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January 3
January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 362 days remaining (363 in leap years).
Events
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1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine
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1521 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther.
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1749 - Benning Wentworth issued the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
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1777 - Battle of Princeton. American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis.
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1815 - Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.
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1823 - Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico
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1833 - Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
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1834 - The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City
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1840 - One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Port Phillip Herald is founded by George Cavanaugh.
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1861 - American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States
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1868 - The Japanese Meiji dynasty is restored and the Shogunate is abolished.
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1888 - The 91 cm refracting telescope at Lick Observatory is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.
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1899 - The first known use of the word automobile, in an editorial in the New York Times.
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1920 - Curse of the Bambino: The Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for a sum of $125,000 and a loan of more than $300,000.
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1925 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
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1926 - General Theodorus Pángulos names himself dictator of Greece.
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1938 - The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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1947 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
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1951 - Dragnet airs on television for the first time (NBC).
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1957 - Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
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1958 - West Indies Federation formed.
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1959 - Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
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1961 - The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.
- 1961 - The SL-1, a government-run reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho leaks radiation, killing three workers at the installation. The radiation is contained.
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1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
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1966 - First Acid Test at the Fillmore, San Francisco, California.
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1973 - Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner.
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1987 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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1990 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.
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1993 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
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1994 - An Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from Irkhutsk, Russia killing 125 including 1 on the ground
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1997 - NBC's Today show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time.
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2000 - The last Peanuts comic strip was created by Charles Schulz.
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2004 - Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 aboard.
Births
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106 BC - Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. 43 BC)
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1793 - Lucretia Mott, American women's rights activist and abolitionist (d. 1880)
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1803 - Douglas William Jerrold, British dramatic playwright and political satirist (d. 1857)
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1829 - Konrad Duden , philologist (d. 1911)
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1840 - Father Damien, Belgian missionary priest in Hawai'i (d. 1889)
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1855 - Hubert Bland, English socialist and co-founder of Fabian Society (d. 1914)
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1879 - Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (d. 1957)
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1883 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
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1887 - August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
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1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien, South African-born writer and philologist (d. 1973)
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1894 - Pola Negri, Polish actress (d. 1987)
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1897 - Marion Davies, American actress (d. 1961)
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1901 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (d. 1963)
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1905 - Anna May Wong, Chinese-American actress (d. 1961)
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1907 - Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d. 1986)
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1909 - Victor Borge, Danish entertainer and humorist (d. 2000)
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1911 - John Sturges, American director (d. 1982)
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1916 - Betty Furness, American actress and consumer activist (d. 1994)
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1920 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician and singer (d. 2001)
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1924 - Hank Stram, American football coach and broadcaster
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1924 - Nell Rankin, American soprano (d. 2005)
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1926 - George Martin, "5th Beatle": producer of The Beatles' records
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1929 - Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989)
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1930 - Robert Loggia, American actor
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1932 - Dabney Coleman, American actor
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1936 - Georgina Spelvin, pornographic film actress
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1939 - Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
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1941 - Van Dyke Parks, American musician, composer
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1942 - John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)
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1945 - Stephen Stills, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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1946 - Victoria Principal, American actress
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1946 - John Paul Jones, English bassist from Led Zeppelin
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1956 - Mel Gibson, Australian actor and director
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1957 - Bojan Križaj, Slovenian alpine skier
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1960 - Joan Chen, Chinese actress
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1966 - Chetan Sharma , Indian cricketer
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1968 - Shannon Sturges , American actress
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1969 - Michael Schumacher, German Formula One driver
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1975 - Danica McKellar, American actress
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1975 - Jason Marsden, American actor
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1976 - Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
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1977 - Alan Rogers , English footballer
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1981 - Polly Klaas, young victim of crime (d. 1993)
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1981 - Eli Manning, American football player
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1989 - Alex D. Linz, American actor
Deaths
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1322 - Philip V, king of France (b. 1293)
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1543 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, first European to visit California (b. 1499)
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1641 - Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer (b. ca. 1619)
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1785 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
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1795 - Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (b. 1730)
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1875 - Pierre Larousse, French editor and encyclopedist (b. 1817)
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1881 - Anna McNeill Whistler, Whistler's mother (b. 1804)
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1923 - Jaroslav Hasek, Czech novelist (b. 1883)
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1933 - Jack Pickford, Canadian actor, Hollywood's first "bad boy" (b. 1896)
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1945 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877)
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1946 - William Joyce, American Nazi propagandist (executed) (b. 1906)
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1950 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (b. 1884)
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1967 - Jack Ruby, convicted killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (b. 1911)
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1979 - Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (b. 1887)
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1980 - Joy Adamson, Czech conservationist and author (b. 1910)
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1981 - Her Royal Highness Princess Alice of Albany, the last grandchild of Queen Victoria (b. 1883)
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1992 - Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (b. 1897)
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2001 - José Greco, flamenco dancer (b. 1918)
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2002 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch CEO of the beer brewery (b. 1923)
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2003 - Sid Gillman, American football coach (b. 1911)
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2004 - Leon Wagner, MLB All-Star (b. 1934)
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2005:
Holidays and observances
External links
January 2 - January 4 - December 3 - February 3 - listing of all days
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