January 7

January 7 is known as these holidays according to checkiday.com and Daysoftheyear.com:

C: "International Programmers' Day", "National Bobblehead Day", "National Pass Gas Day" and "Orthodox Christmas Day (Also known as "Old Christmas Day")"

Both:"Distaff Day (Also known as Roc Day, Rock Day, Saint Distaff's Day and St. Distaff's Day)", "I’m Not Going To Take It Anymore Day", "Tempura Day", "Bobblehead Day" and "Harlem Globetrotter’s Day" and "National Old Rock Day"

Births

 * 1903 - Alan Napier (English actor)
 * 1920 - Vincent Gardenia (stage, film and television actor)
 * 1922 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (French flutist)
 * 1948 - Kenny Loggins (singer and songwriter)
 * 1949 - George Buza (actor)
 * 1962 - Hallie Todd (actress)
 * 1964 - Nicolas Cage (actor, producer and director)
 * 1969 - Rex Lee (actor)
 * 1970 - Doug E. Doug (actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and film director)
 * 1971 - Jeremy Renner (actor, singer-songwriter, film producer, musician and former makeup artist)
 * 1980 - Sarah Selby (actress)
 * 1983 - Brett Dalton (actor)
 * 1985 - Lewis Hamilton (racing driver)
 * 1987 - Lyndsy Fonseca (actress)
 * 2000 - Marcus Scribner (actor)
 * 2004 - Sofia Wylie (actress and dancer)

Deaths

 * 1965 - Jimmy O'Dea (Irish actor and comedian)
 * 1969 - Earl Duvall (artist and animator)
 * 1980 - Sarah Selby (actress)
 * 1992 - Richard Hunt (puppeteer)
 * 2002 - Avery Schreiber (comedian and actor)
 * 2013 - David R. Ellis (film director and stuntman)
 * 2015 - Rod Taylor (actor)
 * 2016 - Richard Libertini (actor and voice actor)
 * 2020 - Silvio Horta (screenwriter and producer)

Shorts

 * 1931 - The Birthday Party
 * 1933 - Building a Building
 * 1943 - The Spirit of '43
 * 1944 - The Pelican and the Snipe

VHS & DVD releases

 * 1986 - My Science Project (Touchstone Home Video)
 * 2003 - Signs

Television

 * 1995 - The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Respiration" premieres in syndication.

Disney Theme park happenings

 * 2008 - Disney-MGM Studios is renamed Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World.
 * 2015 - The Sorcerer's Hat undergoes deconstruction.
 * 2019 - Art of Disney Animation closes at Walt Disney Studios Park.

Books

 * 2014
 * As Big as a Whale
 * Shadow Play!