January 3

Events

 * - is handed over to the.
 * - unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
 * - excommunicates  in the.
 * - issues the first of the, leading to the establishment of.
 * - American general defeats British general  at the.
 * -, , and form a secret defensive alliance treaty against  and.
 * - receives a grant of land in  from the government of.
 * - Rensselaer School, the first engineering college in the U.S. is opened in, . It is now known as.
 * - seizes control of the  in the.
 * - The government of imprisons  in.
 * - is sworn in as the first  of the independent.
 * - : votes not to secede from the.
 * - in : The  is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
 * - The construction of the begins.
 * - patents.
 * - The 91 cm at  is used for the first time.  It was the largest  in the world at the time.
 * 1888  -  patents the.
 * - The first known use of the word, in an editorial in .
 * - Turkey makes peace with.
 * - explorer  discovers the sarcophagus of  in the, near ,.
 * - announces he is taking dictatorial powers over.
 * - declared in  to stop revolt by banana workers fired by.
 * - becomes the first woman to be elected  of a legislative body in the USA.
 * - The is established by.
 * 1938  -  is first broadcast on the  Red network. The program remains on the radio for the next ten years.
 * - : Top Ace Major is shot down in his  by Captain  flying a.
 * - Admiral is placed in command of all  in preparation for planned assaults against,  and  itself.
 * - Proceedings of the are televised for the first time.
 * -  is first broadcast on.
 * - and her son,  from, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
 * - introduces the first electric.
 * - The is formed.
 * - is admitted as the 49th.
 * - The severs diplomatic relations with.
 * 1961  - The, a government-run reactor near , leaks radiation, killing three workers.
 * - excommunicates.
 * - buys the  from  for 3.2 million dollars
 * - was incorporated.
 * 1983  -  launches on  in the.
 * - becomes the first woman inducted into the.
 * - becomes the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th Century.
 * - Former leader of  surrenders to American forces.
 * - In, and  sign the second  (START).
 * - An  TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from, , killing 125 people including one on the ground.
 * - The announces it will spend $27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the  and  valleys.
 * - The launches.
 * 1999  - Israel detains, later to expel, 14 members of.
 * -, a owned by , an ian airliner, plunges into the , killing all 148 people aboard.
 * - has its  just outside  when it was travelling to

Births

 * -, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. )
 * - of Japan (d. )
 * -, ary soldier (d. )
 * -, Portuguese historian (d. )
 * -, Swedish naturalist (d. )
 * -, ary soldier (d. )
 * -, Polish bishop (d. )
 * -, American women's rights activist (d. )
 * -, member (d. )
 * -, British playwright (d. )
 * -, French geographer (d. )
 * -, Japanese revolutionary (d. )
 * -, Flemish missionary (d. )
 * -, English socialist (d. )
 * -, British actor and opera singer (d. )
 * -, Australian author (d. )
 * -, first (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, German painter (d. )
 * -, British writer (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Australian aviator and businessman (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Chilean politician (d. )
 * -, President of (d. )
 * -, Welsh actor (d. )
 * 1905  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Danish entertainer (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American director (d. )
 * -, Canadian journalist and senator (d. )
 * 1912  -, Finnish director (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * 1916  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American publisher (d. )
 * -, Italian musician (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, English actor and director (d. )
 * -, American football coach (d. )
 * -, British entrepreneur
 * 1924  -, Belgian cartoonist  (d. )
 * 1924  -, American singer (d. )
 * -, British producer
 * -, Italian director (d. )
 * 1929  -, Brazilian composer
 * -, Quebec playwright
 * 1930  -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * 1932  -, American race car driver (d. )
 * -, French Canadian politician and businessman
 * -, Thai dancer and choreographer (d. )
 * -, Greek football manager
 * 1939  -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, American musician
 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, English conductor
 * -, American musician
 * -, British musician
 * 1946  -, American entertainer
 * -, American torture victim (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian wrestler (d. )
 * 1954  -, American businessman
 * 1954  -, American wrestling announcer
 * -, English musician
 * -, Australian actor
 * 1956  -, American race car driver
 * -, Slovenian skier
 * -, South Korean filmmaker
 * - Venezuelan writer
 * - Founder of Film City, Noida,India
 * -, American author
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * 1963  -, American professional wrestler
 * -, Canadian film-maker
 * -, Northern Ireland composer
 * -, German race car driver
 * -, Iranian actress
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, South Korean actor
 * 1972  -, American singer
 * -, Italian cyclist
 * -, French DJ
 * 1975  -, American actor
 * 1975  -, American actress
 * -, Greek footballer
 * 1976  -, Russian actress
 * 1976  -, American actor
 * -, English footballer
 * 1977  -, American baseball player
 * 1977  -, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
 * 1977  -, English singer
 * -, American singer
 * 1978  -, South Korean actress
 * 1978  -, English children's television presenter and magician
 * 1978  -, American ice hockey player
 * -, Italian
 * -, American guitarist
 * 1980  -, Ethiopian model
 * 1980  -, American ice hockey player
 * 1980  -, American football player
 * -, American football player
 * -, American football player
 * -, Australian soccer player
 * 1986  -, R&B Singer
 * -, American actor

Deaths

 * -, first Norman (b. unknown)
 * - King (b. )
 * -, wife of (b. )
 * -, Portuguese explorer (b. )
 * -, English astronomer (b. )
 * -, French statesman (b. )
 * -, English soldier (b. )
 * -, Lithuanian rabbi (b. )
 * -, Italian and  (b. )
 * -, French veterinary surgeon (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, English potter (b. )
 * -, French marshal (b. )
 * -, French editor (b. )
 * -, English novelist (b. )
 * -, father of (b. )
 * -, Greek author (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * -,   (b. )
 * -, Czech novelist (b. )
 * -, German physicist (b. )
 * -, French general (b. )
 * -, 6th (b. )
 * 1933  -, Canadian actor (b. )
 * -, Lithuanian poet (b. )
 * -, American psychic (b. )
 * 1945  -, Polish writer (b. )
 * -, American propagandist (executed) (b. )
 * -, Swiss actor (b. )
 * -, Russian composer (b. )
 * 1956  -, 5th  (b. )
 * -, Canadian actor (b. )
 * -, Scottish singer (b. )
 * 1967  -, American killer of  (b. )
 * -, Greco-French astronomer (b. )
 * 1969  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Italian actor (b. )
 * -, American hotelier (b. )
 * -, Czech conservationist (b. )
 * 1980  -, Belgian cyclist (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, German poet (b. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (b. )
 * - Dame, Australian actress (b. )
 * -, American sports announcer (b. )
 * -, Mexican band leader (b. )
 * 2002  -, Dutch  executive (b. )
 * -, American football coach (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Chinese negotiator (b. )
 * 2005  -, Indian government official (b. )
 * 2005  -, American  artist (b. )
 * -, Australian rugby league footballer (b. )
 * 2006  -,  (b. )
 * -, Hungarian-born orchestral conductor (b. )
 * 2007  -, Canadian ice hockey forward  (b. )
 * 2007  -,  - (b. )
 * 2007  -, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Belfast – (b. )
 * 2007  -, Irish Fianna Fáil senator – and son of W.B. Yeats (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * of
 * Festival in honour of ,
 * The tenth night and ninth in Western