NationMaster - Encyclopedia: January 3

January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 362 days remaining until the end of the year (363 in leap years). Perihelion occurs around this date. December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year and has yet to occur. ... January 2008 was the first month of the current year. ... February 2008 is the second month of the leap year and has yet to occur. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 2008 was the first month of the current year. ... January 2007 is the first month of that year. ... January 2006 : â† - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accuses European nations of trying to complete the Holocaust by creating a Jewish camp Israel in the Middle East. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15 Ruth Warrick • 14 Rudolph Moshammer Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief... January 3, 2004 A Boeing 737, Flight 604, flown by Egyptian charter company Flash Airlines headed for Cairo crashes into the Red Sea minutes after take-off from the holiday resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. ... January 3, 2003 The Immigration and Naturalization Service of the United States proposes rules which will require all Americans traveling abroad to disclose detailed personal information both before leaving the country and before being permitted to re-enter the country. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2002. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a month starting on Monday with 31 days. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: January 1- Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ... For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ... This article is about several astronomical terms (apogee & perigee, aphelion & perihelion, generic equivalents based on apsis, and related but rarer terms. ...

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2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
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Events

1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
1521 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
1749 - Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
1777 - American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
1815 - Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.
1823 - Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
1834 - The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.
1848 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of the independent African Republic of Liberia.
1861 - American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
1868 - Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
1870 - The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.
1888 - 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.
1899 - The first known use of the word automobile, was seen in an editorial in The New York Times.
1921 - Turkey makes peace with Armenia.
1924 - English explorer Howard Carter discovers the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.
1925 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
1932 - Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop revolt by banana workers fired by United Fruit.
1933 - 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.
1938 - The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1944 - World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Zero.
1945 - 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.
1947 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
1953 - Frances Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
1956 - A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
1957 - The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
1958 - The West Indies Federation is formed.
1959 - Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. State.
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.
1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
1977 - Apple Computer is incorporated.
1988 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th Century.
1990 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.
1993 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
1994 - An Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from Irkutsk, Russia, killing 125 people including one on the ground.
1997 - 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.
1999 - The Mars Polar Lander was launched.
1999 - Israel detains, and later expels, 14 members of Concerned Christians.
2004 - Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board.
2007 - National Express has its worst ever coach crash just outside Heathrow Airport.

Year 1431 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... For other uses, see Joan of Arc (disambiguation). ... The Bishop of Beauvais-Noyons-Senlis is a suffragan of the Archbishop of Reims. ... Pierre Cauchon (d. ... 1496 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... â€œDa Vinciâ€ redirects here. ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. ... Pope Leo X, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici (11 December 1475 â€“ 1 December 1521) was Pope from 1513 to his death. ... Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 â€“ February 18, 1546) was a German monk,[1] priest, professor, theologian, and church reformer. ... Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a leaden bulla. ... Decet Romanum Pontificem (1521) is the papal bull excommunicating Martin Luther, bearing the title of the first three Latin words of the text: [It] befits [the] Roman Pontiff in English. ... Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... Benning Wentworth (1696–1770) was the colonial governor of New Hampshire from (1741-1766). ... The New Hampshire Grants or Benning Wentworth Grants were land grants made between 1749 and 1764 by the provincial governor of the New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Year 1777 (MDCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... George Washington (February 22, 1732 â€“ December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775â€“1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. ... Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (December 31, 1738-October 5, British general and colonial governor. ... Combatants United States Kingdom of Great Britain Commanders George Washington, Hugh Mercerâ€ , John Hasletâ€ Charles Mawhood Strength 4,600 1,200 (Rearguard of main force) Casualties 46 killed c. ... April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... For other uses, see Prussia (disambiguation). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Stephen F. Austin Stephen Fuller Austin (November 3, 1793 â€“ December 27, 1836), known as the Father of Texas led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by the United States. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Nickname: Location of Mexico City Coordinates: , Country Federal entity Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded c. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 â€“ February 24, 1876) was the first President of Liberia (1848â€“1856, 1872â€“1876). ... The following is a list of Presidents of the Republic of Liberia, made up of the 24 heads of state in the history of Liberia. ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... The Republic of Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte dIvoire. ... Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... This article is about the U.S. State of Delaware. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Meiji Restoration ), also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japans political and social structure. ... The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (å¾³å·å¹•åºœ) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Brooklyn Bridge (disambiguation). ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Image of a refracting telescope from the Cincinnati Observatory in 1848 A refracting or refractor telescope is a dioptric telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image. ... The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory, owned and operated by the University of California. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Car redirects here. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... â€œUKâ€ redirects here. ... For other persons of the same name, see Howard Carter. ... Tutankhamun (alternate transcription Tutankhamen), named Tutankhaten early in his life, was Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (1334 BC/1333 BC - 1323 BC), during the period known as the New Kingdom. ... Location of the valley in the Theban Hills, West of the Nile, October 1988 (red arrow shows location) The Valley of the Kings (Arabic: ÙˆØ§Ø¯ÙŠ Ø§Ù„Ù…Ù„ÙˆÙƒ Wadi Biban el-Muluk; Gates of the King)[1] is a valley in Egypt where for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to... See also the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Statue of Ramses II Luxor is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mussolini redirects here. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Battlespace Weapons Tactics Strategy Organization Logistics Lists War Portal For other uses, see Martial law (disambiguation). ... The United Fruit Company (1899-1970) became prominent in the import-export trade of tropical fruit (notably bananas and pineapples) coming from Third World plantations and sent to the United States and Europe. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Minnie D. Craig (nÃ©e Davenport, 1883-1966) was an American legislator, notable as the first female speaker of a House of Representatives in the United States. ... It has been suggested that Speakers of the House be merged into this article or section. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... March of Dimes is the name of a United States health charity, whose mission is to improve the health of babies. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas US Government Portal For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... FDR redirects here. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Colonel Gregory Pappy Boyington, USMC, (December 4, 1912 - January 11, 1988) was an American fighter ace. ... The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was an American fighter aircraft that saw service in World War II and the Korean War (and in isolated local conflicts). ... This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Japan. ... The Mitsubishi A6M Zero (A for fighter, 6th model, M for Mitsubishi) was a lightweight, carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Chester Nimitz Chester William Nimitz (February 24, 1885 _ February 20, 1966) was the Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces for the United States and Allied forces during World War II. He was the nations leading authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navy Bureau of Navigation... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... For other uses, see Iwo Jima (disambiguation). ... This article is about the prefecture. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frances Payne Bolton (March 29, 1885 - March 9, 1977) was a Republican politician from Ohio. ... Oliver Payne Bolton was an American politician of the Republican party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1953-1957 and from 1963-1965. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Eiffel Tower (French: , ) is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Hamilton pocketwatch, ca. ... For other uses, see Watch (disambiguation). ... Jan. ... Flag Motto To dwell together in unity Anthem God Save the Queen Capital Chaguaramas Language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Lord Hailes Prime minister Grantley Herbert AdamsÂ¹ History - Established January 3, 1958 - Disestablished May 31, 1962 Area - 1960 20,253 kmÂ² Population - 1960 est. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Alaska (disambiguation). ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas US Government Portal A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The SL-1, the Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One, was a U.S. experimental military nuclear power reactor. ... Coordinates: , Country State County Bonneville Founded 1864 Incorporated 1891 Government - Mayor Jared Fuhriman Area - City 17. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 15th-century Antipope John XXIII. Pope John XXIII (Latin: ; Italian: ), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (November 25, 1881 â€“ June 3, 1963), known as Blessed John XXIII since his beatification, was elected as the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City on October 28, 1958. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Apple Inc. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (nÃ©e Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first and only woman to hold either post. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... This article is about the year. ... For other persons named Noriega, see Noriega (disambiguation). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. ... â€œYeltsinâ€ redirects here. ... START, officially the STrategic Arms Reduction Treaty was a nuclear weapons limitation treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... JSC Aeroflot - Russian Airlines (Russian: ) (MICEX:AFLT RTS:AFLT), or Aeroflot (Russian: ) as the airline is commonly known, is the Russian flag carrier and the largest airline in Russia. ... Tupolev (Russian: Ð¢ÑƒÐ¿Ð¾Ð»ÐµÐ²) is a Russian aerospace and defence company. ... Irkutsk (Russian: ) is one of the largest cities in Siberia and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, situated 5,185 kilometers (3,222 mi) by rail from Moscow. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... USD redirects here. ... For morphological image processing operations, see Erosion (morphology). ... Air pollution Pollution is the introduction of pollutants (whether chemical substances, or energy such as noise, heat, or light) into the environment to such a point that its effects become harmful to human health, other living organisms, or the environment. ... The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), or Drichu in Tibetan (Tibetan: à½ à½–; Wylie: bri chu) is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world, after the Nile in Africa, and the Amazon in South America. ... For other Yellow Rivers, see Yellow River (disambiguation). ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Conceptual drawing of the Mars Polar Lander on the surface of Mars. ... Concerned Christians is an apocalyptic Christian group widely deemed to be a cult. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flash Airlines Flight 604 was a charter flight operated by Egyptian charter company Flash Airlines. ... The Boeing 737 is a short to medium range, single aisle, narrow body jet airliner. ... Flash Airlines plane Flash Airlines was a private charter airline operating out of Cairo, Egypt that was part of the Flash Group tourism company. ... Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... National Express coach on route 561 National Express is the brand under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in the United Kingdom are marketed, and also the company that manages this network and operates some of the services. ... The 2007 National Express coach accident occured on 3 January 2007 at approximately a 23:45 (GMT)[1] on a slip road connecting the M25 motorway and the M4 motorway west of London, when a National Express coach travelling from London to Aberdeen overturned. ... London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ...

Births

106 BC - Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. 43 BC)
1196 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
1698 - Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)
1710 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
1719 - Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)
1722 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
1733 - Sir Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (d. 1792)
1760 - John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835)
1778 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
1793 - Lucretia Mott, American women's rights activist (d. 1880)
1802 - Charles Pelham Villiers, British House of Commons member (d. 1898)
1803 - Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright (d. 1857)
1806 - Henriette Sontag, German soprano (d. 1854)
1810 - Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (d. 1897)
1819 - Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900)
1836 - Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)
1840 - Father Damien, Flemish missionary (d. 1889)
1855 - Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)
1861 - William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)
1862 - Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)
1865 - Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936)
1870 - Henry Handel Richardson, Australian author (d. 1946)
1873 - Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957)
1876 - Wilhelm Pieck, first President of East Germany (d. 1960)
1879 - Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (d. 1957)
1883 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
1884 - Raoul von Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1948)
1886 - Josephine Hull, American actress (d. 1957)
1887 - August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
1887 - Helen Parkhurst, American educator (d. 1973)
1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (d. 1973)
1894 - ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)
1897 - Marion Davies, American actress (d. 1961)
1898 - Carlos Keller, Chilean fascist politician (d. 1974)
1901 - Ngô Đình Diệm, President of South Vietnam (d. 1963)
1905 - Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)
1905 - Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d. 1986)
1909 - Victor Borge, Danish entertainer (d. 2000)
1910 - Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1911 - John Sturges, American director (d. 1982)
1912 - Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and senator (d. 2002)
1912 - Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005)
1916 - Betty Furness, American actress (d. 1994)
1916 - Maxene Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (d. 1995)
1916 - Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist
1917 - General Vernon Walters, U.S. military officer, diplomat (d. 2002)
1917 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
1920 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001)
1921 - John Russell, American actor (d. 1991)
1922 - Bill Travers, English actor and director (d. 1994)
1922 - Ronald Smith, British pianist (d. 2004)
1923 - Hank Stram, American football coach (d. 2005)
1923 - Charles Tingwell, Australian actor
1924 - André Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (Gaston Lagaffe) (d. 1997)
1924 - Nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005)
1924 - Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur
1926 - George Martin, British producer
1929 - Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989)
1929 - Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer
1930 - Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright
1930 - Robert Loggia, American actor
1932 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (d. 2005)
1932 - Dabney Coleman, American actor
1935 - Raymond Garneau, French Canadian politician and businessman
1936 - David Vine, British sports commentator
1937 - Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
1939 - Nikos Alefantos, Greek football manager
1939 - Janice Crosio, Australian politician
1939 - Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player
1939 - Ruben Reyes, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1941 - Van Dyke Parks, American musician
1942 - John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)
1942 - John Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006)
1944 - David Atherton, English conductor
1944 - Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke
1945 - Stephen Stills, American musician
1946 - John Paul Jones, British musician (Led Zeppelin)
1946 - Cissy King, American entertainer
1949 - Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)
1950 - Victoria Principal, American actress
1951 - Gary Nairn, Australian politician
1952 - Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer
1954 - Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990)
1954 - Ned Lamont, American businessman
1955 - Palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)
1956 - Mel Gibson, Australian actor and director
1956 - Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver
1957 - Bojan Križај, Slovenian skier
1958 - Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker
1960 - Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India
1962 - Francesca Lia Block, American author
1963 - Vic Grimes, American professional wrestler
1963 - Jerome Young, American professional wrestler
1964 - Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker
1966 - Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer
1969 - Michael Schumacher, German seven-time F1 World Champion
1970 - Mahaya Petrosian, Iranian actress
1970 - Christian Duguay, American comic actor
1970 - Matt Ross, American actor
1971 - Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - Yoon Chan, South Korean actor
1972 - Nichole Nordeman, American singer
1974 - Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist
1975 - Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk)
1975 - Jason Marsden, American actor
1975 - Danica McKellar, American actress
1976 - Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer
1976 - Alisen Down, Canadian actress
1976 - Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress
1976 - Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
1977 - Lee Bowyer, English footballer
1977 - A.J. Burnett, American baseball player
1977 - Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
1977 - Michelle Stephenson, English singer (The Spice Girls)
1978 - Kimberley Locke, American singer
1978 - Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress
1978 - Dominic Wood, English children's television presenter and magician
1978 - Mike York, American ice hockey player
1979 - Francesco Bellissimo, Italian mangaka
1980 - Rob Arnold, American guitarist (Chimaira)
1980 - Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model
1980 - Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player
1980 - David Tyree, American football player
1981 - Eli Manning, American football player
1981 - Chris Blais, California racecar driver
1985 - John David Booty, American football player
1986 - Lloyd Polite, American R&B singer
1986 - Jacob Timpano, Australian soccer player
1988 - Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican artist and performer
1989 - Alex D. Linz, American actor
1989 - Anya Kop, Russian model and America's Next Top Model contestant

Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC - 100s BC - 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC Years: 111 BC 110 BC 109 BC 108 BC 107 BC - 106 BC - 105 BC 104 BC... For other uses, see Cicero (disambiguation). ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC - 40s BC - 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC 0s Years: 48 BC 47 BC 46 BC 45 BC 44 BC 43 BC 42 BC 41 BC 40 BC... Events Spring, London, popular uprising of the poor against the rich led by William Fitz Osbern. ... Emperor Tsuchimikado ) (January 3, 1196 â€“ November 6, 1231) was the 83rd imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... // Events Ardengus becomes bishop of Florence. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... Pietro Trapassi (January 13, 1698 â€“ April 12, 1782), Italian poet, is better known by his pseudonym of Metastasio. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... Richard Gridley was an American soldier during the revolution. ... John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen... Year 1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused... Francisco JosÃ© Freire (January 3, 1719 - July 5, 1773), Portuguese historian and philologist, was born at Lisbon. ... Year 1773 (MDCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... // Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... Fredric Hasselquist (January 3, 1722 - February 9, 1752) was a Swedish traveller and naturalist. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... Sir Richard Arkwright (Old Style 23 December 1732 / New Style 3 January 1733 â€“ 3 August 1792), was an Englishman who is credited for inventing the spinning frame â€” later renamed the water frame following the transition to water power. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1760 (MDCCLX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... A light dragoon from the American Revolution. ... John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1778 (MDCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Antoni Melchior FijaÅ‚kowski (b. ... Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1793 (MDCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... -1... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1802 (MDCCCII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Charles Pelham Villiers (January 3, 1802–January 16, 1898) was a British politician and lawyer of the 19th century. ... Type Lower House Speaker Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Leader Harriet Harman, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader Theresa May, (Conservative) since May 5, 2005 Members 659 Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist Party Sinn FÃ©in... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Douglas William Jerrold (January 3, 1803 - June 8, 1857), was an English dramatist and writer. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Henriette Sontag (1806-1854) was a German singer, born at Coblenz Sontag made her dÃ©but at an age of 15. ... For the board game, see 1854 (board game). ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Antoine Thomson dAbbadie (January 3, 1810 â€“ March 19, 1897), was a French geographer, notable for his travels in Ethiopia during the first half of the 19th century. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1819 (MDCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) in the [[Grhttp://en. ... Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900) Charles Piazzi Smyth (January 3, 1819 â€“ February 21, 1900), was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888, well-known for many innovations in astronomy and his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza. ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Sakamoto RyÅma (å‚æœ¬ é¾é¦¬ Sakamoto RyÅma January 3, 1836 - December 10, 1867) was born in Kochi, of Tosa han. ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Father Damien, also Blessed Damien of Molokai and born Joseph de Veuster (January 3, 1840 â€“ April 15, 1889), was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1855 (MDCCCLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Hubert Bland Hubert Bland (3 January 1855-14 April 1914) was an early English socialist and one of the founders of the Fabian Society. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... William Charles Renshaw (January 3, 1861 - August 12, 1904) was one of the greatest British male tennis players ever. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about 1862 . ... Sir Matthew Nathan Sir Matthew Nathan GCMG, (Chinese Translated Name å½Œæ•¦) (3 January 1862 â€“ 18 April 1939) was a British soldier and civil servant, who variously served as the Governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queensland. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1865 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Sir Henry Lytton (born London, 3 January 1865, died London 15 August 1936) was the leading exponent of the patter roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas in the early part of the twentieth century. ... Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Henry Handel Richardson in 1945, a year before her death. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Ichizo Kobayashi ) was a Japanese industrialist and Minister of Commerce and Industry. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) // January 31 - United States orders all Indigenous peoples in the United States to move onto reservations February 2 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. ... Wilhelm Pieck (January 3, 1876 - September 7, 1960) was a German communist, politician and president of East Germany. ... // Leaders of the Socialist Unity Party Chairmen Wilhelm Pieck (formerly KPD) and Otto Grotewohl (formerly SPD) (1946â€“1954) First Secretaries / General Secretaries of the Central Committee German: Erster SekretÃ¤r des Zentralkomitees der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands, GeneralsekretÃ¤r des ZK der SED. Walter Ulbricht (1950â€“1971) Erich Honecker (1971â€“1989... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (January 3, 1879 â€“ July 8, 1957) was wife of Calvin Coolidge and First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929. ... First Lady Laura Bush and former first ladies (from left to right) Rosalynn Carter, Sen. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC (3 January 1883 â€“ 8 October 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Raoul von Koczalski playing for Welte-Mignon Armand Georg Raoul von Koczalski (3 January 1884, Warsaw - 24 November 1948, Poznan) was a Polish pianist and composer. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Josephine Hull (January 3, 1886[1] â€“ March 12, 1957) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning American actress. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... August Macke. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Helen Parkhurst (January 3, 1887 - 1973) was a U.S. educator and the originator of the Dalton Plan. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 197

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