January 3
1521 - Martin Luther is excommunicated by Pope Leo X.
1777 - Gen. George Washington defeated Cornwallis's forces at the Battle of Princeton during the Revolutionary War.
1833 - Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands.
1861 - More than two weeks before Georgia seceded from the Union, the state militia seized Fort Pulaski at the order of Gov. Joseph E. Brown. The Delaware House and Senate voted to oppose secession from the Union.
1868 - The Meiji Restoration re-established the authority of Japan's emperor and heralded the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns.
1870 - Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began.
1947 - Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time.
1958 - Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole over land.
1959 - Alaska became the 49th state.
1961 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced the United States was formally terminating diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro.
1967 - Jack Ruby, the man who shot John F. Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died.
1977 - Apple Computer was incorporated in Cupertino, California, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Mike Markkula Jr.
1987 - Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1990 - Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces.
2002 - A judge in Alabama ruled that former Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry was mentally competent to stand trial on murder charges in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four black girls. (Cherry was later convicted, and served a life sentence until his death in November 2004.)
2007 - Gerald R. Ford was laid to rest on the grounds of his presidential museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, during a ceremony watched by thousands of onlookers.
2018 - President Donald Trump signed an executive order disbanding the controversial voter fraud commission he had set up to investigate the 2016 presidential election after alleging without evidence that voting fraud cost him the popular vote; the White House blamed the decision to end the panel on more than a dozen states that refused to cooperate.
2020 - The United States killed Iran's top general in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport; the Pentagon said Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds force, had been "actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members" in Iraq and elsewhere. Iran warned of retaliation.
2022 - A jury in San Jose, California, convicted Elizabeth Holmes of duping investors into believing that her startup company Theranos had developed a revolutionary medical device that could detect diseases and conditions from a few drops of blood.
Birthdays
28 - Florence Pugh (actress)
35 - Alex D. Linz (actor)
38 - Lloyd (singer)
39 - Nicole Beharie (actress)
41 - Katie McGrath (actress)
43 - Eli Manning (football player)
45 - Kate Levering (actress)
46 - Kimberly Locke (singer)
48 - Nicholas Gonzalez (actor)
49 - Danica McKellar (actress)
49 - Jason Marsden (actor)
55 - John Ales (actor)
68 - Mel Gibson (actor)
74 - Victoria Principal (actress)
92 - Dabney Coleman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 3
1920 - The New York Yankees acquired Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox, and so began the "curse of the Bambino" that haunted the Red Sox until 2004.
1941 - The National Collegiate Football Rules Committee announced a new rule that permitted free substitution of football players.
1971 - In the first AFC Championship Game, the Baltimore Colts defeat the Oakland Raiders 27-17; in the first NFC Championship Game the Dallas Cowboys defeat the San Francisco 49ers, 17-10.
1981 - The Cleveland Cavaliers retire Austin Carr's #34.
1983 - Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett sets an NFL record with a 99-yard rush in a game against the Minnesota Vikings.
1991 - Wayne Gretzky becomes the youngest and fastest player in NHL history to reach 700 career goals.
1993 - In "The Comeback", quarterback Frank Reich leads the Buffalo Bills back from a 32-point deficit to defeat the Houston Oilers 41-38 in overtime in a wildcard playoff game, the greatest comeback in NFL history.
1994 - Steve Young of the San Francisco 49ers becomes the first quarterback in NFL history to win three consecutive NFL passing titles.
1997 - UTEP head basketball coach Don Haskins becomes the 10th coach in NCAA Division I history to record 700 career wins.
2001 - In the BCS National Championship Game, Oklahoma defeats Florida State 13-2.
2002 - In the BCS National Championship Game, Miami (FL) defeats Nebraska 37-14.
2003 - In the BCS National Championship Game, Ohio State defeats Miami (FL) 31-24.
2004 - Carolina Panthers kicker John Kasay ties the NFL playoff record with five field goals in a 29-10 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
2007 - High profile Miami Dolphins head coach Nick Saban resigns after agreeing to return to the college game to become the head coach at Alabama.
2010 - Chris Johnson (Tennessee Titans) set the NFL single-season record for yards from scrimmage. He finished the season with 2,509 yards.
2016 - Jimmy Butler breaks Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls record for points in an NBA half, scoring 40 of his 42 points in the second half to lead the Bulls to a 115-113 win over the Toronto Raptors.
1521 - Martin Luther is excommunicated by Pope Leo X.
1777 - Gen. George Washington defeated Cornwallis's forces at the Battle of Princeton during the Revolutionary War.
1833 - Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands.
1861 - More than two weeks before Georgia seceded from the Union, the state militia seized Fort Pulaski at the order of Gov. Joseph E. Brown. The Delaware House and Senate voted to oppose secession from the Union.
1868 - The Meiji Restoration re-established the authority of Japan's emperor and heralded the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns.
1870 - Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began.
1947 - Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time.
1958 - Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole over land.
1959 - Alaska became the 49th state.
1961 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced the United States was formally terminating diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro.
1967 - Jack Ruby, the man who shot John F. Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died.
1977 - Apple Computer was incorporated in Cupertino, California, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Mike Markkula Jr.
1987 - Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1990 - Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces.
2002 - A judge in Alabama ruled that former Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry was mentally competent to stand trial on murder charges in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four black girls. (Cherry was later convicted, and served a life sentence until his death in November 2004.)
2007 - Gerald R. Ford was laid to rest on the grounds of his presidential museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, during a ceremony watched by thousands of onlookers.
2018 - President Donald Trump signed an executive order disbanding the controversial voter fraud commission he had set up to investigate the 2016 presidential election after alleging without evidence that voting fraud cost him the popular vote; the White House blamed the decision to end the panel on more than a dozen states that refused to cooperate.
2020 - The United States killed Iran's top general in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport; the Pentagon said Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds force, had been "actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members" in Iraq and elsewhere. Iran warned of retaliation.
2022 - A jury in San Jose, California, convicted Elizabeth Holmes of duping investors into believing that her startup company Theranos had developed a revolutionary medical device that could detect diseases and conditions from a few drops of blood.
Birthdays
28 - Florence Pugh (actress)
35 - Alex D. Linz (actor)
38 - Lloyd (singer)
39 - Nicole Beharie (actress)
41 - Katie McGrath (actress)
43 - Eli Manning (football player)
45 - Kate Levering (actress)
46 - Kimberly Locke (singer)
48 - Nicholas Gonzalez (actor)
49 - Danica McKellar (actress)
49 - Jason Marsden (actor)
55 - John Ales (actor)
68 - Mel Gibson (actor)
74 - Victoria Principal (actress)
92 - Dabney Coleman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 3
1920 - The New York Yankees acquired Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox, and so began the "curse of the Bambino" that haunted the Red Sox until 2004.
1941 - The National Collegiate Football Rules Committee announced a new rule that permitted free substitution of football players.
1971 - In the first AFC Championship Game, the Baltimore Colts defeat the Oakland Raiders 27-17; in the first NFC Championship Game the Dallas Cowboys defeat the San Francisco 49ers, 17-10.
1981 - The Cleveland Cavaliers retire Austin Carr's #34.
1983 - Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett sets an NFL record with a 99-yard rush in a game against the Minnesota Vikings.
1991 - Wayne Gretzky becomes the youngest and fastest player in NHL history to reach 700 career goals.
1993 - In "The Comeback", quarterback Frank Reich leads the Buffalo Bills back from a 32-point deficit to defeat the Houston Oilers 41-38 in overtime in a wildcard playoff game, the greatest comeback in NFL history.
1994 - Steve Young of the San Francisco 49ers becomes the first quarterback in NFL history to win three consecutive NFL passing titles.
1997 - UTEP head basketball coach Don Haskins becomes the 10th coach in NCAA Division I history to record 700 career wins.
2001 - In the BCS National Championship Game, Oklahoma defeats Florida State 13-2.
2002 - In the BCS National Championship Game, Miami (FL) defeats Nebraska 37-14.
2003 - In the BCS National Championship Game, Ohio State defeats Miami (FL) 31-24.
2004 - Carolina Panthers kicker John Kasay ties the NFL playoff record with five field goals in a 29-10 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
2007 - High profile Miami Dolphins head coach Nick Saban resigns after agreeing to return to the college game to become the head coach at Alabama.
2010 - Chris Johnson (Tennessee Titans) set the NFL single-season record for yards from scrimmage. He finished the season with 2,509 yards.
2016 - Jimmy Butler breaks Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls record for points in an NBA half, scoring 40 of his 42 points in the second half to lead the Bulls to a 115-113 win over the Toronto Raptors.
