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Birthday January 03, 0106 Cicero, Roman statesman |
Birthday January 03, 1543 Juan Cabrillo, discoverer of California |
Birthday January 03, 1793 Lucretia Coffin Mott, Woman's right leader |
Birthday January 03, 1840 Father Damien, helped lepers in Hawaii |
Birthday January 03, 1870 Henry Handel Richardson, Australian novelist (Richard Mahoney) |
Birthday January 03, 1879 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady |
Birthday January 03, 1883 Clement R. Attlee (Labour), British prime minister (1945-51) |
Birthday January 03, 1892 J.R.R. Tolkien, REAL Lord of the Rings |
Birthday January 03, 1905 Ray Milland, Actor (Dial M for Murder and The Lost Weekend) |
Birthday January 03, 1909 Victor Borge, pianist and comedian--Denmark |
Birthday January 03, 1916 Betty Furness, in NYC |
Birthday January 03, 1918 Maxine Andrews, of singing Andrew Sister |
Birthday January 03, 1928 Jeanne Moreau, in Paris France |
Birthday January 03, 1930 Robert Loggia, Actor (1st Love and An Officer & a Gentleman) |
Birthday January 03, 1939 Bobby Hull, hockey player |
Birthday January 03, 1945 Stephen Stills, singer and songwriter |
Birthday January 03, 1947 Melanie (Safka), in Astoria Queens |
Birthday January 03, 1950 Victoria Principal, Actress (Earthquake and Dallas) in Japan |
Birthday January 03, 1969 All-time Formula One champ born |
History January 03, 1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church |
History January 03, 1521 Martin Luther excommunicated |
History January 03, 1543 Juan Cabrillo conqueror of Cen. America discoverer of Calif dies |
History January 03, 1641 Jeremiah Horrocks English astronomical prodigy dies at 22 |
History January 03, 1777 Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton NJ |
History January 03, 1777 The Battle of Princeton |
History January 03, 1834 Stephen Austin imprisoned by Mexicans |
History January 03, 1841 Herman Melville sails for the South Seas |
History January 03, 1852 1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii |
History January 03, 1861 Delaware rejects secession |
History January 03, 1868 Meiji Restoration in Japan |
History January 03, 1870 Brooklyn Bridge begun completed on May 24 1883 |
History January 03, 1888 1st drinking straw is patented |
History January 03, 1900 Perihelion Passage |
History January 03, 1912 S Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition free |
History January 03, 1917 British nurse Marion Rice writes from a hospital on the Western Front |
History January 03, 1920 NY Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from the Red Sox |
History January 03, 1921 Turkey made peace with Armenia |
History January 03, 1924 King Tut's sarcophagus uncovered |
History January 03, 1929 27 year old William S Paley becomes president of CBS |
History January 03, 1938 Franklin Roosevelt founds March of Dimes |
History January 03, 1941 Canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease) |
History January 03, 1943 Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa |
History January 03, 1943 1st missing persons telecast NYC |
History January 03, 1945 MacArthur and Nimitz given new commands |
History January 03, 1946 William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) hanged in Britain for treason |
History January 03, 1952 Dragnet TV show debuts |
History January 03, 1957 1st electric watch introduced Lancaster Pa |
History January 03, 1958 Sir Edmund Hillary reached South Pole overland |
History January 03, 1959 Alaska admitted into Union |
History January 03, 1959 Alaska becomes 49th state |
History January 03, 1961 United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba |
History January 03, 1965 Antigovernment demonstrators clash with police |
History January 03, 1967 Jack Ruby dies before second trial |
History January 03, 1968 McCarthy announces his presidential candidacy |
History January 03, 1973 George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million |
History January 03, 1977 Apple Computer incorporated |
History January 03, 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts first woman |
History January 03, 1990 The husband did it: The controversial Stuart case |
History January 03, 1993 Buffalo Bills pull off greatest comeback in NFL history |
History January 03, 1999 Great Lakes region digs out from record blizzard |