1. 1610: Galileo Galilei observed the four largest moons of Jupiter for the first time, now known as the Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
2. 1782: The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opened in Philadelphia.
3. 1927: The Harlem Globetrotters, a famous exhibition basketball team, played their first game in Hinckley, Illinois.
4. 1959: The United States recognized the new Cuban government led by Fidel Castro.
5. 1979: Vietnamese forces captured Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge regime.
6. 1999: The impeachment trial of U.S. President Bill Clinton began in the Senate.
7. 2009: Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week military campaign known as Operation Cast Lead.
8. 2015: Two gunmen attacked the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, killing 12 people and injuring many others. The attack was a response to the magazine's publication of controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
These are just a few examples, and many other significant events have occurred on January 7 throughout history.
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