January 7th (2012) was a Saturday. It's the 6th day of the year (7th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 7th January, 2012
» A hot air balloon 2012 Carterton hot air balloon crash e.g crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.
January 7th Famous Deaths for 2012
» Ibrahim Aslan, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1935)
» Tony Blankley, English-American journalist and actor (b. 1948)
» Milburn E. Calhoun, American physician, philanthropist, and publisher (b. 1930)
» George Livingston, American politician (b. 1933)
» Hideaki Nitani, Japanese actor (b. 1930)
» Herbert Wilf, American mathematician and academic (b. 1931)
January 7th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Canute Lavard
» Charles of Sezze
» St. André Bessette (Canada)
» Lucian of Antioch
» Raymond of Peñafort
» January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian Calendar)
» Distaff Day (medieval Europe)
» 'Nanakusa no sekku e.g Festival of Seven Herbs' or 'Nanakusa no sekku' (Japan)
» Synaxis of John the Baptist or John the Forerunner & Baptist (Julian Calendar)
» Flag of Italy or Tricolour day or 'Festa del Tricolore' (Italy)