Historical Events
- "Buck Rogers" sci-fi comic strip's 1st appearance in a newspaper
- "Tarzan", one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears
Event of Interest
Croatian nationalist movement, Ustaša founded by Ante Pavelić in exile in Italy
- French inventor Robert Bureau launches the 1st radiosonde - a battery-powered telemetry instrument carried into the atmosphere to measure various parameters and transmit them by radio to a ground receiver
Famous Birthdays
- Ken Henry, American speed skater (Olympic gold 500m, 1952), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2009)
- Mario Bergamaschi, Italian soccer midfielder (5 caps; Calcio Como, A.C. Milan, U.C. Sampdoria), born in Crema, Italy (d. 2020)
- Terry Moore [Helen Luella Koford], American actress (Little Sheba), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
- Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77
About January 7, 1929
Day of the Week: Monday
How Long Ago? 94 years, 2 months and 19 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Dragon
Star Sign: Capricorn
