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A measles outbreak is declared in Metro Manila; the Philippine Department of Health reports 1,724 cases as of December 14, and 71 people in one hospital alone died in 2013
More Notable Events on January 3: 1997 Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final Today show on NBC-TV
1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro
1959 Alaska admitted as 49th U.S. state
1958 Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland
1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church
