Event:
U.S. Republican Chuck Hagel is nominated to be the country's next Secretary of Defense by President Barack Obama; John O. Brennan is nominated to be the next CIA Director
More Notable Events on January 7: 1986 U.S. president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
1953 President Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb
1942 WW II siege of Bataan starts
1914 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal
1618 Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor
