01-03-2005, 06:26 AM
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January 3rd
106 B.C. ~ Birthday of Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher.
1521 ~ Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther.
1833 ~ Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
1892 ~ Birthday of J. R. R. Tolkien, South African-born writer and philologist.
1899 ~ The first known use of the word automobile, in an editorial in the New York Times.
1925 ~ Benito Mussolini announced that he was taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
1945 ~ Birthday of Stephen Stills, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
1956 ~ Birthday of Mel Gibson, Australian actor and director.
1979 ~ Death of Conrad Hilton, American hotelier.
1993 ~ In Moscow, George Bush and Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
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