Born on January 3
January 3 birthdays & history
If you were born on January 3, you share a birthday with J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Schumacher and Greta Thunberg. January 3 babies are Capricorn, with garnet as their birthstone and the carnation as their birth flower. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in leap years.
Famous people born on January 3
- 1892J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist
- 1969Michael Schumacher, German racing driver
- 2003Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist
- 1956Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1883Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1929Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1995Jisoo, South Korean singer and actress
- 1887August Macke, German-French painter
- 1996Florence Pugh, English actress
- 1698Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet and songwriter
What happened on January 3
- 1749The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, was published.
- 1815Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
- 1833Captain James Onslow, in the Clio, reasserts British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
- 1848Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.
- 1870Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
- 1947Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
- 1953Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
- 1957The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
- 1958The West Indies Federation is formed.
- 1959Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
- 1973CBS announced the sale of the New York Yankees professional baseball team to a group of investors headed by American businessman George Steinbrenner.
- 2009The cryptocurrency network of bitcoin was created when Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first block of the chain.
Also observed on January 3
- Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan)
- The tenth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
Questions, answered
What star sign is January 3?
People born on January 3 are Capricorn. Their birthstone is garnet and their birth flower is the carnation.
Which famous people were born on January 3?
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892), Michael Schumacher (1969), Greta Thunberg (2003), Mel Gibson (1956), Clement Attlee (1883), Sergio Leone (1929) were all born on January 3.
What happened on January 3 in history?
Among other things: in 1959, Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state; in 1973, CBS announced the sale of the New York Yankees professional baseball team to a group of investors headed by American businessman George Steinbrenner; in 2009, The cryptocurrency network of bitcoin was created when Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first block of the chain.
Can I get a newspaper front page from January 3?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any January 3 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “January 3”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.