What Happened On January 7, 2021 - On This Day

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• Arizona called the COVID-19 "hotspot of the world" by local health officials as state suffers an average of 118.3 new cases per 100,000 people

Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla, becomes the world's richest person, worth $186 billion, overtaking Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg blocks President Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram till January 20, following suspension of his other social media accounts the previous day

US Congress completes the ceremonial certification of Joe Biden's presidential victory late in the night after an earlier unprecedented breach of the Capitol by Trump supporters

• WHO warns Europe needs to do more to "flatten the steep vertical line" of COVID-19 cases and control the spread of the new variant, with 230 million already living under lockdown

Events in 2021

• Michael Apted, English director and producer (7 Up, The World is Not Enough), dies at 79 [1]

American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (World Series 1981, 88; NL Manager of the Year 1983, 88; LA Dodgers 1976-96), dies of a heart attack at 93 [1]

• Vladimir Kiselyov, Ukranian-Soviet athlete (Olympic gold, 1980- shot put), dies at 64

Died in 2021 2021 Highlights

Day of the Week: ThursdayHow Long Ago? 5 years, 2 months and 11 days Leap Year: No

Generation: Generation Alpha Chinese Zodiac: Rat Star Sign: Capricorn

• #1 Song: Mood - 24kGoldn Featuring iann dior
• #1 Song: Last Christmas - Wham!

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• Jan 8, 2021

• Augusto Pinochet
• Benito Mussolini
• Francisco Franco
• Kim Jong-un
• Nicolae Ceausescu
• Pol Pot

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