Birthdates Which Occur on January 3:
106 -BC- Marcus Tullius Cicero Rome, statesman/author (Academica)
1624 William Tucker 1st Black child born in America
1680 Johann Baptist Zimmermann German stucco worker
1730 Charles Palissot de Montenoy French writer/politician
1757 Johann Abraham Sixt composer
1763 Joseph Fesch French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator
1777 Louis Poinsot French instrument worker
and M A Elisa Bonaparte Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino
1786 Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider composer
1789 Carl G Carus German artist/psychologist/philosopher
1793 Lucretia Coffin Mott US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist
1802 Feliks Ostrowski composer
1803 Douglas William Jerrold London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag)
1810 Antoine T d'Abbadie French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jul 24]
and Eliza Von Bretton di Zerega Danish West Indies, baroness
1819 Thomas Hill Watts Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892
1823 Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens Flemish composer
1829 John G R Acquoy theologist/church historian
and Konrad Duden German linguist (Der grosse Duden)
1830 Alexander Ewing composer
1835 Larkin Goldsmith Mead sculptor
1840 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii
1853 Iwan Knorr composer
1868 Franz V M Cumont Belgian religious historian
1869 Paul Charles Rene Landormy composer
1870 Henry Eichheim composer
and Henry Handel Richardson Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney)
1876 Wilhelm Pieck co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60)
1879 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge 1st lady (1923-29)
1882 Willem Benoy Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion)
1883 Clement Richard Attlee (L) British PM (1945-51)
1884 Eli S Jones US, evangelist (Christ of Indian road)
and Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski composer
1886 John G Fletcher US, poet (Epic of Arkansas)
and Josephine Hull Newtonville MA, Academy award actress (Harvey)
1892 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien S Afr, philologist/writer (Lord of Rings)
1893 Pierre Drieu La Rochelle French novelist/essayist (Gilles)
1895 Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky composer
and Mihail Andricu composer
1897 Marion Davies [Marion Cecelia Douras], Brooklyn NY, actress
and Pola Negri [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)
1898 Johannes Hin Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)
and ZaSu Pitts Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)
19-- Frank Dicopolous Akron Ohio, actor (Frank-Guiding Light)
and Tom Bower Denver Colo, actor (Dr Willard-The Waltons)
1900 Maurice Jaubert composer
1901 Eric Voegelin Germany, US philosopher (Order & History)
and Ngo Dinh Diem pres/dictator of South Vietnam (1955-63)
1903 Charles Foulkes Canada, general
1905 Ray Milland Neath Wales, actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945)
1907 Anna May Wong LA Calif, actress (Impact, Study in Scarlet)
1909 Victor Borge [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian
1911 John Sturges US, director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7)
1912 Robert Flemyng Liverpool Eng, actor (Windom's Way, Young Winston)
1914 Jean Louvel Flemish pianist/conductor/composer
1916 Antonio Estevez composer
and Betty Furness NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)
1917 Vernon Walters NYC, US permanent rep to the UN
1918 Maxene Andrews MInn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)
1919 Jesse White Buf NY, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid)
1921 John Russell LA Calif, actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo)
1922 Bill Travers Newcastle-on-Tyne England, actor (Born Free, Gorgo)
and Morten Nielsen Denmark, poet/resistance fighter
1923 Dragutin Gostuski composer
and Jaroslav Hasek Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk)
1924 Henry M Fazzie S Afr Union/UDF-leader
1926 George Martin record producer (The Beatles)
1928 Frank Ross Anderson Canada, International Chess Master (1954)
1929 Marilyn Lloyd (Rep-D-TN, 1975- )
and Sergio Leone Italian, director (Fist Full of Dollars)
1930 Eddie Egan Bronx NYC, actor (Joe Forrester)
and Robert Loggia Staten Island, actor (Officer & a Gentleman, THE Cat)
1932 A P Kuklin cosmonaut
and Mara Corday Santa Monica Calif, actress (Foxfire, Black Scorpion)
1934 Bryan George Kelly composer
and Carla Hills politician (US Pres Commission on Housing-1982)
1936 Betty Rollin author
and Jos Kunst composer
1939 Bobby Hull NHL forward (Chicago Blackhawk 1957-72)
1940 Thelma Schoonmaker actress/editor
1941 Shima Iwashita actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)
and Van Dyke Parks Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour)
1944 Christina von Saltza US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1960)
1945 Stephen Stills Dallas, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash)
and Victoria Principal Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)
1946 John Paul Jones rocker (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
1947 S F Protchenko cosmonaut
1948 Larry McNeeley Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour)
and Manfred Kokot East German runner (world record 50 m indoor)
1950 Beth Anderson composer
1951 Frank Chikane sec-gen of S Afr Council of Churches
1953 Angelo Parisi France, heavyweight judo (Olympic-gold-1980)
1954 Ross The Boss rocker
1955 Cynthia Sykes Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere)
1956 Mel Gibson Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon)
1959 Rusty Golden rocker (Boys Band)
1960 Joan Chen [Chen Chung], Shanghai China, actress (Last Emperor)
1961 Erwin Blom Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)
1964 Cheryl Miller Riverside Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
1967 Helena Bonham Carter London, actress (Getting it Right)
and Joseph Amor San Jose, video game record holder (Space Invaders)
1969 Nikki Nelson Topaz Lake Nev, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
1971 Ren‚ van Saki soccer player (RKC)
1972 Jacques Wildberger composer
1975 Danica McKellar actress (Winnie Cooper-Wonder Years) [or Mar 3]
and Jason Marsden actor (General Hospital, Eddie-Munsters Today)
1976 Mendel Witzenhauser soccer player (Ajax)
1980 Joy Adamson author (Born Free), killed by her servant
Deaths Which Occured January 3:
1322 Philippe V the Lange, King of France (1316-22), dies
1501 Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani] Turkish poet/author, dies at 59
1543 Juan Cabrillo conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of Calif, dies
1552 Hendrik van Beieren bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies
1560 Peder Palladus Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56
1570 Bartholomeus Latomus [Steinmetz], Flemish archbishop of Trier, dies
1571 Joachim II Hector monarch (Brandenburg), dies at 65
1628 Francesco Maria Guaitoli composer, dies at 64
1641 Jeremiah Horrocks English astronomical prodigy, dies at 22
1661 Maria I Stuart Queen of England/husband of Willem II, dies at 29
1670 George Monck English general(-to the-sea), dies at 61
1761 Willem de Fesch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies
1795 Josiah Wedgwood British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies
1829 Robert Archibald Smith composer, dies at 48
1835 Willem F R”ell minister of Internal Affairs, dies at 67
1836 Fredrich Witt composer, dies at 65
1841 Wilhelmus Kist writer/director of Dutchche Staatscourant, dies at 82
1853 Theodor Uhlig composer, dies at 30
1858 Rachel [Elisabeth Rachel-F‚lix], French singer/actress, dies at 36
1865 Jozef Lies Flemish painter, dies at 43
1868 Moritz Hauptmann composer, dies at 75
1870 Constantine D USchinsky Russian theory, dies at 46 [NS]
1873 John Lodge Ellerton composer, dies at 71
1875 Baldassare Galuppi Italian composer (opera's buffa), dies at 68
George Bizet composer, dies
1882 William H Ainsworth English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76
1898 James Wimshurst British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70
1900 Edwin George Monk composer, dies at 80
1907 Josef Foerster composer, dies at 73
1914 Stephane Raoul Pugno composer, dies at 62
1915 James E Flecker British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30
1923 Jaroslav Hasek Czech writer (Brave Soldier Schweik), dies
1931 Joseph J C Joffre French marshal, dies at 78
1933 Wilhelm Cuno German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies
1942 Pauline Beersmans [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70
1945 Fyodor Akimenko composer, dies at 68
1946 William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason
1951 Fred Barlow composer, dies at 69
1956 Alexander T Gretsjaninov Russian/US composer, dies at 91
1960 Victor Seastrom entertainer, dies at 80
1963 Oscar Backing Austria/Neth viola player, dies at 83
1965 Betty Harte entertainer, dies at 82
Julius Tannen comedian, dies at 84
1966 Rex Lease actor, dies at 62
1967 Jack Ruby assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies
Mary Garden opera star, dies at 92
1969 Howard McNear actor dies after long illness at 63
1974 Gino Cervi actor, dies at 72
1975 Milton J Cross TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87
Robert Neumann Austrian/British author (Falscher Flagge), dies at 77
Walter Linck Swiss sculptor, dies at 71
1976 Mal Evans Beatles' roadie, dies
Mateusz Glinski composer, dies at 83
1977 Avraham Ofer Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide
Benno Stokvis Dutch attorney/politician, dies at 75
1979 Conrad Hilton US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91
1980 Amos Milburn rocker, dies at 52
Ivan Triesault actor, dies at 81
1985 Lucien Cailliet composer, dies at 93
1986 Jens Bjerre composer, dies at 82
1988 Gaston Eyskens PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82
William Cagney actor, dies of a heart attack at 82
1990 Ken Hill actor, dies
1992 Anthony Del Casino band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79
Dame Judith Anderson actress (Laura, Rebecca), dies at 93
Judith Anderson actress, dies of pneumonia at 93
Lewis Michael Friedman pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS
1993 Peter Brocco blacklisted in the 1950's, dies of heart attack at 89
1994 Roel Bazen sound technician (Van Kooten & The Bie), dies at 48
1995 Gerard W Taylor South African/British surgeon, dies at 74
Woody Strode actor (Spartacus), dies at 80
Holidays Which Occur January 3:
Alaska Admission Day (1959)
Religious Observances on January 3:
Orth Comm of Discovery of Sacred Remains of St Efrem
236 RC Feast of St Anteros, 19th Roman Catholic pope (235-36)
512 RC Commemoration of St Genevieve, virgin/patroness of Paris
Things to Remember for January 3:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
2 Days Quadrantid meteor shower, radiant in Bo”tes
17 Days Astrological sign: Capricorn
Congress assembles, according to 20th amendment to constitution
[Ancient Rome] a d iij Non Jan
Highlights in History Which Occur January 3:
236 St Anterus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
269 St Felix I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
936 Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII
1338 Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Gent
1407 Bloody battles between Hoeksen & Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht
1431 Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop
1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church
1638 Dutch Premier Van Joost speaks of "Hostage rights of Aemstel"
and Schouwburg Theater, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens
1667 Resistance of Androsovo in Russia-Poland
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlies army leaves Glasgow, [NS=1/14]
1750 Tax revolt in Haarlem Neth
1752 East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed
1777 Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ
1780 Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...", 1st sung
1825 Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as
site for New Harmony utopian community
1831 1st US building & loan association organized, Frankford, Penn
1840 1st deep sea sounding
1852 1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii
1861 Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy
and US Ft Pulaski & Ft Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia
1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester
1865 Con Orem & Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match
1868 Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors
1870 Brooklyn Bridge begun; completed May 24, 1883
1871 Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, NY
1872 1st patent list issued by US Patent Office
1876 1st free kindergarten in US opens in Florence, Mass
1888 1st drinking straw patented, by M C Stone in Washington, DC
1889 Admissions convention meets in Ellensburg, WA, asks for statehood
1890 1st US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin
1896 Emperor Wilhelm congratulations Pres Kruger on the Jameson Raid
1900 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Schluck und Jau," premieres in Berlin
and Perihelion Passage
1908 M Wolf discovers asteroid #3202
1910 British miners strike for 8-hour working day
1911 US postal savings bank inaugurated
1912 South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free
1914 Kelman/Cushing/Heath' musical "Sari," premieres in NYC
1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #887 Alinda
and US employment service opens as a unit of Dept of Labor
1920 Arthur Honegger's "Chant de Nigamon," premieres
and NY Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000
1921 Turkey makes peace with Armenia
1st living person identified on a US coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the
and Alabama Centennial half-dollar
1925 Mussolini becomes Italy's dictator
1926 Greek gen Theodorus P ngulos names himself dictator
1929 27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS pres
1931 Nels Stewart of Montr‚al Maroons scores 2 goals in 4 sec (record)
1938 March of Dimes established to fight polio
1939 Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in US House of Representatives
1940 WPG-AM in Atlantic City NJ consolidates with WBIL & WOV as "new" WOV
1941 Canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease)
and Italian counter offensive in Albania
and Premier Van Sergei Rachmaninovs "Symphonic Dances"
1942 American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command forms
1943 1st missing persons telecast (NYC)
and Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa
1945 Allies land on west coast of Burma
and British Premier Winston Churchill visits France
and Cato-Meridian School, NY, installs germicidal lamps in every room
and Greek General Plastiras forms government
and John Patrick's "Hasty Heart," premieres in NYC
and US aircraft carriers go to Okinawa
1947 1st opening session of Congress to be televised
and William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee
1949 "Colgate Theater" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV
1951 9 Jewish Kremlin members "unmasked" by British/Americans police
and Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (US athlete of 1950)
1952 "Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV
1955 Jos‚ Ramon Guizado becomes president of Panama
1957 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa
1958 Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland
1959 Alaska admitted as 49th US state
1961 Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education & Labor
and US breaks relations with Cuba
1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro
1963 WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You"
1966 Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE
1967 "Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes
and Carl Wilson of the Beachboys is indicted for draft evasion
and WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
1969 John Lennon's "2 Virgins" album declared pornographic in NJ
and Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr seated by Congress
1970 Marxist government takes over in Congo
and WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting
1971 Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game
and Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 17-10 in NFC championship game
1973 George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million
1974 Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of Spain
and Burma accepts its constitution
and Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London
and Miguel Pi€ero's "Short Eyes," premieres in NYC
1976 Felix Aguilar Obs discovers asteroids #2381 Landi & #2490 Bussolini
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977 Apple Computer incorporated
1980 Gold hits record $634 an ounce
1981 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 34, Austin Carr
and E Bowell discovers asteroids #2410 Morrison & #3267 Glo
and Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91)
and N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2684 Douglas
1983 Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota
1984 Syria frees captured US pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson
1985 Israel govt confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews
1987 Singer/Miss America Vanessa Williams marries Ramon T Hervey in NYC
1988 Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut
and Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century
1989 Jim & Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!)
and Russian newspaper Izvestia has there 1st commercial advertisement
1990 Panama's leader Gen Manuel Noriega surrenders to US authorities
1991 Israel reopens consulate in USSR after 23 years
1992 32 Cubans defect to the US via helicopter
1993 Junk bond king Michael Milkin is released from jail after 22 months
1994 100s killed in Venezuela
and Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia: 122 killed
35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium
and since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field
1995 Sandra Volker swims women European record 50m backstroke (27.86)
Your Special Reminders for January 3:
1879 -4øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1950 60øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 3rd day of year with 362 remaining (Numerology = 4)
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