January 7
Events
- 1610 – Galileo discovers the first 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa & Ganymede.
- 1929 – “Buck Rogers”, was the first sci-fi comic strip to premiere in the National newspaper service.
- 1985 – Japanese space probe Sakigake (meaning pioneer or pathfinder) was launched to carry out a flyby of Halley’s comet.
Birthdays
- 1903 – Alan Napier – Was born in Birmingham, UK and became an actor, most famed for being Alfred the Butler in the Batman TV series.
- 1925 – Gerald Malcolm Durrell – Born in the UK and later became a well known conservationist and zoologist. He founded the Durrell Wildlife
- conservation Trust.
- 1964 - Nicolas Cage – Was born in Long beach, California and he became an actor. He has starred in many films and won an academy award for Leaving Las Vegas.
