What happend on 7th January

06.01
08.01
1959

The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro

1954

The first public demonstration of a machine translation system was held in New York at the head office of IBM.

1953

President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb.

1950

A fire at the Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa kills 41 people.

1945

British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge.

1942

World War II: Siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.

1935

World War II: Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval sign the Italo-French agreements.

1927

First international telephone call

1926

George Burns marries Gracie Allen.

1924

George Gershwin completes Rhapsody in Blue.