On This Very Day
January 7th
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- 1929
'Tarzan', one of the first adventure comic strips, debuts.
- 2021
Elon Musk becomes the world's richest person, surpassing Jeff Bezos.
- 1943
Nikola Tesla, renowned Serbian/American physicist and engineer, passes away.
- 1610
Galileo Galilei discovers four of Jupiter's moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
- 1782
The Bank of North America, the first commercial bank in the U.S., opens in Philadelphia.
- 1887
Thomas Stevens completes the first worldwide bicycle trip, covering 13,500 miles in three years. View Post →
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- 1950
'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' tops the U.S. pop charts.
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