A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
January 3: Day of the Week
January 3, 2024 was the 3rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 363 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.
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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
January 3: This Day in History
The Perihelion, the point in the year when the Earth is closest to the Sun, occurs around this date.
January 3 Historical Event(s)
1861
American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
1888
The refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.
1932
Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company.
1933
Minnie D. Craig becomes the first female elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first female to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
1947
Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
1958
The West Indies Federation is formed.
1959
Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
1976
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights comes into effect.
1993
In Moscow, Russia, George Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
1996
The Motorola StarTAC, the first flip phone and one of the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption, goes on sale.
Who were born on January 3?
1810
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (d. 1897)
1876
Wilhelm Pieck, East Germany statesman (d. 1960)
1883
Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
1929
Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer
1932
Dabney Coleman, American actor
1964
Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker
1969
Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian bobsledder and luger
1970
Christian Duguay, American comic actor
1977
Lee Bowyer, British footballer
1977
Michelle Stephenson, British singer (Spice Girls)
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