January 7

Shorts

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

Television

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

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.

VHS & DVD releases

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

Books

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

People

Births

• 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 and comedian)
• 1971 - Jeremy Renner (actor)
• 1983 - Brett Dalton (actor)
• 1985 - Lewis Hamilton (racing driver)
• 1987 - Lyndsy Fonseca (actress)
• 2000 - Marcus Scribner (actor)

Deaths

• 1969 - Earl Duvall (artist and animator)
• 2002 - Avery Schreiber (comedian and actor)
• 2016 - Richard Libertini (actor and voice actor)