Historical Events for 7th January 2024

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1598 - Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodor I
1894 - William K.L. Dickson captures "Fred Ott's Sneeze" as a motion picture at Thomas Edison's Black Mariah Studio, West Orange, New Jersey
1910 - Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (ON), 3-1 for a 2-0 sweep of challenge series
1916 - In response to pressure from President Woodrow Wilson, Germany notifies the US State Department that it will abide by strict international rules of maritime warfare
1922 - The Anglo-Irish Treaty is ratified by Dail Eireann by a 64-57 vote
1929 - Croatian nationalist and fascist movement, Ustaša founded by Ante Pavelić in exile in Italy
1933 - 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands
1980 - Real Records releases "Pretenders", the debut album of The Pretenders, in UK
1992 - Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
2019 - Amazon overtakes Microsoft to become the world's most valuable listed company for the first time, worth $797 billion

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