births
January 7, 1931
Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier (died 2013)
Mirja Hietamies
Mirja Kyllikki Hietamies-Eteläpää was a cross-country skier from Finland who competed at the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 3 × 5 km relay in 1956 and a silver medal in the individual 10 km race in 1952, placing sixth in 1956. She also won two medals at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 3 × 5 km relay and a bronze in the 10 km.
January 7
January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 358 days remain until the end of the year.