January 3

January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 362 days remaining (363 in leap years).

Events:

• 1938 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the [March of Dimes]? to help raise funds for the fight against polio?.
• 1959 - Alaska is admitted to the United States as the 49th state.
• 1987 - [Aretha Franklin]? becomes the first woman inducted into the [Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]?.

Births:

• 1793 - Lucretia Mott (women's rights activist and abolitionist)
• 1879 - [Grace Coolidge]? (First Lady)
• 1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien (author)
• 1911 - [John Sturges]? (director)
• 1926 - [George Martin]? ("5th Beatle": producer of The Beatles' records, later inducted into the [Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]?)
• 1930 - [Robert Loggia]? (actor)
• 1932 - [Dabney Coleman]? (actor)
• 1945 - [Stephen Stills]? (singer, songwriter, guitarist)
• 1946 - John Paul Jones (bassist)
• 1956 - [Mel Gibson]? (actor, director)
• 1969 - Michael Schumacher (Formula One driver)

Deaths:

Holidays and observances:

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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