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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 ...
- 1977 - Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Mike Markkula file for incorporation of Apple Computer. The corporation purchases the Apple Computer partnership for US$5308.96, paying Ron Wayne one-third of that.
- 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.
- 2006 - Intel announces it is dropping the 25-year old "Intel Inside" campaign and the 37-year old Intel logo with dropped "e". The new logo is lowercase "intel" in an oval, with tag line "Leap ahead".
- 2010 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA.
- A laptop computer with Apple-like logo appears.
- A laptop computer displays a web site about "Pyramid Power".
- An Apple Mac OS-like screen is used to denote a person forgetting something.
- 1965 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Disneyland's 10th Anniversary.
- 1967 - The Circle-Vision theater in Disneyland is closed for remodelling.
- 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 theater and film America the Beautiful close 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.
- 1935 - Emanuel Hahn completes and submits a new design and model of a canoe with voyageur and Indian design for the 1935 silver dollar.
- 2010 - At the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, Heritage Auction Galleries conducts the NY-INC Auction of the Canadiana Collection. Some highlights (including 15 percent buyer's premium):
- 1-cent 1936 dot, SP-66 Red PCGS, finest of three known: US$402,500 (CDN$419,164),
- 5-cent 1921, MS-67 PCGS, finest known: US$119,761,
- 10-cent 1889, MS-66 PCGS: US$89,821,
- 10-cent 1936 dot, SP-68 PCGS: US$191,618,
- 25-cent 1874-H, MS-67 PCGS: US$53,892,
- 25-cent 1875-H, blunt 5 MS-64 PCGS: US$65,869,
- 25-cent 1936 dot, MS-64 PCGS: US$88,779,
- 50-cent 1870, no LCW, MS-64 PCGS: US$89,821,
- 50-cent 1871-H, MS-67 PCGS: US$125,749,
- 50-cent 1872-H, inverted A/V MS-64 PCGS: US$89,821,
- 50-cent 1890-H, MS-64 PCGS: US$155,689,
- 50-cent 1892, obverse 4, MS-65 PCGS: US$89,821,
- 50-cent 1921, MS-66 PCGS: US$227,546.
- 1825 - US Senate confirms Samuel Moore as Mint director.
- 1862 - The US government suspends specie payments.
- 1922 - First living person identified on a US coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar.
- 1922 - The first 1921 Peace dollar is presented to President Warren Harding.
- 2000 - The US Mint launches the 2000 Massachusetts State quarter dollar.
- 2012 - (to January 8) At the Florida United Numismatists convention in Orlando, Florida, Heritage Auctions conducts a series of auctions. Some highlights:
- 1776 Continental dollar, "currency", pewter, MS-67 NGC: $546,250;
- 1793 cent, chain, periods, MS-65 brown PCGS: $1,380,000;
- 1828/7 $5, MS-64 NGC: $632,000;
- 1828 $5, MS-64 PCGS: $402,500;
- 1829 $5, large date, PR-64 PCGS: $1,380,000;
- 1829 $5, small date, MS-61 PCGS: $431,250;
- 1907 $10, wire rim, indian head, PR-62 NGC: $345,000;
- 1920-S $20, MS-66 PCGS: $575,000;
- 1921 $20, MS-66 PCGS: $747,000;
- 1926-D $20, MS-66+ PCGS: $402,500;
- 1933 $10, MS-64+ PCGS: $402,500.
- 1865 - Con Orem and Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match.
- 1902 - Reg Duff scores 104 on cricket Test debut, versus England at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1920 - New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Boston Red Sox for $125,000.
- 1929 - Donald 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 - Donald Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 and 127*) versus India Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1951 - Fred Wilt wins Amateur Athletic Union 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 - The Columbia Broadcasting System sells the New York Yankees to a 17-person syndicate headed by George Steinbrenner for US$10 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 Sydney Cricket Ground.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 2005 - The Angels of Anaheim baseball team in California announces the franchise will now be known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Edmonton Oilers by score 4-1.
- 2019 - Chinese probe Chang'e 4 becomes the first human-made object to land on the far side of the Moon.
- 2008 - Rare snow flurries in southeast Florida, USA.
- 1777 - US General George Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, New Jersey.
- 1825 - US Senate confirms Samuel Moore as Mint director.
- 1825 - Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community.
- 1831 - First US building and loan association organized, Frankford Pennsylvania.
- 1861 - Fort Pulaski and Fort Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia.
- 1862 - Romney Campaign - CSA General Thomas Jackson moves north from Winchester.
- 1870 - Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge across New York's East River (completed May 24, 1883, will be world's longest suspension bridge).
- 1871 - Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, New York.
- 1872 - First patent list issued by US Patent Office.
- 1876 - First free kindergarten in US opens in Florence, Massachusetts.
- 1877 - In Warrenton, Missouri, a meteorite falls to the ground; no damage or injuries.
- 1882 - The Saint Louis, Missouri, Assay Office opens.
- 1888 - First wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington DC.
- 1889 - Admissions convention meets in Ellensburg, Washington, asks for statehood.
- 1890 - First US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin.
- 1911 - US postal savings bank inaugurated.
- 1918 - US employment service opens as a unit of Department of Labor.
- 1922 - First living person identified on a US coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar.
- 1938 - US President Franklin Roosevelt authorizes the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (March of Dimes), to conquer polio.
- 1941 - Canada and US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 year lease).
- 1942 - American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command forms.
- 1943 - First missing persons telecast (New York City, New York).
- 1945 - US aircraft carriers attack Okinawa.
- 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.
- 1947 - First opening session of US Congress to be televised.
- 1957 - First electric watch introduced, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1959 - Alaska becomes the 49th state to join the USA.
- 1961 - Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of US House Education and Labor.
- 1965 - Robert Kennedy begins term as US Senator for New York.
- 1970 - Mame closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City, New York after 1508 performances.
- 1970 - The Prairie Network of cameras on parairie states of the USA records the fall of a stony meteorite, with four fragments totalling 17kg recovered near Lost City in Oklahoma, Nebraska.
- 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1983 - Kilauea begins slowly erupting on the Big Island of Hawaii and is still flowing as of 2008.
- 1984 - Syria frees captured US pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson.
- 1990 - Panamá's leader General Manuel Noriega surrenders to US military troops to face charges of drug trafficking.
- 1992 - 32 Cubans defect to the US via helicopter.
- 1993 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
- 2001 - The 107th United States Congress is sworn in, including incoming freshmen Senators Bill Nelson (Democrat-Florida), Tom Carper (Democrat-Delaware), Debbie Stabenow (Democrat-Michigan), John Ensign (Republican-Nevada), George Allen (Republican-Virginia), Maria Cantwell (Democrat-Washington), Ben Nelson (Democrat-Nebraska), Hillary Clinton (Democrat-New York), Jon Corzine (Democrat-New Jersey), Jean Carnahan (Democrat-Missouri), and Mark Dayton (Democrat-Minnesota).
- 2003 - The 108th United States Congress is sworn in, including incoming freshmen Senators Saxby Chambliss (Republican-Georgia), Lindsey Graham (Republican-South Carolina), John Sununu (Republican-New Hampshire), Lamar Alexander (Republican-Tennessee), Elizabeth Dole (Republican-North Carolina), Norm Coleman (Republican-Minnesota), and Mark Pryor (Democrat-Arkansas).
- 2006 - Twelve dead coal miners and one survivor are discovered in the Sago Mine Disaster near Buckhannon, West Virginia, USA.
- 2008 - Rare snow flurries in southeast Florida, USA.
- 2008 - In Iowa, USA, the Democratic caucuses choose Barack Obama as candidate for the presidential election on November. National front-runner Hillary Clinton places third, behind John Edwards. The Republican caucuses choose Mike Huckabee over Mitt Romney.
- 2020 - A United States drone strike (ordered by US President Donald Trump) at Baghdad International Airport kills Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
Other history:
- 1847 - California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco.
- 1924 - British Egyptologist Howard Carter finds sarcophagus of Tutankhamun.
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