On This Day = January 3

Bithdays + Events

BIRTHDAYS

• 1873 = Ichizō Kobayashi = Japanese businessman and art collector

• 1887 = August Macke = German-French painter

• 1892 = J.R.R. Tolkien = English writer and philologist

• 1897 = Dorothy Arzner = American film director 🌈

• 1897 = Marion Davies = American actor and comedian

• 1907 = Ray Milland = Welsh-American actor and director

• 1909 = Victor Borge = Danish-American pianist and conductor

• 1910 = John Sturges = American director and producer

• 1915 = Jack Levine = American painter and soldier

• 1916 = Betty Furness = American actor and television journalist

• 1917 = Roger Williams Straus Jr. = American publisher

• 1919 = Herbie Nichols = American pianist and composer

• 1926 = George Martin = English producer, arranger, composer, and conductor

• 1929 = Gordon Moore = American Intel Corporation co-founder

• 1929 = Sergio Leone = Italian filmmaker

• 1930 = Robert Loggia = American actor and director

• 1932 = Dabney Coleman = American actor

• 1937 = Glen A. Larson = American Battlestar Galactica creator-director

• 1939 = Bobby Hull = Canadian ice hockey player

• 1940 = Leo de Berardinis = Italian actor and director

• 1947 = Zulema = American singer-songwriter

• 1950 = Victoria Principal = American actor

• 1956 = Mel Gibson = American-Australian actor and filmmaker

• 1964 = Bruce LaBruce = Canadian filmmaker 🌈

• 1975 = Danica McKellar = American actor and mathematician

• 1975 = Thomas Bangalter = French DJ, musician, and producer

• 1978 = Kimberley Locke = American singer-songwriter and tv personality

• 1996 = Florence Pugh = English actor

• 2003 = Greta Thunberg = Swedish environmental activist

EVENTS

• 1496 = Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.

• 1749 = The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.

• 1870 = Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC.

• 1947 = Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.

• 1957 = The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.

• 1959 = Alaska is admitted as the 49th US state.

• 1977 = Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak incorporate Apple Computer, Inc.

• 1981 = Barney Frank becomes a member of the US House of Representatives. He is the first US congressperson to come out. He is re-elected consecutively until he retires in 2013.

• 1987 = Aretha Franklin is the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

• 1991 = Blossom, starring Mayim Bialik and Joey Lawrence, premieres on NBC.

• 1993 = Star Trek: Deep Space Nine premieres in first-run syndication.

• 2004 = After hosting the show for over 30 years, Casey Kasem gives up the hosting duties of American Top 40. Ryan Seacrest becomes its host.

• 2009 = The first block of the blockchain of Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, is established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.

• 2013 = After serving for 32 years, Barney Frank retires from US House of Representatives.