About January 3
January 3, 2024 is the 3rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 363 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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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 38 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
- 1749 –Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
- 1749 –The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark’s oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
- 1777 –American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
- 1870 –The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.
- 1911 –A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
- 1925 –Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
- 1933 –Minnie D. Craig becomes the first female elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first female to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
- 1949 –The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
- 1957 –The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
- 1959 –Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
- 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.
- 1976 –The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights comes into effect.
- 1977 –Apple Computer is incorporated.
- 1997 –China announces it will spend US$27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys.
- 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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