The Nativity of Christ On January 7, Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas – one of the most important Christian holidays and a public holiday in more than 100 countries around the world. The Nativity of Christ completes the forty-day Christmas fast (Holy Lent), a strict fast is observed on the eve of the holiday. On the night of January 6-7, Christmas services are held in Orthodox churches. After Christmas, Yuletide comes – holy days or 12 days during which the holiday is celebrated. The Invention of Photography On January 7, 1839, physicist Francois Arago at a meeting of the Paris Academy of Sciences first reported the invention of Daguerre and Niepce daguerreotype. Since 1935, by the decision of the IX International Congress of Scientific and Applied Photography, this date has been considered the day of the invention of photography. Flight across the English Channel On January 7, 1785, Frenchman Jean-Pierre Francois
