January 3 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on January 3, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Dec 22 – Jan 19
Birth stone
Garnet
Birth flower
Carnation
How common
#182 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous January 3 birthdays
Wilhelm Pieck · German communist politician, president of GDR1876
Josephine Hull · American stage and film actress1877
Clement Attlee · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 19511883
August Macke · German painter of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter1887
J. R. R. Tolkien · English writer and philologist1892
Pola Negri · Polish actress1897
Eric Voegelin · American philosopher1901
Ray Milland · British actor1907
Gordon Moore · American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation1929
Sergio Leone · Italian filmmaker1929
Robert Loggia · American actor1930
László Sólyom · Politician and former President of Hungary1942
Mel Gibson · American actor, director, producer and screenwriter1956
Michael Schumacher · German racing driver1969
Asa Akira · American pornographic actress1985
Jonny Evans · Northern Irish association football player1988
Yoichiro Kakitani · Japanese association football player1990
Jisoo · South Korean singer-songwriter, actress, and model1995
Florence Pugh · British actress1996
Greta Thunberg · Swedish climate protection activist2003
On this day in history
1777American Revolutionary War: American forces commanded by George Washington defeated British troops at the Battle of Princeton.
1938The American health charity March of Dimes was founded as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to help raise money for polio research.
1973CBS announced the sale of the New York Yankees professional baseball team to a group of investors headed by American businessman George Steinbrenner.
1990United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, the deposed strongman of Panama, surrendered to American forces outside the apostolic nunciature in Panama City.
1961Cold War: After a series of economic retaliations against one another, the United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.
1999The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
2002Second Intifada: Israeli forces seized MV Karine A, which was carrying 50 tons of smuggled weapons on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.
2009The cryptocurrency network of bitcoin was created when Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first block of the chain.
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