01-03-2008, 01:19 PM
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January 3rd
106 BC ~ Birthday of Cicero, Roman Statesman & Philosopher.
1521 ~ Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther.
1777 ~ General George Washington defeats General Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
1861 ~ Delaware voted to not secede from the United States.
1892 ~ Birthday of J. R. R. Tolkien, South African-born Writer & Philologist.
1945 ~ Birthday of Stephen Stills, American Singer, Songwriter, & Guitarist.
1956 ~ Birthday of Mel Gibson, Australian Actor & Director.
1979 ~ Death of Conrad Hilton, American hotelier.
1959 ~ Alaska was admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
1993 ~ Presidents George Bush and Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow. (START).
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