View source for CryptoWiki:Selected anniversaries/January 3

<noinclude>{{../doc}}
{{divhide|Staging area}}
==Images==
Use only ONE image at a time
<gallery>
File:Raffael 042.jpg|Pope Leo X
File:Lick Observatory-West Front.jpg|Lick Observatory

File:The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton January 3 1777.jpeg|''Battle of Princeton'' by [[John Trumbull]]
File:MotorolaStarTAC.jpg|Motorola StarTAC
File:Seabiscuit workout with GW up.jpg|George Woolf and Seabiscuit
File:Winston Churchill verl sst das Geb ude der Admiralt t (1912) (cropped).jpg|Winston Churchill in 1912
File:Joseph Jenkins Roberts.jpg|Joseph Jenkins Roberts
|File:Bust of Decius (loan from Capitoline Museums) - Glyptothek - Munich - Germany 2017.jpg|Bust of Decius
</gallery>

==Ineligible==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Blurb
!Reason
|-
| [[1749]] – [[Benning Wentworth]], [[List of colonial governors of New Hampshire|Governor of the New Hampshire Colony]], began to issue the '''[[New Hampshire Grants]]''' on land which was also claimed by [[Province of New York|New York]], and is now [[Vermont]].
| needs more footnotes
|-
| [[1848]] – '''[[Joseph Jenkins Roberts]]''' began his term as the first [[president of Liberia]].
| refimprove 
|-
| [[1946]] – Canadian-American [[jockey]] '''[[George Woolf]]''', who rode [[Seabiscuit]] to a famous victory over [[War Admiral]] in 1938, was fatally injured when he fell from his horse during a race.
| refimprove section
|-
| [[1949]] – The first '''[[Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas|Central Bank of the Philippines]]''' was formally inaugurated with Miguel Cuaderno, Sr. as the first governor.
| refimprove section
|-
| [[1957]] – The '''[[Hamilton Watch Company]]''' introduced the world's first [[electric watch]].
| unreferenced section; electric watch: refimprove
|-
| [[1958]] – Ten former [[British Overseas Territories|British colonies]] in the [[Caribbean]] joined to form a new self-governing '''[[West Indies Federation]]'''.
| needs more footnotes
|-
| [[1959]] – As a result of the [[Alaska Statehood Act]], the [[Territory of Alaska]]<!--not bolded, refimprove--> became '''[[Alaska|the 49th U.S. state]]''', and the first outside of the [[contiguous United States]].
| refimprove section
|-
| [[1973]] – American businessman [[George Steinbrenner]] and a group of investors bought the '''[[New York Yankees]]''' professional baseball team for {{Nowrap|$8.7 million}}.
| Steinbrenner: refimprove section; Yankees: refimprove section
|-
| [[1990]] – [[United States invasion of Panama]]: General '''[[Manuel Noriega]]''', the deposed [[Strongman (politics)|strongman]] of Panama, surrendered to American forces.
| neutrality
|-
| [[1996]] – The '''[[Motorola StarTAC]]''', the first [[flip (form)|clamshell]] [[mobile phone]], was released and went on to become one of the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption.
| refimprove section
|}

==Eligible==
* [[250]] – Emperor [[Decius]]<!-- ''(bust pictured)''--> ordered everyone in the [[Roman Empire]] (except Jews) to perform a sacrifice to the [[Roman mythology|Roman gods]], resulting in '''[[Decian persecution|widespread persecution]]''' of Christians.
* [[1749]] – The first issue of '''''[[Berlingske]]''''', Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, was published.
* [[1777]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: American forces under General [[George Washington]] defeated British troops at the '''[[Battle of Princeton]]'''<!-- ''(depicted)''-->.
* [[1833]] – With the arrival of two [[Royal Navy|British naval ships]] at the [[Falkland Islands]], the United Kingdom '''[[Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (1833)|re-asserted sovereignty]]''' there.
* [[1911]] –  A {{nowrap|7.7 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]]}} earthquake '''[[1911 Kebin earthquake|destroyed]]''' the city of [[Almaty]] in [[Russian Turkestan]].
* [[1911]] – '''[[Siege of Sidney Street|A gun battle]]''' in the [[East End of London]] left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of [[Winston Churchill]], then [[Home Secretary]].
* [[1938]] – The American health charity '''[[March of Dimes]]''' was founded as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to help raise money for  [[Poliomyelitis|polio]] research.
* [[1961]] – All twenty-five people on board '''[[Aero Flight 311|Aero Flight&nbsp;311]]''' died in Finland's worst civilian air accident when the plane crashed near [[Kvevlax]].
* [[2009]] – The '''[[bitcoin]]''' [[cryptocurrency]] network was created when [[Satoshi Nakamoto]] mined the first [[Blockchain|block of the chain]].
* Born/died this day: | '''[[George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle]]'''<!--English soldier--> |d|1670| '''[[Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena]]'''<!--Italian painter--> |d|1743| '''[[Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie]]'''<!--French explorer--> |b|1810| '''[[Savitribai Phule]]'''<!--Indian reformer, female--> |b|1831| '''[[William Harrison Ainsworth]]'''<!--English writer--> |d|1882| '''[[Clement Attlee]]'''<!--English prime minister--> |b|1883| '''[[J. R. R. Tolkien|{{nowrap|J. R. R.}} Tolkien]]'''<!--English writer, male--> |b|1892| '''[[Anna May Wong]]'''<!--American actress--> |b|1905| '''[[Lynn Hill]]'''<!--American rock climber--> |b|1961| '''[[Joy Adamson]]'''<!--Austrian naturalist--> |d|1980

==Notes==
* [[Battle of the Assunpink Creek]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 2|January 2]] and [[Washington's crossing of the Delaware]]/[[Battle of Trenton]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 25|December 25]], so Battle of Princeton should not appear if either of the two are used
{{divhide|end}}
</noinclude>
'''[[January 3]]'''
{{main page image/OTD|File:Lick-Refraktor 3130169128.jpg|James Lick telescope}}
* [[1521]] – '''[[Pope Leo X]]''' issued ''[[Decet Romanum Pontificem]]''<!--Not bold, stub-->, excommunicating [[Martin Luther]] for refusing to retract 41 alleged errors found in his [[The Ninety-Five Theses|95 Theses]] and other writings.<!-- as well as other specified errors.-->
* [[1888]] – The [[James Lick telescope|{{Convert|36|in|cm|adj=on}} refracting telescope]]<!--Not bold, tagged for cleanup--> ''(pictured)'' at the '''[[Lick Observatory]]''' near [[San Jose, California]], the largest in the world until 1897, was [[first light (astronomy)|used for the first time]].
* [[1919]] – [[Faisal I of Iraq|Emir Faisal]] of Iraq signed '''[[Faisal–Weizmann Agreement|an agreement]]''' with [[Zionism|Zionist]] leader [[Chaim Weizmann]] on the development of a Jewish homeland in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] and an Arab nation in a large part of the [[Middle East]].
* [[1976]] – The multilateral '''[[International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]]''', part of the [[International Bill of Human Rights]], came into effect.
* [[2002]] – Israeli forces '''[[Karine A affair|seized MV&nbsp;''Karine&nbsp;A]]''', which was carrying 50&nbsp;tonnes of [[Arms trafficking|smuggled weapons]] on behalf of the [[Palestinian National Authority]].
{{Born and died list| '''[[William Leslie (British Army officer)|William Leslie]]'''<!--Died in Battle of Princeton--> |d|1777| '''[[Cyril Bassett]]'''<!--New Zealand soldier--> |b|1892| '''[[Frenchy Bordagaray]]'''<!--American baseball player--> |b|1910}}
{{SelAnnivFooter|Month=January|Day=3}}