January 3rd Events in History | |
| 2006 | Samuel Alito sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court |
| 2000 | Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes off coast of southern California, killing 88, crash caused by a bad stabilizer |
| 1999 | Super Bowl XXXIII, Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Denver Broncos beat Atlanta Falcons 34-19 |
| 1998 | 72nd Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats C Martinez (63 63) |
| 1998 | STS-89 (Endeavour 12) lands |
| 1994 | Barcelona opera theater "Gran Teatro del Liceo" burns down |
| 1994 | Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36 |
| 1993 | St. Joan opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 49 performances |
| 1993 | 81st Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (62 61 26 75) |
| 1993 | Superbowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 52-17 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Troy Aikman, Dallas, quarterback |
| 1992 | Metropolitan Transportation Authority raised tolls on most New York City bridges from $2.50 to $3.00 |
| 1992 | Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires |
| 1991 | Nugget's Michael Adams becomes shortest NBA player to get a triple-double |
| 1991 | Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude |
| 1990 | 1st McDonalds in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonalds |
| 1990 | 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing |
| 1990 | Jushin "Thunder" Liger beats Naoki Sano to become New Japan IWGP champ |
| 1988 | Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil |
| 1988 | Superbowl XXII: Washington Redskins beat Denver Broncos, 42-10 in San Diego Superbowl MVP: Doug Williams, Washington, quarterback |
| 1987 | 44th Golden Globes: Platoon, Marlee Matlin win |
| 1987 | United Steel workers union ratified a concessionary with USX Corp |
| 1986 | Mary Lund of Minn, is 1st female recipient of an artificial heart |
| 1985 | Harrigan 'n Hart opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 5 performances |
| 1985 | South Africa President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence |
| 1984 | 36th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-6 at NJ |
| 1984 | Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network |
| 1984 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1982 | 10 Arabian oryx, extinct except in zoos, released in Oman |
| 1982 | 12th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 16-13 |
| 1982 | 32nd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 120-118 at New Jersey |
| 1982 | Gustafson skates world record 10 km (14:26.59) |
| 1982 | Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek |
| 1982 | NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 16-13 |
| 1982 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton |
| 1981 | The Tide Is High by Blondie hits #1 |
| 1981 | 38th Golden Globes: Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter |
| 1981 | Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1:13.39) |
| 1980 | Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41 |
| 1978 | Elvis: The Legend Lives! opens at Palace Theater New York City for 101 performances |
| 1978 | Israel turns 3 military outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements |
| 1977 | Frenchman Francois Claustre freed, after 33 months as hostage in Chad |
| 1977 | Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie, and Al Lopez elected to baseball Hall of Fame |
| 1976 | Love Rollercoaster by Ohio Players hits #1 |
| 1976 | Lance Gibbs becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308 |
| 1975 | Barry Manilow's "Mandy" goes gold |
| 1975 | John Lennon releases "#9 Dream" |
| 1975 | UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship |
| 1974 | McDonald's founder Ray Kroc buys San Diego Padres |
| 1972 | Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral |
| 1972 | Birenda, becomes leader of Nepal |
| 1972 | Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana |
| 1972 | U.S. launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998) |
| 1971 | My Sweet Lord by George Harrison hit #1 on United Kingdom pop chart |
| 1971 | Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands |
| 1971 | Jake Beckley, Joe Kelley, Harry Hooper, Rube Marquard, Chick Hafey |
| 1971 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn |
| 1971 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha Petkevich |
| 1971 | & Dave Bancroft and George Weiss elected to baseball Hall of Fame |
| 1970 | Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges |
| 1969 | Beatles perform last live gig (42-minute concert on roof of Apple HQs) |
| 1969 | Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director of CIA |
| 1968 | Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs. India in his last Test for ten years |
| 1968 | Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia |
| 1968 | Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, U.S.S.R. |
| 1968 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1968 | Viet Cong's Tet offensive begins |
| 1966 | Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers |
| 1966 | U.S.S.R. launches Luna 9 towards Moon |
| 1965 | Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame |
| 1964 | U.S. report "Smoking and Health" connects smoking to lung cancer |
| 1963 | Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "What'd I Say" and "Ruby Baby" |
| 1962 | General Charles P. Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA |
| 1962 | Samuel Gravely assumes command of destroyer escort "USS Falgout" |
| 1961 | David Ben-Gurion resigns as premier of Israel |
| 1961 | Ham is 1st primate in space (158 miles) aboard Mercury/Redstone 2 |
| 1961 | Houston voters approve bond to finance luxury domed stadium |
| 1961 | Kanhai completes twin tons (117 and 115) vs. Australia at Adelaide |
| 1961 | NATO Secretary-General Paul-Henri Spaak says he'll resign |
| 1961 | USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights |
| 1960 | Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress and singer Phyllis Newman in New York City |
| 1959 | Joe Cronin signs 7 year pact to become head of AL |
| 1958 | Jackpot Bowling premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host |
| 1958 | James van Allen discovers radiation belt |
| 1958 | U.S. launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1 |
| 1957 | Liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding) |
| 1957 | Trans-Iranian oil pipe line finished |
| 1956 | French government of Mollet forms |
| 1956 | Juscelino Kubitschek becomes president of Brazil |
| 1955 | RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer |
| 1953 | Princess Victoria capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die |
| 1953 | Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning 1,835 |
| 1953 | New York, Cleveland, and Boston retaliate at Bill Veeck, forcing the Browns to play afternoon games to avoid sharing TV revenues |
| 1952 | Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1 centuries |
| 1952 | Harry Heilmann and Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 1950 | President Truman approves building of hydrogen bomb |
| 1949 | 1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago) |
| 1948 | J D Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Banana Fish" appears in NY |
| 1948 | Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway |
| 1946 | Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic |
| 1945 | U.S. 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath |
| 1944 | Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June |
| 1944 | U-592 sunk off Ireland |
| 1944 | U.S. forces invade Kwajalein Atoll |
| 1943 | 39 U boats sunk this month (203,100 ton) |
| 1943 | Chile breaks contact with Germany and Japan |
| 1943 | General Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad |
| 1942 | 62 U boats sunk this month (327,000 ton) |
| 1941 | 21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton) |
| 1941 | Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands |
| 1941 | Joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1940 | 40 U boats sunk this month (111,000 ton) |
| 1940 | C Turney and J Horwin's "My Dear Children," premieres in New York City |
| 1936 | Green Hornet radio show is 1st heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit |
| 1934 | Franklin D. Roosevelt devalus dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce |
| 1933 | French government of Daladier takes power |
| 1933 | Hitler promises parliamentary democracy |
| 1932 | U.S. railway unions accept 10% wage reduction |
| 1931 | NHL's Quebec Bulldogs' Joseph Malone scores a record 7 goals |
| 1931 | Philip Barry's "Tomorrow and Tomorrow," premieres in New York City |
| 1930 | 1st U.S. glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, NJ |
| 1929 | Erich Maria Remarques publishes "Im West nieces Neues" in Berlin |
| 1929 | Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey |
| 1928 | Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company |
| 1927 | International allies military command in Germany disbands |
| 1927 | NL President John Heydler rules Rogers Hornsby can't hold stock in the Cardinals and play for the Giants |
| 1925 | Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes president of Angola |
| 1920 | 1st Ukrainian daily newspaper in U.S. (New York City) begins publication |
| 1920 | Joe Malone, Quebec Bulldogs, sets NHL record with 7 goals in a game |
| 1920 | Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, at Howard University, incorporates |
| 1917 | Germany notifies U.S. that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship |
| 1916 | Dutch Girl Guides form |
| 1915 | 1st German poison gas attack, against Russians |
| 1911 | Congress names San Francisco as Panama Canal opening celebration site |
| 1906 | Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter |
| 1905 | 1st auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach |
| 1905 | Carroll Wright appointed 1st U.S. Commissioner of Labor |
| 1904 | Bela Bartok's symphony "Kossuth," premieres |
| 1901 | Boer general John Smuts and De la Rey conqueror Mud river Transvaal |
| 1901 | Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at Moscow Art Theater |
| 1901 | Winnipeg Victorias sweep Montreal Shamrocks in 2 for Stanley Cup |
| 1895 | Jose Marti and others leave New York City for invasion of Spanish Cuba |
| 1893 | Westminster Gazette begins publishing |
| 1874 | Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri |
| 1871 | Millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky |
| 1865 | Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (121-24) |
| 1865 | General Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies |
| 1863 | 1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, mustered into U.S. army |
| 1862 | Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius |
| 1861 | Friedrich Hebbel's "Siegfrieds Tod," premieres in Weimar |
| 1861 | State of Louisiana takes over U.S. Mint at New Orleans |
| 1855 | Western railroads blocked by snow |
| 1854 | Dutch KNMI established (Royal Meteorological Institute) |
| 1851 | Gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk |
| 1851 | SF Orphan's Asylum, 1st in California, founded |
| 1849 | Corn Laws abolished in Britain |
| 1842 | John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in White House |
| 1817 | Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau," premieres in Vienna |
| 1804 | British Vice-Admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao |
| 1779 | Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog |
| 1696 | Revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam) |
| 1679 | Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris |
| 1675 | Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft |
| 1627 | Spanish government goes bankrupt |
| 1609 | Wisselbank of Amsterdam established |
| 1596 | Catholic League disjoins |
| 1578 | Battle of Gembloers |
| 1560 | Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois |
| 1531 | Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other |
| 1504 | By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon |
| 876 | Charles becomes king of Italy |
| 314 | St. Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
January 3rd Birthdays in History | |
| 1985 | Andrew Giuliani, son of Rudy, Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002 |
| 1981 | Justin Timberlake, American Musician |
| 1977 | Naomi Darrell, Miss Bermuda Universe 1997 |
| 1976 | Buddy Rice, American Celebrity |
| 1975 | Kenard Lang, defensive end for the Washington Redskins |
| 1974 | Bob Mulder, soccer player, Appingedam, FC Groningen |
| 1974 | Lorenzo Styles, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1974 | Othella Harrington, NBA forward for the Houston Rockets |
| 1974 | Pavi Sald, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics |
| 1974 | Tory Toogood, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Latario Rachal, WLAF/NFL receiver, Amsterdam Admirals, San Diego Chargers |
| 1972 | Ben Cavil, guard for the Baltimore Ravens |
| 1972 | Fritz Fequiere, WLAF guard, Barcelona Dragons, London Monarchs |
| 1972 | Marvin Coleman, CFL defensive back for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1972 | Pulu Poumele, guard for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1972 | Reinier Robbemond, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90 |
| 1971 | Brandi Sherwood, Miss USA-Idaho, 1997, 2nd |
| 1971 | Corey Holliday, NFL wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1971 | Minnie Driver, actress, Good Will Hunting |
| 1971 | Patricia Velasquez, Actress |
| 1970 | Greg Skrepenak, NFL tackle, Oakland Raiders, Carolina Panthers |
| 1970 | Rachel Jean Marteen, born in Atlanta, Georgia, playmate, Aug, 1995 |
| 1970 | Travis Hannah, NFL/WLAF receiver, Houston Oilers, Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1969 | Mathew Pallister, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Doug Pederson, NFL quarterback, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1968 | Michael Sinclair, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1968 | Steve Phoenix, U.S. baseball pitcher, Oakland Athletics |
| 1966 | Al Jaworsky, Alan Doughty, pop bassist, Jesus Jones |
| 1966 | Charles Dimry, NFL cornerback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1966 | Jamie Taras, CFL guard for the BC Lions |
| 1965 | Adam Johnson, Portland, Oregon, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics |
| 1965 | Bianca Yasmin Salahshourian, Fairfield Conn, Miss Conn-America 1991 |
| 1965 | Bobby Dollas, Montreal, NHL defenseman, Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
| 1965 | Kim Clarke, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, team handball back court, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1965 | Rene Trost, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC |
| 1964 | Oto Hascak, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1998 |
| 1964 | Remi Bouchard, Lasalle Que, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 India Open |
| 1964 | Sharon Cain, born in San Antonio, Texas, team handball center back 1996 Olympics |
| 1963 | John Dye, Amory Massachusetts, actor, Andrew-Touched by an Angel |
| 1963 | Scott Ian Rosenfeld, Bayside, New York, rocker, Anthrax-Protest and Survive |
| 1960 | Elaine Roque, born in Santa Monica, California, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics |
| 1959 | Anthony LaPaglia, actor, Murder One |
| 1959 | Kelly Lynch, actress, Drugstore Cowboy |
| 1958 | Rafael Santana, shortstop, New York Mets, New York Yankees |
| 1958 | Tom Schuman, pianist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance |
| 1957 | Brett "the Hitman" Hart, Alberta Canada, WWF champion |
| 1957 | Shirley F Babashoff, California, swimmer, Olympics-6 silver/2 gold-72, 76 |
| 1956 | Johnny Rotten, John Lydon, rocker, Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen |
| 1956 | Trevor A. Manuel, South African UDF/ANC-leader |
| 1955 | Virginia Ruzici, Romania, tennis star |
| 1954 | Adrian Vandenberg, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock guitarist, Whitesnake |
| 1954 | Sheik Faoud Ahamul Bacchus, cricketer, West Indian bat late 70's |
| 1953 | Aart Mol, Dutch bassist, Catapult |
| 1952 | Rosanne Musgrave, headmistress, Blackheath HS |
| 1951 | Harry Casey, KC, rock vocalist, KC and Sunshine Band-Give It |
| 1951 | Phil Manzanera, rock guitarist, Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together |
| 1951 | Presiley Baxendale, British QC |
| 1949 | Carol Hawkins, actress, Dialing for Dingbats |
| 1949 | Ken Wilber, American Philosopher |
| 1947 | Jim Nollman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, graduated from Tufts University, composer, musical theater, conceptual artist, environmental activist, recorded interspecies music with wolves, whales, dolphins, deer, elk, desert rats |
| 1947 | Nolan Ryan, pitcher, Mets, Angels, Astros, 7 no-hitters, 5,714 Ks |
| 1946 | Glynn Turman, New York City, actor, Lew-Peyton Place, Manimal, Centennial |
| 1946 | Jonathan Banks, Washington D.C., actor, Armed and Dangerous, Cold Steel |
| 1946 | Subroto Guha, cricketer, right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69 |
| 1946 | Terry Kath, rocker, Chicago-If You Leave Me Now |
| 1945 | Noah Creshevsky, composer |
| 1944 | Anton Korteweg, Dutch poet, For the Good Order |
| 1944 | Charley Musselwhite, blues musician, Stand Back, Louisiana Fog |
| 1944 | Eugene Terre Blanche, South Africa leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging |
| 1944 | John Inverarity, cricketer, Australian batsman 1968-72 |
| 1942 | Derek Jarman, actor and director, Angelic Conversation, Edward II |
| 1942 | Gerald Chanberlain, rocker |
| 1941 | Jessica Walter, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Play Misty For Me, Amy Prentiss |
| 1941 | George S Mickelson, Gov-SD |
| 1941 | Dick Gephardt, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 2005 |
| 1941 | Sharon Miller, LPGA golfer |
| 1941 | Dick Gephardt, American Politician |
| 1940 | Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor, Love American Style |
| 1938 | Ajip Rosidi, Indonesian poet and writer, Madjalah Sunda, Pesta |
| 1938 | Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, queen of Netherlands, 1980- |
| 1938 | James G Watt, born in Colorado, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1981 - 1983 |
| 1938 | James G. Watt, Public Servant |
| 1937 | Philip Glass, born in Baltimore, Maryland, minimal composer, Einstein on the Beach |
| 1937 | Steve Karmen, born in Bronx, New York, jingle writer, I Love, New York, This Bud's for You |
| 1937 | Suzanne Pleshette, New York City, actress, Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show |
| 1936 | Marvin Junior, singer, Dells-Oh What a Night |
| 1935 | Oe Kenzaburo, Japanese novelist, Catch, Personal Matter |
| 1935 | Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese Writer |
| 1934 | Brian Bolus, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60's |
| 1934 | James Franciscus, Clayton, Missouri, actor, Mr Novak, Longstreet, Hunter |
| 1934 | Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist |
| 1933 | Joseph D. Early, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1975 - 1993 |
| 1933 | Walter Paulis, mineworker/pilot/Dutch MP, CDA |
| 1932 | Pieter Brattinga, Dutch graphic artist |
| 1932 | Rick Hall, country/R&B singer |
| 1931 | Bill Watson, cricketer, NSW and Australian opening batsman mid-50s |
| 1931 | Christopher Chataway, British MP/athlete, world record 5k |
| 1931 | Ernie Banks, Mr Cub - Chicago Cubs, Hall-of-Famer, 1st baseman |
| 1931 | Jean Burroughs, educationalist |
| 1931 | Nicholas Gordon Lennox, diplomat |
| 1930 | Lynn Carlin, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Joan Hunter-James at 15 |
| 1929 | Rudolf Mossbauer, Germany, physicist, Nobel 1961 |
| 1928 | Chuck Willis, rock vocalist, C C Rider |
| 1928 | Eric Ash, rector, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine |
| 1928 | Richard Buckley, royal equerry |
| 1928 | Robert Clatworthy, sculptor |
| 1926 | Jean Simmons, born in London, England, actress, Thorn Birds, Guys and Dolls |
| 1926 | Prunella Briance, founder, National Childbirth Trust |
| 1925 | Benjamin Hooks, civil rights leader |
| 1925 | Charles Aidman, Frankfort, Indiana, narrator, New Twilight Zone |
| 1925 | Fred Catherwood, born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, politician, writer, Conservative member of the European Parliament, president of Evangelical Alliance |
| 1924 | Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge |
| 1924 | Tengiz Abuladze, filmmaker |
| 1923 | Eddie Ryder, New York City, actor, Slick Jones-General Hospital |
| 1923 | Joanne Dru, Logan, West Virginia, actress, Guestwood Ho, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
| 1923 | Norman Mailer, born in New Jersey, American novelist, poet, playwright, film director, wrote 40 books and 11 novels |
| 1923 | Larry Buchanan, American Director |
| 1922 | Michael Wilford, diplomat |
| 1922 | William Sylvester, born in Oakland California, actor, 2001, Gorgo, Gemini Man |
| 1921 | Carol Channing, Wash, actress, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello Dolly |
| 1921 | John Agar, Chicago, actor, Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima |
| 1921 | Mario Lanza, Philadelphia, actor/singer, Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans |
| 1920 | Patrick Heron, painter |
| 1920 | Robert Hersant, press baron |
| 1920 | Stewart L Udall, St. Johns Ariz, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1961 - 1969 |
| 1920 | Stewart L. Udall, Public Servant |
| 1919 | Jackie Robinson, born in Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player, Dodgers |
| 1917 | Erich Geiringer, general practitioner campaigner |
| 1916 | Ciro D Crown, premier of Dutch Antilles, 1968-69 |
| 1916 | Frank A Parker, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1944 |
| 1916 | Violet Cane, statistician |
| 1915 | Bobby Hackett, born in Providence, Rhode Island, trumpeteer/orchestral leader, Air Time '57 |
| 1915 | Garry Moore, Thomas Garrison Morfit, Balt, host, I've Got a Secret |
| 1915 | Thomas Merton, born in France, Trappist monk/poet/essayist, 7 Storey Mt |
| 1915 | William Crosbie, artist |
| 1915 | Alan Lomax, American Writer |
| 1914 | Carey Lofton, Blountsville, Florida, actor, Skinner-Troubleshooters |
| 1914 | Jersey Joe Walcott, heavyweight boxing champ, 1951-52 |
| 1914 | Louis Osman, architect/artist/goldsmith |
| 1913 | Don Hutson, NFL end, Packers |
| 1913 | Hector Iglesias Villoud, composer |
| 1913 | Wayne Millner, NFL end, Boston/Washington Redskins |
| 1911 | A G Ogston, president, Trinity College-Oxford |
| 1911 | Christina Foyle, book seller |
| 1910 | Herbert Ashworth, CEO, Nationwide Building Society |
| 1909 | Foley Newns, British colonial administrator |
| 1909 | Miron Grindea, literary editor |
| 1908 | Rene Simone Mathieu, France, doubles tennis star, Wimbledon 1934 |
| 1906 | Benjamin Frankel, composer |
| 1906 | R. W. Bonham, founder, International Braille Chess Association |
| 1905 | Anna Blaman, Johanna P Vrugt, Dutch writer, Wife and Friend |
| 1905 | Charles de Trooz, Belgian literary, Le Magister et Ses Maatres |
| 1905 | John O'Hara, Pottstown Penn, novelist, Appointment at Samarra |
| 1904 | E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/ARP-alderman/co-founder, Trouw |
| 1904 | Leon N H Jungschlager, head of military intelligence, Netherlands-Indies |
| 1903 | Gardner Cowles, Iowa, publisher/founder, Look Magazine |
| 1903 | Tallulah Bankhead, Huntsville Ala, actress, Lifeboat, Die Die Darling |
| 1902 | Alva Myrdal, Uppsala Sweden, diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize-1982 |
| 1902 | Jean C M Picart le Doux, France, carpet designer |
| 1902 | Julian H Steward, U.S. anthropologist/professor |
| 1901 | Blaz Arnic, born in Luce, Lower Styria, Austria-Hungary, Slovenian composer, best known for his nine symphonies, The Society of Slovene Composers consider him the great Slovenian symphonic master of the 20th century |
| 1901 | Marie Luise Kaschnitz, writer |
| 1894 | Percy Helton, New York, actor, Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men |
| 1893 | Freya Stark, English explorist/author |
| 1892 | Eddie Cantor, New York City, comedian, Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater |
| 1891 | Max Drischner, composer |
| 1890 | Adolf Bach, German language/sociologist, Deutsche Namenkunde |
| 1889 | F R Foster, cricketer, 330 runs and 45 wickets for England |
| 1886 | Alfonso Lopez, Colombia, statesman, President United Nations security council-1948 |
| 1884 | Nicholas Joy, Paris, France, actor, Boss Lady |
| 1882 | Anna Pavlova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer |
| 1882 | Josephus RH van Schaik, Dutch lawyer/vice-premier |
| 1882 | Peter Dawson, Australian Musician |
| 1881 | Irving Langmuir, inventor, tungsten filament lamp/Nobel 1932 |
| 1881 | Joseph A. Cushman, U.S., palaentologist |
| 1878 | Willem J M van Eysinga, Dutch international law jurist |
| 1877 | Max Ettlinger, German philosopher |
| 1876 | Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author |
| 1872 | Zane Grey, American West novelist, Riders of the Purple Sage |
| 1869 | Henry graaf Carton de Wiart, Belgian literary/premier, 1920-21 |
| 1868 | Theodore William Richards, chemist, atomic weights, Nobel-1914 |
| 1866 | Emil Strauss, Germany, writer, Naked Man |
| 1866 | Henry Forster, cricketer, Oxford blue 1887-89, later Austrian Governor-General |
| 1863 | F Henri Berz, French existensialist philosopher, Revue the Synthesis |
| 1836 | Henryk Szulc, composer |
| 1830 | James G Blaine, the "Plumed Knight" |
| 1818 | William Raine Peck, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1817 | Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer, Groiler Encyclopaedia |
| 1813 | Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist |
| 1812 | John Randolph Tucker, Captain, Confederate Navy |
| 1810 | Daniel Ruggles, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1804 | Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author, poet and critic |
| 1802 | Jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero |
| 1798 | Karl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer |
| 1797 | Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal, Austria, composer, Unfinished Symphony |
| 1797 | Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer |
| 1787 | Louis Angely, German, comedy writer, Sieben Madchen in Uniform |
| 1784 | Carl Wilhelm Henning, composer |
| 1784 | Bernard Barton, American Poet |
| 1778 | Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia, 1848 |
| 1759 | Francois Devienne, composer |
| 1752 | Gouverneur Morris, American Statesman |
| 1750 | Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War, 1798-1800, 1803-06 |
| 1741 | Theodor Gotlieb von Hippel, East Prussian author/mayor of Koningsberg |
| 1734 | Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer |
| 1734 | Robert Morris, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence |
| 1633 | Nathaniel Crew, English bishop, Durham |
| 1623 | Francois-Xavier de Laval |
| 1620 | Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief |
| 1614 | Nicolas Saboly, composer |
| 1612 | Hendrik Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia |
| 1607 | James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby |
| 1601 | Pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter |
| 1573 | Ambrosius Metzger, composer |
| 1573 | Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer |
| 1543 | Ieyasu Tokugawa, Japanese Statesman |
| 1517 | Gioseffo Zarlino, composer |
January 3rd Deaths in History | |
| 2007 | Molly Ivins, died in Austin, Texas, of inflammatory breast cancer, at 62 |
| 2001 | Gordon R. Dickson, writer, The Dragon and the George, dies at 77 |
| 2000 | Gil Kane, American Artist |
| 1997 | Eve Lister, actress and singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84 |
| 1996 | Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65 |
| 1995 | George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105 |
| 1995 | James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86 |
| 1994 | Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81 |
| 1992 | Mel Hein, NFLer (New York Giants), dies at 82 |
| 1992 | Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63 |
| 1989 | Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80 |
| 1989 | Yasushi Akutagawa, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1989 | William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier |
| 1987 | Yves Allegret, French director (Such a lovely tiny beach), dies at 79 |
| 1980 | J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 and 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies |
| 1974 | Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at 61 |
| 1974 | Harry Baum, actor (Crime and Punishment), dies at 58 |
| 1974 | Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at 72 |
| 1974 | Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at 72 |
| 1974 | Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91 |
| 1973 | Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77 |
| 1972 | Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51 |
| 1972 | Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79 |
| 1972 | Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1970 | Slim Harpo, James Moore, rocker, dies at 28 |
| 1969 | Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1967 | Chief Thundercloud, actor (Ambush, Colt 45, Typhoon), dies at 100 |
| 1967 | Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86 |
| 1966 | Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at 90 |
| 1960 | Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53 |
| 1956 | A. A. Milne, English Author |
| 1955 | John R Mott, U.S. theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89 |
| 1954 | Edwin H Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63 |
| 1954 | Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65 |
| 1949 | Henri de Vries, Hendricus Walterop, actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84 |
| 1945 | Eddie Slovik, 1st U.S. executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 |
| 1944 | Jean Giraudoux, French Dramatist |
| 1940 | Rene "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56 |
| 1933 | John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65 |
| 1925 | George Washington Cable, American Novelist |
| 1922 | Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1919 | Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79 |
| 1892 | Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman |
| 1891 | Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 |
| 1864 | Hamilton Rowan Gamble, U.S. judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies |
| 1861 | Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 |
| 1828 | Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35 |
| 1788 | Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 |
| 1788 | Francesco Zannetti, composer, dies at 50 |
| 1788 | [Bonnie Prince] Charles E Stuart, English pretender, dies at 67 |
| 1606 | Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 |
| 1580 | Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies |
| 1561 | Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies |
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