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January 7, 2007

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Big Sur Without the Crowds

By Gregory Dicum

In winter, when most day-trippers are gone and the caravans of RVs are a distant memory, nature reasserts itself on this ruggedly beautiful stretch of California coast.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 3, 2007, covering January 7, 2007.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Hip Hop Is Dead by Nas

    Hip Hop Is Dead

    Nas

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hannah Montana by Soundtrack

    Hannah Montana

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  3. 3
    Album cover for NOW 23 by Various Artists

    NOW 23

    Various Artists

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for Some Hearts by Carrie Underwood

    Some Hearts

    Carrie Underwood

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    58
  5. 5
    Album cover for Love by The Beatles

    Love

    The Beatles

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    5

Notable Births

Chloe Chua

2007Chloe Chua, Singaporean violinist, 2018 joint 1st prize winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists[†]

Chloe Chua is a Singaporean violinist. She won first prize in the Junior division of the 2018 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists alongside Christian Li, and also won the 24th Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition in Category A. She was the Artist-In-Residence of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons.

Notable Deaths

Bobby Hamilton

2007Bobby Hamilton, American race car driver and businessman (born 1957)[†]

Charles Robert Hamilton Sr. was an American stock car racing driver and racing team owner. A driver and owner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuit and the winner of the 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship, Hamilton owned Bobby Hamilton Racing. Hamilton's son, Bobby Hamilton Jr., was also a NASCAR driver.

Magnus Magnusson

2007Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist, author, and academic (born 1929)[†]

Magnus Magnusson was an Icelandic-born British-based journalist, translator, writer and television presenter. Born in ReykjavĂ­k, he lived in Scotland for almost all his life, although he never took British citizenship. He came to prominence as a BBC television journalist and was the presenter of the BBC television quiz programme Mastermind for 25 years.

Historical Context for January 7, 2007

In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]