What Happened on Jan 3

Battle of Princeton

The Battle of Princeton (January 3, 1777) was a battle in which General Washington's revolutionary forces defeated British forces near Princeton,... Read more

The Treaty Of Hopewell Is Signed

After the rituals, the Choctaws asked John Woods to live with them to improve communication with the U.S. In exchange they allowed Taboca to visit... Read more

Treaty Of Hopewell Is Signed By Benjamin Hawkins And The Choctaw Indian

On January 3, 1786, the Treaty of Hopewell was signed between U.S. representatives Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, and Joseph Martin and members... Read more

Lucretia Coffin Mott Is Born

Political and social reformer Lucretia Coffin Mott was born on January 3, 1793 in Nantucket, Massachusetts to a Quaker family. Inspired by a... Read more

Battle of Cockpit Point

The Battle of Cockpit Point, also known as Batteries at Evansport, the Battle of Freestone Point, or the Battle of Shipping Point, took place on... Read more

Oscar Wilde Begins Lecture Tour of the United States and Canada

I have nothing to declare except my genius. Read more

J. R. R. Tolkien is Born

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known... Read more

'An Ideal Husband' Opens at the Haymarket Theatre in London

One of the issues being worked out in the Victorian theater was the so-called woman question. Plays like Pinero's The Second Mrs.Tanqueray... Read more

Adolf Hitler's father, Alois, dies

In the town of Leonding, Austria, on the bitterly cold morning of Saturday, January 3, 1903, Alois Hitler, 65, went out for a walk, stopping at a... Read more

The Siege of Sidney Street

The police were armed with bulldog revolvers, shotguns and rifles fitted with .22 Morris-tube barrels for use on a minature range, but these proved... Read more

Faisal-Weizmann Agreement signed

The Faisal-Weizmann Agreement was signed on January 3, 1919, by Emir Feisal (son of the King of Hejaz) and Chaim Weizmann (later President of the... Read more

Amelia Earhart takes first flying lesson

Earhart had her first lessons, beginning on January 3, 1921, at Kinner Field near Long Beach but to reach the airfield Amelia took a bus to the end... Read more

Richard Nixon is Sworn into the House of Representatives

Soon after World War II ended, a group of Whittier Republicans approached Nixon about running for a seat in the United States House of... Read more

Robert Byrd Elected as a Member of the United States House of Representatives for West Virginia's 6th Congressional District

Prior to his time in the Senate, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1952-1958, and also served in the West Virginia... Read more

Alaska is the 49th State Admitted to the Union

President Eisenhower stated his support for the idea of statehood for Alaska early in his administration but also expressed concerns that needed to... Read more

Reagan is Sworn in as Governor of California

Reagan is sworn in as governor of California. He inherits a $200 million deficit in a state where the governor is required by Constitution to... Read more

Senator Robert Byrd is Elected Majority Whip

He became majority whip, or the second highest-ranking Democrat, for six years beginning in 1971. Read more

Joe Biden serves as US Senator

When Biden did take office on January 3, 1973, at age 30 (the minimum age to become a U.S. Senator), he became the sixth-youngest senator in U.S.... Read more

Senator Robert Byrd Elected Majority Leader

From 1977 to 1989 Byrd was the leader of the Senate Democrats, serving as majority leader from 1977 to 1981 and 1987 to 1989 Read more

Senator Robert Byrd Elected as Minority Leader

Senator Byrd rose from the hardscrabble hollows of West Virginia to spend 12 years as Senate Democratic leader. He was majority leader from 1977 to... Read more

Senator Robert Byrd Becomes Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee

Byrd was the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee when the Democrats were in power from 1989 to January 6, 2009, when he stepped down... Read more

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (sometimes abbreviated to ST:DS9 or DS9) is a science fiction television program that premiered in 1993 and ran for... Read more

James "Whitey" Bulger Sighted in Clearwater, FL

The news of James “Whitey" Bulger’s arrest came as a shock in the dead of night, jolting awake the retired cops who, in some cases, devoted decades... Read more

The attack on the USS The Sullivans Spoiled

Members of al-Qaeda attempted an attack on The Sullivans while in port at Aden, Yemen on 3 January 2000 as a part of the 2000 millennium attack... Read more

Irian Jaya Earthquake of 2009

At least three people were killed when a series of powerful earthquakes struck near the northern coast of Indonesia's largest province Sunday,... Read more