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Day Of The Week: January 3
January 3, 2025 is the 3rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 362 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Day In History: January 3
The Perihelion, the point in the year when the Earth is closest to the Sun, occurs around this date.
Historical Events: January 3
- 1777 –American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
- 1782 –Sylhet District in north-east Bangladesh is established
- 1861 –American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
- 1959 –Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
- 1961 –The SL-1, a government-run reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho, underwent a core explosion and meltdown, killing three workers.
- 1961 –The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.
- 1976 –The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights comes into effect.
- 1990 –Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.
- 1994 –More than seven million people from the former Apartheid Homelands, receive South African citizenship.
- 1999 –The Mars Polar Lander is launched.
Who were born on January 3?
- 1886 –Josephine Hull, American actress (d. 1957)
- 1894 –ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)
- 1900 –Donald J. Russell, North American railroad executive (d. 1985)
- 1905 –Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)
- 1926 –W. Michael Blumenthal, American businessman, civil servant, and 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury
- 1937 –Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
- 1945 –Stephen Stills, American musician
- 1976 –Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
- 1980 –Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player
- 1989 –Alex D. Linz, American actor
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