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Events

1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop of Beauvais-Noyons-Senlis Pierre Cauchon.
1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
1521 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
1749 - Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
1777 - American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
1815 - Austria, United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.
1823 - Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
1825 - Rensselaer School, the first engineering college in the U.S. is opened in Troy, New York. It is now known as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
1833 - United Kingdom seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
1834 - The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.
1848 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first President of Liberia of the independent African Republic of Liberia.
1861 - American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
1868 - Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
1870 - The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.
1871 - Henry W. Bradley patents oleomargarine.
1888 - The 91 cm refracting telescope at Lick Observatory is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.
1888 - Marvin C. Stone patents the drinking straw.
1899 - The first known use of the word automobile, in an editorial in The New York Times.
1921 - Turkey makes peace with Armenia.
1924 - English people explorer Howard Carter (archaeologist) discovers the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.
1925 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
1932 - Martial law declared in Honduras to stop revolt by banana workers fired by United Fruit.
1933 - Minnie D. Craig becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker (politics) of a legislative body in the USA.
1938 - The March of Dimes is established by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1938 - Woman in White is first broadcast on the NBC Red network. The program remains on the radio for the next ten years.
1944 - World War II: Top Ace Major Pappy Boyington is shot down in his F4U corsair by Captain List of World War II aces from Japan flying a A6M Zero.
1945 - Admiral Chester W Nimitz is placed in command of all US Navy in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Japan itself.
1947 - Proceedings of the Congress of the United States are televised for the first time.
1951 - Dragnet (drama) is first broadcast on NBC-TV.
1953 - Frances Bolton and her son, Oliver P. Bolton from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
1957 - Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
1958 - The West Indies Federation is formed.
1959 - Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
1961 - The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.
1961 - The SL-1, a government-run reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho, leaks radiation, killing three workers.
1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
1973 - George Steinbrenner buys the New York Yankees from CBS for 3.2 million dollars
1977 - Apple Computer was incorporated.
1983 - CiTV launches on ITV in the United Kingdom.
1987 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1988 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th Century.
1990 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.
1991 - Gulf War: The British government announces the expulsion of 75 Iraqis from the country.
1993 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
1994 - An Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from Irkutsk, Russia, killing 125 people including one on the ground.
1997 - The People's Republic of China announces it will spend $27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze river and Yellow river valleys.
1999 - The Mars Polar Lander launches.
1999 - Israel detains, later to expel, 14 members of Concerned Christians.
2004 - Flash Airlines Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people aboard.
2007 - National Express has its 2007 National Express coach crash just outside Heathrow Airport when it was travelling to Glasgow

Births

106 BC - Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. 43 BC)
1196 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
1710 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
1719 - Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)
1722 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
1760 - John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835)
1778 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
1793 - Lucretia Mott, American women's rights activist (d. 1880)
1802 - Charles Pelham Villiers, British House of Commons member (d. 1898)
1803 - Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright (d. 1857)
1810 - Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (d. 1897)
1836 - Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)
1840 - Father Damien, Belgian missionary (d. 1889)
1855 - Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)
1865 - Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936)
1870 - Henry Handel Richardson, Australian author (d. 1946)
1876 - Wilhelm Pieck, first Leaders of East Germany#Presidents of the GDR (d. 1960)
1879 - Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (d. 1957)
1883 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
1886 - Josephine Hull, American actress (d. 1957)
1887 - August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (d. 1973)
1894 - ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)
1895 - Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and businessman (d. 1974)
1897 - Marion Davies, American actress (d. 1961)
1898 - Carlos Keller, Chilean fascist politician (d. 1974)
1901 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (d. 1963)
1905 - Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d. 1986)
1905 - Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)
1909 - Victor Borge, Danish entertainer (d. 2000)
1910 - Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1911 - John Sturges, American director (d. 1982)
1912 - Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and senator (d. 2002)
1912 - Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005)
1916 - The Andrews Sisters, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (d. 1995)
1916 - Betty Furness, American actress (d. 1994)
1917 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
1920 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001)
1921 - John Russell (actor), American actor (d. 1991)
1922 - Bill Travers, English actor and director (d. 1994)
1923 - Hank Stram, American football coach (d. 2005)
1924 - Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur
1924 - André Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (Gaston Lagaffe) (d. 1997)
1924 - Nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005)
1926 - George Martin, British producer
1929 - Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989)
1929 - Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer
1930 - Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright
1930 - Robert Loggia, American actor
1932 - Dabney Coleman, American actor
1932 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (d. 2005)
1935 - Raymond Garneau, French Canadian politician and businessman
1937 - Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
1939 - Nikos Alefantos, Greek football manager
1939 - Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player
1941 - Van Dyke Parks, American musician
1942 - John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)
1944 - David Atherton, English conductor
1945 - Stephen Stills, American musician
1946 - John Paul Jones (musician), British musician (Led Zeppelin)
1946 - Cissy King, American entertainer
1949 - Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)
1950 - Victoria Principal, American actress
1954 - Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990)
1954 - Ned Lamont, American businessman
1954 - Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer
1955 - Palmolive (musician), English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)
1956 - Mel Gibson, Australian actor
1956 - Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver
1957 - Bojan Krizaj, Slovenian skier
1958 - Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker
1959 - Rafael Arráiz Lucca Venezuelan writer
1960 - Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City,Noida,India
1962 - Francesca Lia Block, American author
1963 - Vic Grimes, American professional wrestler
1963 - New Jack, American professional wrestler
1964 - Bruce LaBruce, Canadian film-maker
1966 - Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer
1969 - Michael Schumacher, German race car driver
1970 - Mahaya Petrosian, Iranian actress
1971 - Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - Yoon Chan, South Korean actor
1972 - Nichole Nordeman, American singer
1974 - Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist
1975 - Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk)
1975 - Jason Marsden, American actor
1975 - Danica McKellar, American actress
1976 - Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer
1976 - Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress
1976 - Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
1977 - Lee Bowyer, English footballer
1977 - A.J. Burnett, American baseball player
1977 - Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
1977 - Michelle Stephenson, English singer (The Spice Girls)
1978 - Kimberley Locke, American singer
1978 - Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress
1978 - Dominic Wood, English childrens television presenter and magician
1978 - Mike York, American ice hockey player
1979 - Francesco Bellissimo, Italian mangaka
1980 - Rob Arnold, American guitarist (Chimaira)
1980 - Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model
1980 - Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player
1980 - David Tyree, American football player
1981 - Eli Manning, American football player
1985 - John David Booty, American football player
1986 - Jacob Timpano, Australian soccer player
1986 - Lloyd Polite, R&B Singer
1989 - Alex D. Linz, American actor

Deaths

1098 - Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown)
1322 - King Philip V of France (b. 1293)
1437 - Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (b. 1401)
1543 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer (b. 1499)
1641 - Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer (b. 1618)
1656 - Mathieu Molé, French statesman (b. 1584)
1670 - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier (b. 1608)
1690 - Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1615)
1743 - Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and designer (b. 1657)
1779 - Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)
1785 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
1795 - Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (b. 1730)
1826 - Louis Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (b. 1770)
1875 - Pierre Larousse, French editor (b. 1817)
1882 - William Harrison Ainsworth, English novelist (b. 1805)
1903 - Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hilter (b. 1837)
1911 - Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851)
1915 - James Elroy Flecker, English author (b. 1884)
1916 - Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)
1923 - Jaroslav Hasek, Czech novelist (b. 1883)
1927 - Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (b. 1856)
1931 - Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
1933 - Wilhelm Cuno, 6th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
1933 - Jack Pickford, Canadian actor (b. 1896)
1944 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)
1945 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877)
1945 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (b. 1879)
1946 - William Joyce, American Nazi propagandist (executed) (b. 1906)
1950 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (b. 1884)
1956 - Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (b. 1864)
1956 - Joseph Wirth, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
1963 - Jack Carson, Canadian actor (b. 1910)
1967 - Mary Garden, Scottish singer (b. 1874)
1967 - Jack Ruby, American killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (b. 1911)
1969 - Jean Focas, Greco-French astronomer (b. 1909)
1969 - Howard McNear, American actor (b. 1905)
1974 - Gino Cervi, Italian actor (b. 1901)
1979 - Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (b. 1887)
1980 - Joy Adamson, Czech conservationist (b. 1910)
1980 - Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (b. 1892)
1981 - Princess Alice of Albany (b. 1883)
1988 - Rose Ausländer, German poet (b. 1901)
1989 - Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
1992 - Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (b. 1897)
1993 - Johnny Most, American sports announcer (b. 1923)
2002 - Juan García Esquivel, Mexican band leader (b. 1918)
2002 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch beer executive (b. 1923)
2003 - Sid Gillman, American football coach (b. 1911)
2004 - Leon Wagner, American baseball player (b. 1934)
2005 - Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (b. 1917)
2005 - JN Dixit, Indian government official (b. 1936)
2005 - Will Eisner, American comic book artist (b. 1917)
2006 - Steve Rogers (rugby league footballer), Australian rugby league footballer (b. 1954)
2006 - Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
2007 - Janos Furst, Hungarian-born orchestral conductor (b. 1935)
2007 - Earl Reibel, Canadian ice hockey forward Detroit Red Wings (b. 1930)
2007 - William Verity Jr., United States Secretary of Commerce 1987-1989 (b. 1917)
2007 - Cecil Walker, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Belfast 1983–2001 (b. 1924)
2007 - Michael Yeats, Irish Fianna Fáil senator 1961–1981 and son of W.B. Yeats (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances

Feast day of Genevieve
Festival in honour of Pax (mythology), Roman Empire
The tenth night and ninth twelvetide in Western Christianity
January 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

BBC: On This Day
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