January 3 2008 |
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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, 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, 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, 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, 1938 (January 03 1938) | Event | The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. | |
| January 3rd, 1898 (January 03 1898) | Birth | Carlos Keller, Chilean fascist politician (died in 1974) | |
| 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, 1868 (January 03 1868) | Event | Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Choshu seize power. | |
| 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, 1778 (January 03 1778) | Birth | Antoni Melchior Fijalkowski, Polish bishop (died in 1861) | |
| January 3rd, 1698 (January 03 1698) | Birth | Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (died in 1782) | |
| January 3rd, 1098 (January 03 1098) | Death | Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (born in unknown) | |
