January 3

Today in History
• 1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine
• 1521 - Martin Luther is excommunicated by Pope Leo X
• 1777 - General George Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton
• 1926 - Pontiac Introduced
• 1938 - March of Dimes Foundation Created
• 1957 - The first electric watch is available
• 1959 - Alaska became the 49th state of the United States of America
• 1977 - Apple Computer is incorporated


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Drinking Straw Day
• Fruitcake Toss Day
• Festival of Sleep Day
• Humiliation Day
• JRR Tolkien Day
• National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
• National Write to Congress Day
• Women Rock! Day

Birthdays
• 106 BC - Cicero
• 1624 - William Tucker, 1st African American child born in America
• 1710 - Richard Gridley
• 1793 - Lucretia Mott
• 1840 - Father Joseph Damien de Veuster
• 1862 - Sir Matthew Nathan
• 1879 - Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge
• 1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien