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January 3rd, 2008 (January 03 2008) | Death | Werner Dollinger, German politician and economist (born in 1918) | |
January 3rd, 2008 (January 03 2008) | Death | Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (born in 1953) | |
January 3rd, 2008 (January 03 2008) | Death | Natasha Collins, British actress and television presenter (born in 1976) | |
January 3rd, 2008 (January 03 2008) | Death | Yo-Sam Choi, South Korean boxer/former WBC light flyweight champion (born in 1972) | |
January 3rd, 2007 (January 03 2007) | Event | National Express has its worst ever coach crash just outside Heathrow Airport. | |
January 3rd, 2007 (January 03 2007) | Death | William Verity Jr., United States Secretary of Commerce 1987-1989 (born in 1917) | |
January 3rd, 2007 (January 03 2007) | Death | Michael Yeats, Irish Fianna Fail senator 1961-1981 and son of W.B. Yeats (born in 1921) | |
January 3rd, 2007 (January 03 2007) | Death | Sir Cecil Walker, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Belfast 1983-2001 (born in 1924) | |
January 3rd, 2007 (January 03 2007) | Death | Earl Reibel, Canadian ice hockey forward Detroit Red Wings (born in 1930) | |
January 3rd, 2007 (January 03 2007) | Death | Janos Furst, Hungarian orchestral conductor (born in 1935) | |
January 3rd, 2006 (January 03 2006) | Death | Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league footballer (born in 1954) | |
January 3rd, 2006 (January 03 2006) | Death | Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (born in 1954) | |
January 3rd, 2005 (January 03 2005) | Death | Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (born in 1917) | |
January 3rd, 2005 (January 03 2005) | Death | Will Eisner, American comic book artist (born in 1917) | |
January 3rd, 2005 (January 03 2005) | Death | JN Dixit, Indian government official (born in 1936) | |
January 3rd, 2004 (January 03 2004) | Event | Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board. | |
January 3rd, 2004 (January 03 2004) | Death | Des Corcoran, Premier of South Australia (born in 1928) | |
January 3rd, 2004 (January 03 2004) | Death | Leon Wagner, American baseball player (born in 1934) | |
January 3rd, 2003 (January 03 2003) | Death | Sid Gillman, American football coach (born in 1911) | Eric Gill Quotes |
January 3rd, 2002 (January 03 2002) | Death | Juan Garcia Esquivel, Mexican band leader (born in 1918) | |
January 3rd, 2002 (January 03 2002) | Death | Freddy Heineken, Dutch beer executive (born in 1923) | |
January 3rd, 1999 (January 03 1999) | Event | The Mars Polar Lander was launched. | |
January 3rd, 1999 (January 03 1999) | Event | Israel detains, and later expels, 14 members of Concerned Christians. | |
January 3rd, 1997 (January 03 1997) | Event | The People s Republic of China announces it will spend $27.7 billion USD to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys. | |
January 3rd, 1994 (January 03 1994) | Event | An Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from Irkutsk, Russia, killing 125 people including one on the ground. | |
January 3rd, 1994 (January 03 1994) | Death | Heather Sears, British actress (born in 1935) | |
January 3rd, 1993 (January 03 1993) | Event | In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). | George H. W. Bush Quotes |
January 3rd, 1993 (January 03 1993) | Death | Johnny Most, American sports announcer (born in 1923) | |
January 3rd, 1992 (January 03 1992) | Death | Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (born in 1897) | |
January 3rd, 1990 (January 03 1990) | Event | Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. | |
January 3rd, 1990 (January 03 1990) | Death | Arthur Gold, American pianist, half of Gold and Fizdale duo (born in 1917) | |
January 3rd, 1989 (January 03 1989) | Birth | Alex D. Linz, American actor | |
January 3rd, 1989 (January 03 1989) | Birth | Anya Kop, Russian model and America s Next Top Model contestant | |
January 3rd, 1989 (January 03 1989) | Death | Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (born in 1909) | |
January 3rd, 1988 (January 03 1988) | Event | Margaret Thatcher becomes the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th Century. | Margaret Thatcher Quotes |
January 3rd, 1988 (January 03 1988) | Birth | Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican artist and performer | |
January 3rd, 1988 (January 03 1988) | Death | Rose Auslander, German poet (born in 1901) | |
January 3rd, 1988 (January 03 1988) | Death | Joie Chitwood, American racedriver & Daredevil (born in 1912) | |
January 3rd, 1986 (January 03 1986) | Birth | Lloyd Polite, American R&B singer | |
January 3rd, 1986 (January 03 1986) | Birth | Jacob Timpano, Australian soccer player | |
January 3rd, 1985 (January 03 1985) | Birth | John David Booty, American football player | |
January 3rd, 1981 (January 03 1981) | Birth | Eli Manning, American football player | |
January 3rd, 1981 (January 03 1981) | Birth | Chris Blais, California racecar driver | |
January 3rd, 1981 (January 03 1981) | Death | Princess Alice of Albany (born in 1883) | |
January 3rd, 1980 (January 03 1980) | Birth | Rob Arnold, American guitarist (Chimaira) | |
January 3rd, 1980 (January 03 1980) | Birth | Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model | Bede Quotes |
January 3rd, 1980 (January 03 1980) | Birth | Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player | |
January 3rd, 1980 (January 03 1980) | Birth | David Tyree, American football player | |
January 3rd, 1980 (January 03 1980) | Death | Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (born in 1892) | |
January 3rd, 1980 (January 03 1980) | Death | Joy Adamson, Czech conservationist (born in 1910) | |
January 3rd, 1979 (January 03 1979) | Birth | Francesco Bellissimo, Italian mangaka | |
January 3rd, 1979 (January 03 1979) | Death | Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (born in 1887) | |
January 3rd, 1978 (January 03 1978) | Birth | Kimberley Locke, American singer | |
January 3rd, 1978 (January 03 1978) | Birth | Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress | |
January 3rd, 1978 (January 03 1978) | Birth | Dominic Wood, English children s television presenter and magician | |
January 3rd, 1978 (January 03 1978) | Birth | Mike York, American ice hockey player | |
January 3rd, 1977 (January 03 1977) | Event | Apple Computer is incorporated. | |
January 3rd, 1977 (January 03 1977) | Birth | Lee Bowyer, English footballer | |
January 3rd, 1977 (January 03 1977) | Birth | A.J. Burnett, American baseball player | |
January 3rd, 1977 (January 03 1977) | Birth | Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress (seiyu) | |
January 3rd, 1977 (January 03 1977) | Birth | Michelle Stephenson, English singer (The Spice Girls) | |
January 3rd, 1976 (January 03 1976) | Birth | Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer | |
January 3rd, 1976 (January 03 1976) | Birth | Alisen Down, Canadian actress | |
January 3rd, 1976 (January 03 1976) | Birth | Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress | |
January 3rd, 1976 (January 03 1976) | Birth | Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor | |
January 3rd, 1975 (January 03 1975) | Birth | Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk) | |
January 3rd, 1975 (January 03 1975) | Birth | Jason Marsden, American actor | |
January 3rd, 1975 (January 03 1975) | Birth | Danica McKellar, American actress | |
January 3rd, 1974 (January 03 1974) | Birth | Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist | |
January 3rd, 1974 (January 03 1974) | Death | Gino Cervi, Italian actor (born in 1901) | |
January 3rd, 1972 (January 03 1972) | Birth | Yoon Chan, South Korean actor | |
January 3rd, 1972 (January 03 1972) | Birth | Nichole Nordeman, American singer | |
January 3rd, 1971 (January 03 1971) | Birth | Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player | |
January 3rd, 1970 (January 03 1970) | Birth | Mahaya Petrosian, Iranian actress | |
January 3rd, 1970 (January 03 1970) | Birth | Christian Duguay, American comic actor | |
January 3rd, 1970 (January 03 1970) | Birth | Matt Ross, American actor | |
January 3rd, 1970 (January 03 1970) | Death | Gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (born in 1902) | |
January 3rd, 1969 (January 03 1969) | Birth | Michael Schumacher, German seven-time F1 World Champion | |
January 3rd, 1969 (January 03 1969) | Death | Howard McNear, American actor (born in 1905) | |
January 3rd, 1969 (January 03 1969) | Death | Jean Focas, Greco-French astronomer (born in 1909) | |
January 3rd, 1967 (January 03 1967) | Death | Mary Garden, Scottish singer (born in 1874) | |
January 3rd, 1967 (January 03 1967) | Death | Jack Ruby, American killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (born in 1911) | |
January 3rd, 1966 (January 03 1966) | Birth | Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer | |
January 3rd, 1964 (January 03 1964) | Birth | Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker | |
January 3rd, 1963 (January 03 1963) | Birth | Vic Grimes, American professional wrestler | |
January 3rd, 1963 (January 03 1963) | Birth | Jerome Young, American professional wrestler | |
January 3rd, 1962 (January 03 1962) | Event | Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro. | Fidel Castro Quotes |
January 3rd, 1962 (January 03 1962) | Birth | Francesca Lia Block, American author | |
January 3rd, 1961 (January 03 1961) | Event | The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba. | |
January 3rd, 1961 (January 03 1961) | Event | The SL-1, a government-run reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho, leaks radiation, killing three workers. | |
January 3rd, 1960 (January 03 1960) | Birth | Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India | |
January 3rd, 1959 (January 03 1959) | Event | Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. State. | |
January 3rd, 1958 (January 03 1958) | Event | The West Indies Federation is formed. | |
January 3rd, 1958 (January 03 1958) | Birth | Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker | |
January 3rd, 1957 (January 03 1957) | Event | The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. | |
January 3rd, 1957 (January 03 1957) | Birth | Bojan Kriz ?, Slovenian skier | |
January 3rd, 1956 (January 03 1956) | Event | A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower. | |
January 3rd, 1956 (January 03 1956) | Birth | Mel Gibson, Australian actor and director | |
January 3rd, 1956 (January 03 1956) | Birth | Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver | |
January 3rd, 1956 (January 03 1956) | Death | Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (born in 1864) | |
January 3rd, 1956 (January 03 1956) | Death | Joseph Wirth, 5th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Germany) (born in 1876) | |
January 3rd, 1955 (January 03 1955) | Birth | Palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats) | |
January 3rd, 1954 (January 03 1954) | Birth | Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (died in 1990) | |
January 3rd, 1954 (January 03 1954) | Birth | Ned Lamont, American businessman | |
January 3rd, 1953 (January 03 1953) | Event | Frances Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress. | |
January 3rd, 1952 (January 03 1952) | Birth | Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer | |
January 3rd, 1951 (January 03 1951) | Birth | Gary Nairn, Australian politician | |
January 3rd, 1950 (January 03 1950) | Birth | Victoria Principal, American actress | |
January 3rd, 1950 (January 03 1950) | Death | Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (born in 1884) | |
January 3rd, 1949 (January 03 1949) | Birth | Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (died in 1965) | |
January 3rd, 1947 (January 03 1947) | Event | Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time. | |
January 3rd, 1946 (January 03 1946) | Birth | John Paul Jones, British musician (Led Zeppelin) | John Paul Jones Quotes |
January 3rd, 1946 (January 03 1946) | Birth | Cissy King, American entertainer | |
January 3rd, 1946 (January 03 1946) | Death | William Joyce, American Nazi propagandist (executed) (born in 1906) | |
January 3rd, 1945 (January 03 1945) | Event | World War II: Admiral Chester W Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Japan. | |
January 3rd, 1945 (January 03 1945) | Birth | Stephen Stills, American musician | |
January 3rd, 1945 (January 03 1945) | Death | Edgar Cayce, American psychic (born in 1877) | |
January 3rd, 1945 (January 03 1945) | Death | Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (born in 1879) | |
January 3rd, 1944 (January 03 1944) | Event | World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Zero. | |
January 3rd, 1944 (January 03 1944) | Birth | David Atherton, English conductor | |
January 3rd, 1944 (January 03 1944) | Birth | Blanche d Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke | |
January 3rd, 1944 (January 03 1944) | Death | Jurgis Baltrusaitis, Lithuanian poet (born in 1873) | |
January 3rd, 1943 (January 03 1943) | Death | Sir Walter James, Premier of Western Australia (born in 1863) | |
January 3rd, 1942 (January 03 1942) | Birth | John Thaw, British actor (died in 2002) | |
January 3rd, 1942 (January 03 1942) | Birth | John Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (died in 2006) | John Gay Quotes |
January 3rd, 1941 (January 03 1941) | Birth | Van Dyke Parks, American musician | |
January 3rd, 1939 (January 03 1939) | Birth | Nikos Alefantos, Greek football manager | |
January 3rd, 1939 (January 03 1939) | Birth | Janice Crosio, Australian politician | |
January 3rd, 1939 (January 03 1939) | Birth | Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player | |
January 3rd, 1939 (January 03 1939) | Birth | Ruben Reyes, Filipino Supreme Court jurist | |
January 3rd, 1938 (January 03 1938) | Event | The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. | |
January 3rd, 1937 (January 03 1937) | Birth | Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dancer and choreographer (died in 2007) | An Wang Quotes |
January 3rd, 1936 (January 03 1936) | Birth | David Vine, British sports commentator | |
January 3rd, 1935 (January 03 1935) | Birth | Raymond Garneau, French Canadian politician and businessman | |
January 3rd, 1933 (January 03 1933) | Event | Minnie D. Craig becomes the first female elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first female to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States. | |
January 3rd, 1933 (January 03 1933) | Death | Wilhelm Cuno, 6th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Germany) (born in 1876) | |
January 3rd, 1933 (January 03 1933) | Death | Jack Pickford, Canadian actor (born in 1896) | |
January 3rd, 1932 (January 03 1932) | Event | Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop revolt by banana workers fired by United Fruit. | Martial Quotes |
January 3rd, 1932 (January 03 1932) | Birth | Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (died in 2005) | |
January 3rd, 1932 (January 03 1932) | Birth | Dabney Coleman, American actor | |
January 3rd, 1931 (January 03 1931) | Death | Joseph Joffre, French general (born in 1852) | |
January 3rd, 1930 (January 03 1930) | Birth | Marcel Dube, Quebec playwright | |
January 3rd, 1930 (January 03 1930) | Birth | Robert Loggia, American actor | |
January 3rd, 1929 (January 03 1929) | Birth | Sergio Leone, Italian director (died in 1989) | |
January 3rd, 1929 (January 03 1929) | Birth | Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer | |
January 3rd, 1927 (January 03 1927) | Death | Carle David Tolme Runge, German physicist (born in 1856) | |
January 3rd, 1926 (January 03 1926) | Birth | George Martin, British producer | |
January 3rd, 1925 (January 03 1925) | Event | Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
January 3rd, 1924 (January 03 1924) | Event | English explorer Howard Carter discovers the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt. | Howard Carter Quotes |
January 3rd, 1924 (January 03 1924) | Birth | Andre Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (Gaston Lagaffe) (died in 1997) | |
January 3rd, 1924 (January 03 1924) | Birth | Nell Rankin, American singer (died in 2005) | |
January 3rd, 1924 (January 03 1924) | Birth | Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur | |
January 3rd, 1923 (January 03 1923) | Birth | Hank Stram, American football coach (died in 2005) | |
January 3rd, 1923 (January 03 1923) | Birth | Charles Tingwell, Australian actor | |
January 3rd, 1923 (January 03 1923) | Death | Jaroslav Hasek, Czech novelist (born in 1883) | Jaroslav Hasek Quotes |
January 3rd, 1922 (January 03 1922) | Birth | Bill Travers, English actor and director (died in 1994) | |
January 3rd, 1922 (January 03 1922) | Birth | Ronald Smith, British pianist (died in 2004) | |
January 3rd, 1921 (January 03 1921) | Event | Turkey makes peace with Armenia. | |
January 3rd, 1921 (January 03 1921) | Birth | John Russell, American actor (died in 1991) | John Russell Quotes |
January 3rd, 1920 (January 03 1920) | Birth | Renato Carosone, Italian musician (died in 2001) | |
January 3rd, 1917 (January 03 1917) | Birth | General Vernon Walters, U.S. military officer, diplomat (died in 2002) | |
January 3rd, 1917 (January 03 1917) | Birth | Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (died in 2004) | |
January 3rd, 1916 (January 03 1916) | Birth | Betty Furness, American actress (died in 1994) | |
January 3rd, 1916 (January 03 1916) | Birth | Maxene Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (died in 1995) | |
January 3rd, 1916 (January 03 1916) | Birth | Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist | |
January 3rd, 1916 (January 03 1916) | Death | Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (born in 1831) | |
January 3rd, 1915 (January 03 1915) | Death | James Elroy Flecker, English author (born in 1884) | |
January 3rd, 1912 (January 03 1912) | Birth | Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and senator (died in 2002) | |
January 3rd, 1912 (January 03 1912) | Birth | Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (died in 2005) | |
January 3rd, 1911 (January 03 1911) | Birth | John Sturges, American director (died in 1982) | |
January 3rd, 1911 (January 03 1911) | Death | Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (born in 1851) | |
January 3rd, 1910 (January 03 1910) | Birth | Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (died in 2000) | |
January 3rd, 1909 (January 03 1909) | Birth | Victor Borge, Danish entertainer (died in 2000) | |
January 3rd, 1905 (January 03 1905) | Birth | Anna May Wong, American actress (died in 1961) | |
January 3rd, 1905 (January 03 1905) | Birth | Ray Milland, Welsh actor (died in 1986) | |
January 3rd, 1903 (January 03 1903) | Death | Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (born in 1837) | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
January 3rd, 1901 (January 03 1901) | Birth | Ngo Dinh Di?m, President of South Vietnam (died in 1963) | |
January 3rd, 1899 (January 03 1899) | Event | The first known use of the word automobile, was seen in an editorial in The New York Times. | |
January 3rd, 1898 (January 03 1898) | Birth | Carlos Keller, Chilean fascist politician (died in 1974) | |
January 3rd, 1897 (January 03 1897) | Birth | Marion Davies, American actress (died in 1961) | |
January 3rd, 1895 (January 03 1895) | Death | James Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (born in 1824) | |
January 3rd, 1894 (January 03 1894) | Birth | ZaSu Pitts, American actress (died in 1963) | |
January 3rd, 1892 (January 03 1892) | Birth | J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (died in 1973) | J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes |
January 3rd, 1888 (January 03 1888) | Event | The refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time. | |
January 3rd, 1887 (January 03 1887) | Birth | August Macke, German painter (died in 1914) | |
January 3rd, 1887 (January 03 1887) | Birth | Helen Parkhurst, American educator (died in 1973) | |
January 3rd, 1886 (January 03 1886) | Birth | Josephine Hull, American actress (died in 1957) | |
January 3rd, 1884 (January 03 1884) | Birth | Raoul von Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer (died in 1948) | |
January 3rd, 1883 (January 03 1883) | Birth | Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1967) | |
January 3rd, 1882 (January 03 1882) | Death | William Harrison Ainsworth, English novelist (born in 1805) | |
January 3rd, 1879 (January 03 1879) | Birth | Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (died in 1957) | |
January 3rd, 1876 (January 03 1876) | Birth | Wilhelm Pieck, first President of East Germany (died in 1960) | |
January 3rd, 1875 (January 03 1875) | Death | Pierre Larousse, French editor (born in 1817) | |
January 3rd, 1873 (January 03 1873) | Birth | Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (died in 1957) | |
January 3rd, 1870 (January 03 1870) | Event | The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins. | |
January 3rd, 1870 (January 03 1870) | Birth | Henry Handel Richardson, Australian author (died in 1946) | |
January 3rd, 1868 (January 03 1868) | Event | Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Choshu seize power. | |
January 3rd, 1865 (January 03 1865) | Birth | Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (died in 1936) | |
January 3rd, 1862 (January 03 1862) | Birth | Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (died in 1939) | |
January 3rd, 1861 (January 03 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States. | |
January 3rd, 1861 (January 03 1861) | Birth | William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (died in 1904) | |
January 3rd, 1855 (January 03 1855) | Birth | Hubert Bland, English socialist (died in 1914) | |
January 3rd, 1848 (January 03 1848) | Event | Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of the independent African Republic of Liberia. | |
January 3rd, 1840 (January 03 1840) | Birth | Father Damien, Flemish missionary (died in 1889) | |
January 3rd, 1836 (January 03 1836) | Birth | Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (died in 1867) | |
January 3rd, 1834 (January 03 1834) | Event | The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City. | |
January 3rd, 1826 (January 03 1826) | Death | Louis Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (born in 1770) | |
January 3rd, 1823 (January 03 1823) | Event | Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico. | |
January 3rd, 1819 (January 03 1819) | Birth | Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (died in 1900) | |
January 3rd, 1815 (January 03 1815) | Event | Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia. | |
January 3rd, 1813 (January 03 1813) | Death | Bennelong, Australian aboriginal interlocutor between his tribe and the British settlers (born in c. 1764) | |
January 3rd, 1810 (January 03 1810) | Birth | Antoine Thomson d Abbadie, French geographer (died in 1897) | |
January 3rd, 1806 (January 03 1806) | Birth | Henriette Sontag, German soprano (died in 1854) | |
January 3rd, 1803 (January 03 1803) | Birth | Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright (died in 1857) | Douglas William Jerrold Quotes |
January 3rd, 1802 (January 03 1802) | Birth | Charles Pelham Villiers, British House of Commons member (died in 1898) | |
January 3rd, 1795 (January 03 1795) | Death | Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (born in 1730) | |
January 3rd, 1793 (January 03 1793) | Birth | Lucretia Mott, American women s rights activist (died in 1880) | |
January 3rd, 1785 (January 03 1785) | Death | Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (born in 1706) | |
January 3rd, 1779 (January 03 1779) | Death | Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (born in 1712) | |
January 3rd, 1778 (January 03 1778) | Birth | Antoni Melchior Fijalkowski, Polish bishop (died in 1861) | |
January 3rd, 1777 (January 03 1777) | Event | American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. | George Washington Quotes |
January 3rd, 1760 (January 03 1760) | Birth | John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (died in 1835) | |
January 3rd, 1749 (January 03 1749) | Event | Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. | |
January 3rd, 1743 (January 03 1743) | Death | Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and designer (born in 1657) | |
January 3rd, 1733 (January 03 1733) | Birth | Sir Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (died in 1792) | |
January 3rd, 1722 (January 03 1722) | Birth | Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (died in 1752) | |
January 3rd, 1719 (January 03 1719) | Birth | Francisco Jose Freire, Portuguese historian (died in 1773) | |
January 3rd, 1710 (January 03 1710) | Birth | Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (died in 1796) | Eric Idle Quotes |
January 3rd, 1701 (January 03 1701) | Death | Prince Louis I of Monaco (born in 1642) | |
January 3rd, 1698 (January 03 1698) | Birth | Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (died in 1782) | |
January 3rd, 1690 (January 03 1690) | Death | Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, Lithuanian rabbi (born in 1615) | |
January 3rd, 1670 (January 03 1670) | Death | George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier (born in 1608) | |
January 3rd, 1656 (January 03 1656) | Death | Mathieu Mole, French statesman (born in 1584) | |
January 3rd, 1641 (January 03 1641) | Death | Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer (born in 1618) | |
January 3rd, 1571 (January 03 1571) | Death | Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (born in 1505) | |
January 3rd, 1543 (January 03 1543) | Death | Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer (born in 1499) | |
January 3rd, 1521 (January 03 1521) | Event | Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. | Martin Luther Quotes |
January 3rd, 1496 (January 03 1496) | Event | Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. | |
January 3rd, 1437 (January 03 1437) | Death | Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (born in 1401) | |
January 3rd, 1431 (January 03 1431) | Event | Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. | Joan of Arc Quotes |
January 3rd, 1322 (January 03 1322) | Death | King Philip V of France (born in 1293) | |
January 3rd, 1196 (January 03 1196) | Birth | Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (died in 1231) | |
January 3rd, 1098 (January 03 1098) | Death | Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (born in unknown) | |
January 3rd, 0235 (January 03 0235) | Death | Pope St Anterus (born in unknown) | |
January 3rd, 0106 (January 03 0106) | Birth | Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (died in 43 BC) | Philo Quotes |