January 3rd, 1979

Born on January 3rd, 1979

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What happened on January 3rd?

January 3rd, 1888

The 36-inch (91 cm) refracting telescope (pictured) at the Lick Observatory near San Jose, California, the largest in the world until 1897, was used for the first time.

January 3rd, 1833

With the arrival of two British naval ships at the Falkland Islands, the United Kingdom re-asserted sovereignty there.

January 3rd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: American forces under General George Washington defeated British troops at the Battle of Princeton.

January 3rd, 1749

The first issue of Berlingske (front page pictured), Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, was published.

January 3rd, 1521

Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem, excommunicating Martin Luther for refusing to retract 41 alleged errors found in his 95 Theses and other writings.

January 3rd, 0250

Emperor Decius ordered everyone in the Roman Empire (except Jews) to perform a sacrifice to the Roman gods, resulting in widespread persecution of Christians.

January 3rd, 2009

The cryptocurrency network of bitcoin was created when Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first block of the chain.

January 3rd, 2002

Israeli forces seized MV Karine A, which was carrying 50 tonnes of smuggled weapons on behalf of the Palestinian National Authority.

January 3rd, 1976

The multilateral International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, part of the International Bill of Human Rights, came into effect.

January 3rd, 1961

All 25 people on board Aero Flight 311 died in Finland's worst civilian air accident when the aircraft crashed near Kvevlax.

January 3rd, 1938

The American health charity March of Dimes was founded as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to help raise money for polio research.

January 3rd, 1919

Emir Faisal of Iraq signed an agreement with Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East.

January 3rd, 1911

An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw destroyed Almaty in Russian Turkestan.

January 3rd, 2023

Singapore's Jurong Bird Park permanently closes.

January 3rd, 2020

Iranian General Qasem Soleimani is killed by an American airstrike near Baghdad International Airport, igniting global concerns of a potential armed conflict.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 3rd

Born on January 3rd, 1979

45

Gul Panag

Actress

*January 3rd, 1979, Chandigarh

45

Lucas Severino

Brazilian association football player

*January 3rd, 1979, Ribeirão Preto

45

Jennifer Lynn Warren

Actress

*January 3rd, 1979, Altoona

45

Paulo Vilhena

Brazilian actor

*January 3rd, 1979, Santos

45

Koit Toome

Estonian singer

*January 3rd, 1979, Tallinn

45

Vania Masías Málaga

Peruvian choreographer

*January 3rd, 1979, Lima

45

Yénier Márquez

Cuban footballer

*January 3rd, 1979, Corralillo

45

Javier Benítez Pomares

Spanish cyclist

*January 3rd, 1979, Canals

45

Carlos Maldonado

Venezuelan baseball player

*January 3rd, 1979, Maracaibo

45

Takamichi Kobayashi

Japanese association football player

*January 3rd, 1979, Niigata

45

Rogério Corrêa

Brazilian association football player

*January 3rd, 1979, Goiânia

45

Adriano Vieira Louzada

Brazilian footballer

*January 3rd, 1979, Rio Branco

45

Kate Levering

American actress

*January 3rd, 1979, Sacramento

32

Rosman García

Baseball player

*January 3rd, 1979, Maracay †December 29th, 2011, Aragua

45

Francesco Bellissimo

Italian chef

*January 3rd, 1979, Rome

45

Rie Tanaka

Japanese voice actress, musician and singer

*January 3rd, 1979, Sapporo

45

Amanda Rowan

American photographer, filmmaker and actress

*January 3rd, 1979, Northern California

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Who's birthday is on January 3rd?

49

Gu Jun

Chinese badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

47

Iliana Fox

Mexican actress

*January 3rd, 1977, England

21

Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)

*January 3rd, 2003, Stockholm

46

Dominic Wood

English magician

*January 3rd, 1978, Exeter

81

J. R. R. Tolkien

English writer and philologist (1892–1973)

*January 3rd, 1892, Bloemfontein †September 2nd, 1973, Bournemouth

53

Tarek Al-Wazir

German politician

*January 3rd, 1971, Offenbach am Main

44

Raoul Kouakou

Ivorian footballer

*January 3rd, 1980, Abidjan

39

Justin Paul

American theater and television composer and lyricist

*January 3rd, 1985, Westport

68

Mel Gibson

American actor and filmmaker (born 1956)

*January 3rd, 1956, Peekskill

74

Victoria Principal

American actress

*January 3rd, 1950, Fukuoka

44

Kurt Vile

American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer

*January 3rd, 1980, Lansdowne

27

Jérémie Boga

Ivorian and French footballer

*January 3rd, 1997, 4th arrondissement of Marseille

43

Chasty Ballesteros

Canadian actress

*January 3rd, 1981, Vancouver

44

Necati Ateş

Turkish footballer

*January 3rd, 1980, İzmir

49

Jason Marsden

American actor

*January 3rd, 1975, Providence

43

Eli Manning

American football player (born 1981)

*January 3rd, 1981, New Orleans

46

Nithyananda Chutiyanandan

Cult Leader

*January 3rd, 1978, Tiruvannamalai

50

Alessandro Petacchi

Italian road bicycle racer

*January 3rd, 1974, La Spezia

47

Mayumi Iizuka

Japanese actress, voice actress and J-pop singer (1977-)

*January 3rd, 1977, Tokyo

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Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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