Saturday, January 03, 2015

History for January 3

History for January 3 - On-This-Day.com
Marcus Tullius Cicero 106 B.C., J.R.R. Tolkien 1892 


Victor Borge 1909, Bobby Hull (NHL) 1939, Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield) 1945 


Mel Gibson 1956, Michael Schumacher 1969, Danica McKellar 1975 


1521 - Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther. 


1777 - The Battle of Princeton took place in the War of Independence, in which George Washington defeated the British forces, led by Cornwallis. 


1823 - Stephen F. Austin received a grant from the Mexican government and began colonization in the region of the Brazos River in Texas


1833 - Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. About 150 years later, Argentina seized the islands from the British, but Britain took them back after a 74-day war. 


1871 - Henry W. Bradley patented oleomargarine. 


1888 - The drinking straw was patented by Marvin C. Stone. 


1951 - NBC-TV debuted "Dragnet." 



1959 - In the U.S.Alaska became the 49th state. 


1961 - The U.S. severed diplomatic relations with Cuba. 


1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicated Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro. 


1988 - Margaret Thatcher became the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th century. 

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