Almanac for January 7th

Erin O'Riordan's almanac for January 7th: https://ko-fi.com/post/January-7th-D1D2Z4T3M

Today's Observance: Eastern Orthodox Christmas
Artist Birthday: Zora Neale Hurston

Bummer January 7th

January 7, 1943: Inventor Nikola Tesla dies alone, of a heart attack, at the Hotel New Yorker.

January 7, 1948: 25-year-old Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Captain Thomas F. Mantell crashes his P-51 Mustang fighter plane near Franklin, Kentucky. Prior to the crash, Mantell told Godman Army Airfield that he had sighted an unidentified aerial object (which officials speculate may have been an unpiloted balloon collecting atmospheric data). In pursuit of the unknown object, Mantell banked sharply upward; the lack of oxygen at the higher altitude may have contributed to his loss of control of the aircraft.

January 7, 2012: Eleven people are killed when a hot air balloon over Carterton, Aotearoa (New Zealand), catches fire while attempting to land.

January 7, 2015: Two Islamist extremists target the headquarters of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Twelve people are killed, including five cartoonists and two editors.

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Almanac for January 4th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for January 4: https://ko-fi.com/post/January-4th-S6S7Z4SEY

Artist Birthday: Jacob Grimm

French Republican Calendar Day Name (15 Nivôse): Rabbit
(Note: I'm using the year 1794, or Year II on the Republican Calendar, for conversions from the Republican to Julian Calendar. Year II was the first Revolutionary year that had a January in it.) 

Bummer January 4th

January 4, 1904: Thomas Edison has Topsy the elephant electrocuted in an attempt to convince the public that his alternating current electricity is safer than Nikola Tesla’s direct current electricity. The film of this event may be the first death ever recorded on film. Topsy had killed a trainer who, in her defense, had burned her with cigarettes.

January 4, 1998: 35 Americans die as a result of an ice storm that strikes the northeastern United States.

Thomas Edison with an early phonograph, 1888, public domain.

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