About January 3
January 3, 2021 is the 3rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 362 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 40 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
January 3: More About This Day
The Perihelion, the point in the year when the Earth is closest to the Sun, occurs around this date.
What Happened On January 3
- 1496 –Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
- 1749 –Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
- 1782 –Sylhet District in north-east Bangladesh is established
- 1823 –Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
- 1925 –Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
- 1932 –Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company.
- 1944 –World War II: Top Ace Major Greg “Pappy” Boyington is shot down in his Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Zero.
- 1947 –Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
- 1949 –The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
- 1953 –Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
- 1958 –The West Indies Federation is formed.
- 1961 –Finland’s worst civilian aviation accident takes place when Aero Flight 311 crashes near Kvevlax, resulting in the deaths of all 25 people aboard.
- 1961 –The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.
- 1962 –Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
- 1977 –Apple Computer is incorporated.
- 1990 –Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.
- 1999 –Israel detains, and later expels, 14 members of Concerned Christians.
- 1999 –The Mars Polar Lander is launched.
- 2004 –Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it the deadliest aviation accident in Egyptian history.
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