January 3rd, 2001

Born on January 3rd, 2001

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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, 2001

23

Mikkel Kaufmann

Danish footballer

*January 3rd, 2001, Aalborg

23

Deni Avdija

Israeli-Serbian basketball player of paternal Kosovar-Muslim descent

*January 3rd, 2001, Beit Zera

23

Sharon Sahertian

Indonesian actress

*January 3rd, 2001, Jakarta

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Who's birthday is on January 3rd?

21

Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)

*January 3rd, 2003, Stockholm

49

Gu Jun

Chinese badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

24

Leandro Barreiro

Luxembourgian association football player

*January 3rd, 2000, Erpeldange

25

Amaia

Spanish singer

*January 3rd, 1999, Pamplona

27

Jérémie Boga

Ivorian and French footballer

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

81

J. R. R. Tolkien

English writer and philologist (1892–1973)

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

29

Jisoo

South Korean singer and actress (born 1995)

*January 3rd, 1995, Grupo

53

Tarek Al-Wazir

German politician

*January 3rd, 1971, Offenbach am Main

47

Iliana Fox

Mexican actress

*January 3rd, 1977, England

68

Mel Gibson

American actor and filmmaker (born 1956)

*January 3rd, 1956, Peekskill

74

Victoria Principal

American actress

*January 3rd, 1950, Fukuoka

39

Justin Paul

American theater and television composer and lyricist

*January 3rd, 1985, Westport

28

Florence Pugh

British actress

*January 3rd, 1996, Oxford

26

Patrick Cutrone

Italian association football player

*January 3rd, 1998, Como

22

Kornel Witkowski

Polish figure skater

*January 3rd, 2002, Łódź

25

Georgia Stanway

Association football player (born 1999)

*January 3rd, 1999, Barrow-in-Furness

46

Dominic Wood

English magician

*January 3rd, 1978, Exeter

30

Dunja Zdouc

Austrian biathlete

*January 3rd, 1994, Klagenfurt

36

Jonny Evans

Northern Irish association football player (born 1988)

*January 3rd, 1988, Belfast

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Born in 2001

22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

22

Noa Kirel

Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and television host; represented Israel in the 2023 Eurovision

*May 10th, 2001, Haifa

22

Kaia Gerber

American model and actress

*September 3rd, 2001, Los Angeles County

22

Malvika Bansod

Indian badminton player

*September 15th, 2001, Nagpur

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

22

Martina La Piana

Italian boxer

*November 26th, 2001, Catania

22

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

22

Quevedo

Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter

*December 7th, 2001, Canary Islands

22

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

22

Selina Freitag

German ski jumper

*May 19th, 2001, Erlabrunn

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

22

Marit van Ede

Dutch Handball player

*December 26th, 2001, Nieuwegein

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

22

Lil Tjay

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*April 30th, 2001, The Bronx

22

Dana Danilenko

Badminton player

*July 19th, 2001, Lod

22

Zack Tabudlo

Filipino singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 6th, 2001, Las Piñas

23

Di Zijian

Chinese badminton player

*February 27th, 2001, Liaoyang

22

Linda Mazri

Badminton player

*December 21st, 2001, El Biar

22

Brian Yang

Badminton player

*November 25th, 2001, Toronto

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2001 is a normal year and no leap year.

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