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What happened in history on this day: January 3?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 3 in ...
- 1984 - Docutel/Olivetti begins marketing the Olivetti PC, compatible with the IBM PC. The computers are made by Corona Data Systems. Price is US$2895 with one floppy drive, or US$3295 with dual floppy drives.
- 2001 - Intel releases the 800 MHz Celeron processor, with 100 MHz system bus. Price is US$170 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2001 - Intel releases the 1.3 GHz Pentium 4 processor.
- 1965 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Disneyland's 10th Anniversary.
- 1971 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Three Without Fear: Lost on the Baja Peninsula.
- 1984 - The Circle Vision 360 film America the Beautiful closes at Disneyland.
- 1989 - The Sunkist Citrus House shop at Disneyland closes.
- 1989 - The If You Could Fly attraction in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World closes.
- 1991 - NBC TV begins airing the series Blossom.
- 1992 - The NBC TV network airs the last episode of the series Pacific Station.
- 1994 - The Kitchen Kabaret audio-animatronic show in The Land pavilion in EPCOT Center closes.
- 1994 - The ABC TV network premieres the Disney TV series The Good Life.
- 1983 - Production begins on the 1984 model Corvette. Vehicles with VIN 0002-0071 are built as test vehicles; the 71st car built is given VIN 0001, and donated to the National Council of Corvette Clubs for a charity raffle. Car #0071 is the first customer-built car, bought by Bob Nagy.
- 1995 - Chevrolet announces that the Corvette has been chosen as the official pace car of the Indianapolis 500 race. Chevrolet announces to its dealers that 522 pace car replicas would be produced, with 415 available for dealer sales.
- 2006 - David Hill retires as chief engineer of Corvette, replaced by Tom Wallace.
- 1940 - (evening) German submarine U-25 secretly moors next to German merchant ship Thalia in the Spanish port of Cadiz, for refuelling and restocking.
- 1941 - British forces assault the Italian army at Bardia, inside the Libyan frontier. They capture 45,000 troops, 129 tanks, 400 guns, and 706 trucks.
- 1941 - (evening) British Bomber Command aircraft make attacks on Bremen, Germany.
- 1945 - In Burma, Japanese forces abandon Akyab.
- 1945 - US forces complete the capture of Mindoro in the Philippines.
- 1945 - In France, British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery launches his force's attack from the north on German forces.
- 1945 - In Canada, the first of the conscripted soldiers leave Halifax, Nova Scotia, for overseas duty.
- 1946 - Great Britain, Canada, and the United States make their first public disclosures about their chemical and biological warfare efforts during the war. American authorities reveal that they were prepared to act both defensively and offensively if Germany or Japan had started such warfare against the Allies.
- 1946 - (0900 hours) At Wandsworth Prison in London, England, William Joyce is hanged. Known as "Lord Haw Haw", Joyce was an American citizen, who made regular wartime broadcasts over German radio, making him one of the most hated men in Great Britain.
- 1993 - In Dresden, Germany, reconstruction of the Frauenkirche church begins. The church had collapsed during bombing in 1945.
- 1922 - The Governor General Julian Byng strikes the first two nickel 5c coins of Canada, at the mint in Ottawa. He and Lady Byng are presented with these two nickels in plush cases.
- 1998 - The Royal Canadian Mint launches a $15 bimetallic coin in Markham, Ontario, commemorating the Year of the Tiger. The planchet is 92.5% silver, with a 24K gold plating in the center of the reverse. Price is $68.88.
- 2008 - The Royal Canadian Mint issues several 2008 Commemorative Coin Sets:
- Oh Canada, with red and white flag on 25-cent coin;
- Congratulations, with yellow trophy on 25-cent coin;
- Wedding, with four-color cake on 25-cent coin;
- Birthday, with multi-color party hat on 25-cent coin;
- Baby, with color teddy bear on 25-cent coin.
Price for each is $19.95.
- 1886 - Birth of Arthur Mailey cricketer (great Aussie leg-spinner and cartoonist).
- 1902 - Reg Duff 104 on Test debut, versus England at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1920 - New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Boston Red Sox for $125,000.
- 1929 - Bradman scores 112 versus England at Melbourne Cricket Ground - his first Test century.
- 1931 - Nels Stewart of Montréal Maroons scores two goals in 4 seconds (record).
- 1948 - Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 and 127*) versus India Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1951 - Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (US athlete of 1950).
- 1952 - Australia beats West Indies by one wicket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, last stand 38.
- 1958 - Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick versus South Africa at Cape Town.
- 1971 - Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game.
- 1971 - Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers 17-10 in NFC championship game.
- 1973 - George Steinbrenner III buys New York Yankees from CBS for US$12 million.
- 1974 - New York Yankees sign Bill Virdon as manager.
- 1977 - Lindy McDaniel retires with second most pitching appearances (987 games).
- 1978 - Chandrasekar takes 6-52 and 6-52 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Indian innings win.
- 1981 - Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey #34, Austin Carr.
- 1981 - Greg Chappell scores 204 versus India at the SCG.
- 1981 - Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 metre butterfly (58.91s).
- 1981 - 55th Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (6-0, 7-5).
- 1982 - Derek Sealy, cricketer (West Indies 1930-39), dies.
- 1983 - Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yard rush, Dallas Cowboys versus Minnesota Vikings.
- 1985 - Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.
- 1991 - Los Angeles Kings' Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal, against New York Islanders.
- 1992 - Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129 versus India at Sydney.
- 1992 - Ken Grieves, cricketer (New South Wales and Lancashire leg-spin all-rounder), dies.
- 1994 - 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Cleveland Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field.
- 1997 - Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick versus England at Harare.
- 1997 - Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series versus England 3-0.
- 2002 - The University of Miami defeats Nebraska 37-14 in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to win college football's national championship.
- 2003 - The Ohio State University defeats the University of Miami in double-overtime in the Fiesta Bowl, 31-24, for the national Bowl Championship Series (BCS) title.
- 2003 - Death of Sid Gillman, American football coach (born 1911).
- 2005 - The Angels of Anaheim team announces the franchise will now be known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
- 2006 - Death of Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player (born 1954).
- 1945 - Birth of Victoria Principal in Fukuoka, Japan; actress (Earthquake, Pamela - Dallas).
- 2008 - Rare snow flurries in southeast Florida, USA.
- 2009 - A series of powerful earthquakes hits eastern Indonesia, the strongest with a magnitude of 7.6, north of the city of Manokwari in West Papua province.
Other history:
- 1847 - California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco.
- 1924 - British Egyptologist Howard Carter finds sarcophagus of Tutankhamun.
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/today/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
Other web pages of interest:
Chronology of World History
What's Notable About this Year?
Ken P's Coin/Stamp/Bill Novelties
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