January 7 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for January 7
In the headlines today:

2003	HBO announces that its hit comedy show, Sex and the City, will end after its sixth season.
1999	The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton opens in the US Senate.
1993	The US EPA classifies environmental tobacco smoke as a carcinogen.
1968	US postage rates increase today; it now costs six cents to send an ounce of first class mail.
1958	The Gibson Musical Instruments Company patents its Flying V guitar. (photo credit: Musician's Friend)
1955	Marian Anderson becomes the first African-American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House.
1953	The US announces the successful development of the hydrogren bomb.
1944	The US Air Force announces production of the first jet fighter aircraft, the Bell P-59.
1927	Telephone service between New York and London begins, via the transatlantic cable.
1926	Comedian George Burns and comedienne Gracie Allen are married in Cleveland, OH.
1785	Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries make the first hydrogen balloon crossing of the English Channel.
1782	The first commercial bank in the US, the Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia.
1610	The moons of Jupiter are discovered by astronomer Galileo Galilei.