01-07-2005, 06:16 AM
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January 7th
1558 ~ France took Calais, the last continental possession of England.
1610 ~ Galileo Galilei observed the four largest moons of Jupiter for the first time.
1785 ~ Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air.
1899 ~ Birthday of Francis Poulenc, French composer.
1916 ~ Birthday of Paul Keres, Estonian chess player.
1922 ~ Birthday of Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flutist.
1924 ~ George Gershwin completed Rhapsody in Blue.
1927 ~ First international telephone call - New York City to London.
1943 ~ Death of Nikola Tesla, Serbian-born inventor, electrical engineer.
1999 ~ The impeachment trial of U.S. President Bill Clinton began.
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