demonstrates a limited edition 20th anniversary Macintosh, featuring a flat-panel display, to be sold for US$9000.
- 1997 - At the Macworld trade show, Microsoft announces and ships Microsoft Office 4.2.1 for the Macintosh. It includes Word 6.0.1, Excel 5.0, and PowerPoint 4.0. Price is US$499.
- 1997 - Microsoft releases the final version of Internet Explorer 3.0 web browser for the Macintosh.
- 1997 - Microsoft releases the first test version of FrontPage for the Macintosh.
- 1999 - Intel confirms that its next-generation processor, code-named Katmai, will be called the Pentium III.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer is used in purchasing stocks.
- 2002 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 1.73 GHz Athlon XP 2000+ processor. Price is US$339 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2002 - Intel introduces 2.0 and 2.2 GHz Pentium 4 processors. They feature 8 kB Level 1 data cache, 12 kB Level 1 instruction cache, 512 kB Level 2 cache, 400 MHz system bus, two pipelined FPUs. The processor includes MMX, SSE, SSE2, and Hyper-Threading instructions, The 1.5-volt processor incorporates 55 million transistors in a 0.13-micron process. Prices are US$364 (2.0 GHz) and US$562 (2.2 GHz) in 1000-unit quantities. Code-name during development was Northwood.
- 2002 - In San Francisco, California, the Macworld Conference and Expo is held, over five days.
- 2002 - At the Macworld trade show, Apple Computer announces new iMac computers, with a 15-inch flat-panel screen attached by a pivoting arm to a 10.5-inch diameter dome. The feature 700 to 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processor, 128 to 256 MB RAM, 40 to 60 GB hard drive, CD-RW drive or DVD writer, 10/100 network port. Prices of the three models are US$1299, US$1399, and US$1799.
- 2002 - At the Macworld trade show, Apple Computer introduces a new iBook portable computer with 14-inch flat-panel display.
- 2003 - At the Macworld Expo, Steve Jobs unveils the Safari Web browser for Macintosh computers. The software is available as a free download. Jobs also introduces the Keynote presentation software, available for US$99.
- 2003 - At the Macworld Expo, Apple Computer debuts the iLife application suite, with iPhoto 2, iDVD 3, iMovie 3, iTunes 3, and Safari Web browser.
- 2003 - At the Macworld Expo, Apple Computer introduces a PowerBook G4 with 17-inch display. It features 1 GHz G4 processor with 1 MB L3 cache, 167 MHz bus, 512 MB RAM, 1440 x 900 resolution display, Gigabit Ethernet, AirPort Extreme, SuperDrive, 60 GB hard drive, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, PCMCIA slot, nVidia GeForce4 440 Go with 64 MB RAM. Battery life is about 4.5 hours. Prices start at US$3299; size is 15.4 x 10.2 x 1 inch; weight is 6.8 pounds.
- 2003 - At the Macworld Expo, Apple Computer introduces a PowerBook G4 with 12-inch display. It features 867 MHz G4 processor with 256 KB L2 cache, 133 MHz bus, 256 MB RAM, 1024 x 768 resolution display, 10/100BaseT Ethernet, AirPort Extreme, Combo Drive, 60 GB hard drive, FireWire 400, nVidia GeForce4 420 Go with 32 MB RAM. Battery life is about 5 hours. Price is US$1799; size is 10.9 x 8.6 x 1.18 inches; weight is 4.6 pounds.
- 2003 - At the Macworld Expo, Apple Computer introduces FireWire 800, with maximum distance 100 metres, and speed 800 Mbps.
- 2003 - Intel announces the new brand name for its next-generation mobile processor technology: Centrino.
- 2003 - Microsoft releases the Windows Media Player 9 software for Windows. It includes video-smoothing technology and high-definition Windows Media Video.
- 2010 - Intel releases new 32-nanometer microprocessors for desktop and laptop computers, including basic graphics capabilities for the first time.
- 1931 - The Mickey Mouse film The Birthday Party is released to theaters.
- 1933 - The Mickey Mouse film Building a Building is released to theaters.
- 1933 - The first issue of Topolino magazine ("Mickey Mouse" in Italian) is published in Italy.
- 1943 - Disney delivers the film The Spirit of '43 to the US Treasury Department. The film includes Donald Duck.
- 1944 - The film The Pelican and the Snipe is released to theaters.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates, part one.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Way Down Cellar, part one.
- 1973 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring The Mystery of Dracula's Castle, part one.
- 1979 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Donovan's Kid, part one.
- 1992 - The Voyage of the Little Mermaid show opens at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park.
- 1994 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film The Air Up There to theaters in the USA.
- 1994 - Buena Vista releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Cabin Boy to theaters.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- The line "is that your final answer" is said, a reference to the Disney-ABC TV show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.
- A sign for the "Disney Store" is shown as an example of a place smart people are not welcome.
- 2002 - Disney announces it is using Compaq iPaq handheld computers to provide text and foreign language audio translations of some of its attractions in WDW. A wireless network automatically triggers the computer as the wearer moves among locations. Language translations available are French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish.
- 2002 - Disney announces that Stu Bloomberg is being replaced by Susan Lyne as president of ABC's Entertainment Television Group, with Lloyd Braun as sole chairman.
- 2004 - (to January 19) At the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, the ice skating show "Disney on Ice Presents Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc." is held.
- 2005 - Goofy's Bounce House in Disneyland temporarily closes.
- 1942 - Soviet forces launch counteroffensives along the whole German/Russian front.
- 1942 - US and Filipino forces withdraw to Bataan.
- 1943 - The British First Lord makes a strong plea to the War Cabinet for bombing at the four main German submarine bases on the Biscay coast.
- 1945 - British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery gives a press conference about British and American cooperation in the Ardennes offensive. What he says comes pff as arrogant and belittling.
- 1945 - (evening) About 600 British bombers attack Munich, Germany. They inflict great destruction to the centre and industrial areas.
- 1946 - In Yokohama, Japan, a US military commission condemns Lieutenant Kei Yuri of the Japanese Army to be hanged, for ordering a captured US soldier killed by bayonet, and allowing the starvation death of another.
- 1946 - The Recently elected government of Austria is recognized by the US, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.
- 1946 - In Budapest, Hungary, former Hungarian Premier Laszlo de Bardossy is hanged. He had been sentenced to death for high treason by the Budapest Peoples Court in November.
- 1946 - In Budapest, Hungary, the People's Court sentences to death Dr. Vitez Laszlo Endre, former Under-Secretary of the Interior Ministry, Laszlo Vaky, former chief of gendarmes, and Andor Jaross, former Minister of the Interior. They were found responsible for the expulsion or extermination of 600,000 Jews and other crimes.
- 1993 - The Winter Consumer Electronics Show is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. 3DO announces a CD-based entertainment platform, developed by Electronic Arts, Time Warner, Matsushita, and Kleiner Perkins. 3DO will not manufacture the systems, but will license the design to hardware manufacturers. Systems will be available in the fall for about US$700.
- 2003 - Nintendo unveils the Game Boy Advance SP handheld video game system in the US. It features a flip-up illuminated screen, built-in rechargeable battery, and complete compatibility with the Game Boy Advance. The unit is expected to go on sale March 23 for US$100.
- 2004 - Sony releases the PlayStation 2 video game system in China, initially in Shanghai and Guangzhou cities.
- 1839 - New Orleans Mint makes last coinage of 1838 Seated Liberty dimes.
- 1913 - The Philadelphia Mint strikes experimental strikes of Indian Head/Buffalo 5-cent coins.
- 2008 - In Orlando, Florida, Stack's Rarities auctions the Franklin Collection, part two. Some highlights: 1838 Gobrecht-designed dollar pattern struck in copper, one of two known: US$529,000, a record for a copper pattern.
- 2009 - (to January 10) Heritage Auction Galleries conducts an auction at the Florida United Numismatists convention in Orlando. Some highlights:
- 1815 $5, MS-64 NGC: US$460,000;
- 1841 25-cent, PR-66 NGC: US$299,000;
- 1844 25-cent, PR-66 NGC: US$299,000;
- 1877 $50 copper pattern, PR-67 Brown NGC: US$575,000;
- 1880 $4, Coiled Hair, PR-62 NGC: US$575,000;
- 1889-CC $1, MS-68 PCGS: US$531,875;
- 1892-O half dollar, Micro O, MS-68 PCGS: US$345,000;
- 1892-S $1, MS-67 PCGS: US$460,000;
- 1893-S $1, MS-64 PCGS: US$299,000;
- 1893-S $1, MS-65 NGC: US$299,000;
- 1913-S $10, MS-66 PCGS: US$299,000;
- 1920-S $10, MS-66 PCGS: US$431,250;
- 1930-S $10, MS-67 PCGS: US$299,000;
- 1933 $10, MS-65 PCGS: US$488,750.
- 1908 - England beats Australia by one wicket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1910 - Ottawa Senators sweep Galt in two games for the Stanley Cup.
- 1927 - Harlem Globetrotters play first basketball game (Hinckley, Illinois).
- 1932 - First game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Michigan, USA.
- 1936 - Tennis champions Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1 hour 18 minutes).
- 1947 - Australia versus England at Melbourne Cricket Ground drawn in six days, first cricket draw in Australia since 1882.
- 1956 - Vinoo Mankad scores 231 versus New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
- 1961 - First NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit Lions beats Cleveland Browns 17-16.
- 1962 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27.
- 1968 - GE College Bowl quiz show premieres on NBC TV.
- 1972 - Los Angeles Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record).
- 1973 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational.
- 1973 - Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 versus Pakistan Never again.
- 1980 - Minnesota North Stars end Philadelphia Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak.
- 1982 - New York Islanders' Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick.
- 1983 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win versus England.
- 1985 - Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1987 - Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at age 28 the youngest.
- 1989 - Cleveland Cavaliers block 21 New York Knicks' shots tying NBA regulation game record.
- 1990 - Lynn Jennings runs world record 5km indoor at 15:22.64.
- 1992 - Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan.
- 1992 - Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1994 - South Africa beats Australia in the Sydney Test by five runs.
- 1994 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding.
- 2005 - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announces Major League Baseball and the Players Association will donate $1 million to help the victims of last month's Indian Ocean tsunami.
- 2006 - At the sixth Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Legacy ceremonies in Kansas City, Bob Watson, the first black general manager in baseball history, receives the Jackie Robinson Lifetime Achievement Award.
- 2007 - Randy Johnson agrees to a US$26 million, two-year Arizona Diamondbacks deal.
- 2010 - Matt Holliday signs a US$120 million seven-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals.
- 2022 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Washington Capitals by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: Carolina Hurricanes beats Calgary Flames by score 6-3.
- 1610 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei discovers first three Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede.
- 1985 - Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet.
- 1654 - Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp Netherlands, one dies.
- 1996 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 100 people.
- 1782 - First US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia.
- 1784 - First US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia.
- 1789 - America's first presidential election is held; only white men who own property are allowed to vote. George Washington wins the election.
- 1817 - The Second Bank of the United States opens for business, in Carpenter's Hall.
- 1830 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company begins carrying revenue traffic - first US Railroad Station (Baltimore, Maryland).
- 1861 - Florida troops takeover Fort Marion at Saint Augustine.
- 1862 - Battle of Manassas Junction, Virginia.
- 1862 - Romney Campaign - CSA General Thomas Jackson marchs towards Romney, West Virginia.
- 1868 - Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock.
- 1868 - Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson.
- 1892 - Mine explosion kills 100 in Krebs, Oklahoma; blacks trying to help rescue white survivors are driven away with guns.
- 1911 - First airplane bombing experiments conducted with explosives, in San Francisco, California.
- 1927 - Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London.
- 1929 - Buck Rogers, first sci-fi comic strip, premieres.
- 1929 - Tarzan, one of the first adventure comic strips, first appears.
- 1938 - Joseph P. Kennedy is appointed American Ambassador to Great Britain, and Hugh R. Wilson is appointed Ambassador to Germany.
- 1939 - US workers' union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916).
- 1942 - US and Filipino forces withdraw to Bataan.
- 1944 - US Air Force announces production of first US jet fighter, the Bell P-59.
- 1946 - The recently elected government of Austria is recognized by the US, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.
- 1948 - US President Harry Truman raises taxes for Marshall plan.
- 1949 - First photo of genes taken at University of Southern California by Pease and Baker.
- 1950 - Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport, Iowa).
- 1953 - US President Harry Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb.
- 1958 - US Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking to the Senate Democratic Caucus, states "Control of space means control of the world", "From space, the masters of infinity would have the power to control the Earth's weather...".
- 1959 - US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government.
- 1963 - US first class postage rate raised from 4 cents to 5 cents per ounce.
- 1968 - US first class postage rate raised from 5 cents to 6 cents per ounce.
- 1969 - US Congress doubles Presidential salary.
- 1971 - -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Arizona (state record).
- 1972 - Lewis F Powell Junior becomes a US Supreme Court Justice.
- 1972 - William Hubbs Rehnquist sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice.
- 1973 - US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize.
- 1975 - Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing US$30,000 damage.
- 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
- 1983 - US President Ronald Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala.
- 1985 - Saturn Corporation is founded in the USA as a "Different Kind of Car Company."
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya.
- 1992 - AT&T releases video-telephone ($1499).
- 1993 - The Winter Consumer Electronics Show is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. 3DO announces a CD-based entertainment platform, developed by Electronic Arts, Time Warner, Matsushita, and Kleiner Perkins.
- 1994 - United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing five.
- 1996 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 100 people.
- 1997 - Newt Gingrich narrowly re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives.
- 2003 - US Congress convenes, with Republican Senate majority (51-48-1 independent)
- 2006 - Embroiled in multiple scandals, former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announces he will not seek to reassume his former post.
- 2022 - David Bennett is the first human to receive a heart transplant from a pig, at University of Maryland, USA.
Other history:
- 1598 - Boris Godunov seizes the Russian throne on death of Feodore I.
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