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What happend on 3. January in History
In our data base we found 325 events happened on 3. January:
• 106_bc: Cicero, Roman politician and philosopher (d. 43 BC) [category: Births]
• 235: Pope Anterus [category: Deaths]
• 323: Emperor Yuan of Jin (b. 276) [category: Deaths]
• 492: Pope Felix III [category: Deaths]
• 1098: Walkelin, French bishop [category: Deaths]
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• 1196: Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231) [category: Births]
• 1322: Philip V of France (b. 1292) [category: Deaths]
• 1431: Joan of Arc is handed over to Bishop Pierre Cauchon. [category: Events]
• 1437: Catherine of Valois (b. 1401) [category: Deaths]
• 1496: Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. [category: Events]
• 1521: Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. [category: Events]
• 1543: Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer (b. 1499) [category: Deaths]
• 1571: Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1505) [category: Deaths]
• 1641: Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer (b. 1618) [category: Deaths]
• 1653: By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage. [category: Events]
• 1656: Mathieu Molé, French politician (b. 1584) [category: Deaths]
• 1670: George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician (b. 1608) [category: Deaths]
• 1690: Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1615) [category: Deaths]
• 1698: Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1701: Louis I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1642) [category: Deaths]
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• 1710: Richard Gridley, American soldier (d. 1796) [category: Births]
• 1719: Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773) [category: Births]
• 1722: Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752) [category: Births]
• 1743: Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and designer (b. 1657) [category: Deaths]
• 1749: Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. [category: Events]
• 1749: The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published. [category: Events]
• 1760: John Storm, American soldier (d. 1835) [category: Births]
• 1777: American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. [category: Events]
• 1778: Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1779: Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon (b. 1712) [category: Deaths]
• 1782: Sylhet District in north-east Bangladesh is established [category: Events]
• 1785: Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: Lucretia Mott, American activist (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1795: Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (b. 1730) [category: Deaths]
• 1802: Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1803: Douglas William Jerrold, English playwright (d. 1857) [category: Births]
• 1806: Henriette Sontag, German soprano (d. 1854) [category: Births]
• 1810: Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1813: Bennelong, Aborigine interlocutor (b. 1764) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia. [category: Events]
• 1819: Charles Piazzi Smyth, Italian astronomer (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1821: Karel Dežman, Slovenian politician, archeologist, and botanist (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1823: Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico. [category: Events]
• 1826: Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (b. 1770) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: Savitribai Phule, Indian educator and activist (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1836: Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and rebel leader (d. 1867) [category: Births]
• 1840: Father Damien, Flemish missionary and priest (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1848: Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of the independent African Liberia. [category: Events]
• 1855: Hubert Bland, English educator (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1856: R. C. Lehmann, English journalist and politician (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1861: William Renshaw, English tennis player (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States. [category: Events]
• 1862: Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1865: Henry Lytton, English actor and singer (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1868: Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power. [category: Events]
• 1870: Henry Handel Richardson, Australian author (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1870: Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins. [category: Events]
• 1871: Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian saint (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1873: Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1874: Francis Newton, American golfer (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1875: Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1875: Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer (b. 1817) [category: Deaths]
• 1876: Wilhelm Pieck, German politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1879: Grace Coolidge, American wife of Calvin Coolidge, 32nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1880: Francis Browne, Irish photographer (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1882: William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Clement Attlee, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1884: Raoul Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1885: Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman, victim of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1885: Beginning of the Battle of Nui Bop [category: Events]
• 1886: John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1886: Josephine Hull, American actress (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1887: August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1887: Helen Parkhurst, American educator and author (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1892: J. R. R. Tolkien, English philologist and author (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1894: ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1895: Boris Lyatoshinsky, Ukrainian composer and conductor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1895: James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Marion Davies, American actress (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1898: Carlos Keller, Chilean politician (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1898: Carolyn Haywood, American author (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1900: Donald J. Russell, American businessman (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1901: Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1903: Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1907: Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1909: Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and comedian (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1910: Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1911: John Sturges, American director (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1911: Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan. [category: Events]
• 1912: Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1912: Federico Borrell García, Spanish soldier (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1912: Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1915: Jack Levine, American painter (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1915: Mady Rahl, German actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1915: James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Betty Furness, American actress (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1916: Warren King, American cartoonist (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1916: Grenville M. Dodge, American General (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Albert Mol, Dutch author and actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1917: Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1917: Vernon A. Walters, American military officer and diplomat, 17th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1919: Herbie Nichols, American pianist and composer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1919: At the Paris Peace Conference, Emir Faisal I of Iraq signs an agreement with Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. [category: Events]
• 1920: Renato Carosone, Italian pianist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1920: Siegfried Buback, German politician, Attorney General of Germany (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1921: Chetan Anand, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1922: Bill Travers, English actor, screenwriter, and director (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1922: Wilhelm Voigt, German military impostor (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Bud Tingwell, Australian actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1923: Hank Stram, American football coach (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1923: Jaroslav Hašek, Czech author (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: André Franquin, Belgian writer and illustrator (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1924: Nell Rankin, American soprano (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1925: Jill Balcon, English actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1925: Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. [category: Events]
• 1926: George Martin, English composer and producer [category: Births]
• 1926: W. Michael Blumenthal, American businessman and civil servant, 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury [category: Births]
• 1927: Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer and conductor [category: Births]
• 1929: Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1930: Mara Corday, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1930: Marcel Dubé, Canadian playwright [category: Births]
• 1930: Robert Loggia, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1931: Yashawant Dinkar Phadke, Indian historian and activist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1931: Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Dabney Coleman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1932: Yolanda "Tongolele" Montes, American-Mexican dancer and actress [category: Births]
• 1932: Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company. [category: Events]
• 1933: Jack Pickford, Canadian actor (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Wilhelm Cuno, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1934: Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and civil servant [category: Births]
• 1935: Camil Samson, Canadian politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1935: Raymond Garneau, Canadian businessman and politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dancer and choreographer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1938: The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. [category: Events]
• 1939: Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1939: Ruben Reyes, Filipino jurist [category: Births]
• 1941: Van Dyke Parks, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1942: John Marsden, Australian lawyer and activist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1942: John Thaw, English actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1943: Jarl Alfredius, Swedish journalist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1943: André Fauquet-Lemaître, French polo player (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Walter James, Australian politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian author [category: Births]
• 1944: Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero. [category: Events]
• 1945: Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Manassas) [category: Births]
• 1945: Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 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 and Okinawa in Japan. [category: Events]
• 1946: Cissy King, American singer and dancer [category: Births]
• 1946: John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Led Zeppelin and Them Crooked Vultures) [category: Births]
• 1946: William Joyce, American-English politician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him. [category: Events]
• 1947: Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1949: Sylvia Likens, American murder victim (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1949: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established. [category: Events]
• 1950: Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova, Russian conjoined twins (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1950: Victoria Principal, American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Gary Nairn, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Esperanza Aguirre, Spanish politician, 3rd President of Madrid [category: Births]
• 1952: Gianfranco Fini, Italian politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Jim Ross, American wrestler and sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1953: Justin Fleming, Australian playwright and author [category: Births]
• 1953: Mohammed Waheed Hassan, Maldivian politician, 5th President of the Maldives [category: Births]
• 1953: Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress. [category: Events]
• 1954: Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1954: Ned Lamont, American businessman and politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Ross the Boss, American guitarist and songwriter (The Dictators, Manowar, and Manitoba's Wild Kingdom) [category: Births]
• 1955: Palmolive, Spanish-English drummer (The Slits, The Raincoats, and The Flowers of Romance) [category: Births]
• 1956: Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1956: Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1956: Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Dimitrios Vergos, Greek wrestler, weightlifter, and shot putter (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Joseph Wirth, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower. [category: Events]
• 1957: The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. [category: Events]
• 1958: James J. Greco, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1958: Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1958: The West Indies Federation is formed. [category: Events]
• 1959: Edwin Muir, Scottish poet, author, and translator (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1959: Separatists in the Maldives declare the establishment of the United Suvadive Republic. [category: Events]
• 1960: Russell Spence, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1961: A core explosion and meltdown at the SL-1, a government-run reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho, kills three workers. [category: Events]
• 1961: In Finland's worst civilian aviation accident a Aero Flight 311 crashes near Kvevlax, resulting in the deaths of all 25 people aboard. [category: Events]
• 1961: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba. [category: Events]
• 1962: Hermann Lux, German footballer (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro. [category: Events]
• 1963: Alex Wheatle, English author [category: Births]
• 1963: New Jack, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1963: Vic Grimes, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1964: Bruce LaBruce, Canadian director [category: Births]
• 1967: Jack Ruby, American murderer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Mary Garden, Scottish soprano (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian bobsledder [category: Births]
• 1969: Michael Schumacher, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1969: Jean Focas, Greek-French astronomer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Tzavalas Karousos, Greek actor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Mahaya Petrosian, Iranian actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Matt Ross, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Gladys Aylward, English missionary (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Yoon Chan, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Dan Harmon, American screenwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1974: Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1974: Robert-Jan Derksen, Dutch golfer [category: Births]
• 1974: Gino Cervi, Italian actor (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Danica McKellar, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Jason Marsden, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Thomas Bangalter, French DJ and producer (Daft Punk, Stardust, Together, and Darlin') [category: Births]
• 1975: James McCormack, American army officer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress [category: Births]
• 1976: The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights comes into effect. [category: Events]
• 1977: A. J. Burnett, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Lee Bowyer, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1977: Apple Computers is incorporated. [category: Events]
• 1978: Dimitra Kalentzou, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Kimberley Locke, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1978: Liya Kebede, Ethiopian-American model, actress, and fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1978: Mike York, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Chris Geddes, Canadian volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Dina Tersago, Belgian model and television host, Miss Belgium 2001 [category: Births]
• 1979: Conrad Hilton, American businessman, founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Bryan Clay, American decathlete [category: Births]
• 1980: David Tyree, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: George Sutherland Fraser, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Joy Adamson, Czech author (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Eli Manning, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Naresh Iyer, Indian singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Lasse Nilsson, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Antti Arst, Estonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Arif Suyono, Indonesian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Billy Mehmet, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Evan Moore, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: John David Booty, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Linas Kleiza, Lithuanian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Dana Hussain, Iraqi sprinter [category: Births]
• 1986: Jacob Timpano, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Jessica O'Rourke, American footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Anchal Joseph Indian-American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Leonidas Panagopoulos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Ikechi Anya, Scottish-Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: J. R. Hildebrand American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1988: Jonny Evans, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Matt Frattin, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1988: Joie Chitwood, American race car driver and stuntman (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Rose Ausländer, German poet (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Alex D. Linz, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Anya Rozova, Russian-American model [category: Births]
• 1989: Ayaka Umeda, Japanese singer (AKB48 and Diva) [category: Births]
• 1989: Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese gymnast [category: Births]
• 1989: Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. [category: Events]
• 1991: Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Sandra Zaniewska, Polish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1992: Judith Anderson, Australian actress (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Johnny Most, American sportscaster (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: In Moscow, Russia, George Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). [category: Events]
• 1994: More than seven million people from the former Apartheid Homelands, receive South African citizenship. [category: Events]
• 1996: The Motorola StarTAC, the first flip phone and one of the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption, goes on sale. [category: Events]
• 1997: China announces it will spend US$27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys. [category: Events]
• 1999: Israel detains, and later expels, 14 members of Concerned Christians. [category: Events]
• 1999: The Mars Polar Lander is launched. [category: Events]
• 2000: The last original weekday Peanuts comic strip is published. [category: Events]
• 2002: Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons. [category: Events]
• 2003: Sid Gillman, American football player and coach (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Des Corcoran, Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it the deadliest aviation accident in Egyptian history. [category: Events]
• 2005: Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Will Eisner, American writer and illustrator (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Bill Skate, Papua New Guinean politician, 5th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Cecil Walker, Irish politician (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Earl Reibel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: János Fürst, Hungarian conductor and violinist (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Sergio Jiménez, Mexican actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: William Verity, Jr., American businessman (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Werner Dollinger, German politician and economist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Yo-Sam Choi, South Korean boxer (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Betty Freeman, American philanthropist and photographer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Hisayasu Nagata, Japanese politician (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ulf G. Lindén, Swedish businessman (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Mary Daly, American theologian and scholar (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Fadil Hadžić, Croatian director (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Willi Entenmann, German footballer and coach (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Alfie Fripp, English air force officer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Andrew P. O'Rourke, American judge and politician (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Burry Stander, South African cyclist (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: George Falconer, Scottish footballer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Hisayuki Sasaki, Japanese golfer (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Jimmy Halliday, Scottish politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Kanang anak Langkau, Malaysian soldier (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: M. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian violinist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Patty Shepard, American-Spanish actress (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Preben Munthe, Norwegian economist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian director, actor, and politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao, Indian archeologist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: William Maxson, American general (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: First day of school at schools in Malaysia and Singapore [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Genevieve [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shrine, Fukuoka) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The tenth day of Christmas (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]