Daily Facts about January 7

2023

Harlem Globetrotters Day is celebrated to honor the legendary basketball team known for their skills and entertainment.

1955

Marian Anderson, an acclaimed African American contralto, makes history as the first Black singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

1785

French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries achieve the first successful aerial crossing of the English Channel.

1610

Galileo Galilei makes a groundbreaking discovery by identifying the four largest moons of Jupiter, known today as the Galilean moons.