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January 3, 2007 Gerald Ford is buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan January 3, 2004 Flash Airlines flight 604 crashes near Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, killing 148 January 3, 1998 "Side Show," closes at Richard Rodgers New York City after 91 performances January 3, 1998 Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke January 3, 1997 Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final Today show on NBC-TV January 3, 1997 Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick vs. England at Harare January 3, 1997 Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series vs. England 3-0 January 3, 1994 "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 13 performances January 3, 1994 100s killed in Venezuela in prison revolt January 3, 1994 Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia: 122 killed January 3, 1994 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field January 3, 1993 "Catskills on Broadway" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 452 performances January 3, 1993 "Christmas Carol" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 22 performances January 3, 1993 "Lost in Yonkers" closes at Richard Rodgers New York City after 780 performances January 3, 1993 "Secret Garden" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 706 performances January 3, 1993 "Tommy Tune Tonite!" closes at Gershwin New York City after 10 performances January 3, 1993 Junk bond king Michael Milkin is released from jail after 22 months January 3, 1992 32 Cubans defect to the U.S. via helicopter January 3, 1992 Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* vs. India at Sydney January 3, 1991 Israel reopens consulate in U.S.S.R. after 23 years January 3, 1991 LA King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against New York Islanders January 3, 1990 Panama's leader Gen Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. authorities January 3, 1989 Jim and Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!) January 3, 1989 Russian newspaper Izvestia gets its 1st commercial advertisement January 3, 1988 Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut January 3, 1988 Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British Prime Minister this century January 3, 1987 "Oh Coward!" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 56 performances January 3, 1987 "Smile" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 48 performances January 3, 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin January 3, 1987 Singer/Miss America Vanessa Williams marries Ramon T Hervey in New York City January 3, 1985 Azharuddin scores 110 in 1st Test innings January 3, 1985 Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews January 3, 1984 Syria frees captured U.S. pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson January 3, 1983 Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota January 3, 1981 55th Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (60 75) January 3, 1981 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 34, Austin Carr January 3, 1981 Greg Chappell scores 204 vs. India at the SCG January 3, 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91) January 3, 1980 Gold hits record $634 an ounce January 3, 1978 Chandrasekar takes 6-52 and 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win January 3, 1977 Apple Computers incorporated January 3, 1977 Lindy McDaniel retires with 2nd most pitching appearances (987 games) January 3, 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site January 3, 1974 Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of Spain January 3, 1974 Burma accepts its constitution January 3, 1974 Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London January 3, 1974 Miguel Pinero's "Short Eyes," premieres in New York City January 3, 1974 New York Yankees sign Bill Virdon as manager January 3, 1973 George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million January 3, 1971 "President's Daughter" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 72 performances January 3, 1971 Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game January 3, 1971 Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco '49ers 17-10 in NFC championship game January 3, 1970 "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 84 performances January 3, 1970 "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1508 performances January 3, 1970 Marxist government takes over in Congo January 3, 1970 WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting January 3, 1969 John Lennon's "2 Virgins" album declared pornographic in NJ January 3, 1969 Rep Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. seated by Congress January 3, 1967 "Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes January 3, 1967 Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys is indicted for draft evasion January 3, 1967 WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting January 3, 1966 Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE January 3, 1964 Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You" January 3, 1963 WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting January 3, 1962 Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome January 3, 1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 3, 1961 Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor January 3, 1961 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba January 3, 1959 Alaska admitted as 49th U.S. state January 3, 1958 Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland January 3, 1958 Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa at Cape Town January 3, 1957 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa January 3, 1955 Jose Ramon Guizado becomes president of Panama January 3, 1952 "Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV January 3, 1952 Australia beat West Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38 January 3, 1951 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/US agents January 3, 1951 Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (U.S. athlete of 1950) January 3, 1949 "Colgate Theater" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV January 3, 1948 Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 and 127*) vs. India MCG January 3, 1947 1st opening session of Congress to be televised January 3, 1947 William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee January 3, 1945 Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab January 3, 1945 British Premier Winston Churchill visits France January 3, 1945 Cato-Meridian School, New York, installs germicidal lamps in every room January 3, 1945 Greek General Plastiras forms government January 3, 1945 John Patrick's "Hasty Heart," premieres in New York City January 3, 1945 US aircraft carriers attack Okinawa January 3, 1943 1st missing persons telecast (New York City) January 3, 1943 Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa January 3, 1942 American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command forms January 3, 1941 Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease) January 3, 1941 Italian counter offensive in Albania January 3, 1941 Sergei Rachmaninov's "Symphonic Dances" premieres in Philadelphia January 3, 1940 WPG-AM in Atlantic City New Jersey consolidates with WBIL and WOV as "new" WOV January 3, 1939 Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in U.S. House of Representatives January 3, 1938 March of Dimes established to fight polio January 3, 1931 Nels Stewart of Montreal Maroons scores 2 goals in 4 sec (record) January 3, 1929 27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS pres January 3, 1929 Bradman scores 112 vs. England at MCG - his 1st Test century January 3, 1926 Greek gen Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator January 3, 1925 Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator January 3, 1924 British egyptologist Howard Carter finds sarcophagus of Tutankhamun January 3, 1922 1st living person identified on a U.S. coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar January 3, 1921 Turkey makes peace with Armenia January 3, 1920 Arthur Honegger's "Chant de Nigamon," premieres January 3, 1920 New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000 January 3, 1918 US employment service opens as a unit of Department of Labor January 3, 1914 Kelman/Cushing/Heath' musical "Sari," premieres in New York City January 3, 1912 South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free January 3, 1911 US postal savings bank inaugurated January 3, 1910 British miners strike for 8 hour working day January 3, 1902 Reg Duff 104 on Test debut, vs. England at MCG January 3, 1900 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Schluck und Jau," premieres in Berlin January 3, 1900 Perihelion Passage January 3, 1896 Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid January 3, 1890 1st U.S. college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin January 3, 1889 Admissions convention meets in Ellensburg, WA, asks for statehood January 3, 1888 1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington D.C. January 3, 1876 1st free kindergarten in U.S. opens in Florence, Mass January 3, 1872 1st patent list issued by U.S. Patent Office January 3, 1871 Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, New York January 3, 1870 Brooklyn Bridge construction begins; completed May 24, 1883 January 3, 1868 Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors January 3, 1865 Con Orem and Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match January 3, 1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester January 3, 1861 Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy January 3, 1861 US Ft. Pulaski and Ft. Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia January 3, 1852 1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii January 3, 1847 California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco January 3, 1840 1st deep sea sounding January 3, 1833 Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic January 3, 1831 1st U.S. building and loan association organized, Frankford, Penn January 3, 1825 Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community January 3, 1780 Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," 1st sung January 3, 1777 Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ January 3, 1752 East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed January 3, 1750 Tax revolt in Haarlem Neth January 3, 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlies army leaves Glasgow, January 3, 1667 Resistance of Androsovo in Russia-Poland January 3, 1667 Russia and Poland sign Truce of Androsovo January 3, 1638 Dutch Premier Van Joost speaks of "Hostage rights of Aemstel" January 3, 1638 Schouwburg Theater, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens January 3, 1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church January 3, 1431 Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop January 3, 1407 Bloody battles between Hoeksen and Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht January 3, 1338 Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent January 3, 936 Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII January 3, 269 St. Felix I begins his reign as Catholic Pope January 3, 236 St. Anterus ends his reign as Catholic Pope |