January 3

Today's Events

  • 1521
    Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church
  • 1543
    Juan Cabrillo conqueror of Cen. America discoverer of Calif dies
  • 1641
    Jeremiah Horrocks English astronomical prodigy dies at 22
  • 1777
    Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton NJ
  • 1852
    1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii
  • 1870
    Brooklyn Bridge begun completed on May 24 1883
  • 1888
    1st drinking straw is patented
  • 1900
    Perihelion Passage
  • 1912
    S Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition free
  • 1920
    NY Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from the Red Sox
  • 1921
    Turkey made peace with Armenia
  • 1929
    27 year old William S Paley becomes president of CBS
  • 1941
    Canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease)
  • 1943
    1st missing persons telecast NYC
  • 1943
    Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa
  • 1946
    William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) hanged in Britain for treason
  • 1957
    1st electric watch introduced Lancaster Pa
  • 1958
    Sir Edmund Hillary reached South Pole overland
  • 1959
    Alaska becomes 49th state
  • 1973
    George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million
  • 1977
    Apple Computer incorporated
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