Famous Birthdays
- Jim Lefebvre, American baseball manager (Seattle Mariners), born in Hawthorne, California
- Leona Williams, American country music singer (Ladies Get the Blues), born in Vienna, Missouri
- Richard Armstrong, British conductor, born in Leicester, England
- Sadako Sasaki, Japanese child hibakusha (victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb), born in Hiroshima, Japan (d. 1955)
Famous Deaths
- George Washington Crile, American surgeon (conducted the first direct blood transfusion and studied the effects of surgical shock), dies at 78
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)
Serbian-American physicist, electrical engineer and inventor who developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil, dies at 86
1943 Highlights
About January 7, 1943
Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 80 years, 4 months and 29 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Star Sign: Capricorn
