The distress signal “CQD” is established only to be replaced two years later by “SOS”. The distress signal CQD is one of the earliest internationally…
Tag: 7 January
7 January 1835
HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago. The HMS Beagle was a 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy, launched…
7 January 1835
HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago HMS Beagle was a ship that played a crucial role in Charles…
7 January 1980
U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation
7 January 2012
A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board
7 January 1999
The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton’]
7 January 2012
A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand. All 11 people on board are killed. On 7 January 2012, a scenic hot air balloon…
7 January 1992
The Jeep Grand Cherokee is first introduced. The Jeep Grand Cherokee is a range of luxury SUVs produced by the American manufacturer Jeep. While some…
7 January 1610
Galileo Galilei first observes the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa. Probably the most significent contribution that Galileo Galilei made to science was…