On this day: 3 January

Selected events and births on 3 January, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1521 – Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem, excommunicating Martin Luther for refusing to retract 41 alleged errors found in his 95 Theses and other writings. Read more: Pope Leo X Decet Romanum Pontificem Martin Luther
• 1749 – The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, was published. Read more: Berlingske
• 1938 – The American health charity March of Dimes was founded as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to help raise money for polio research. Read more: March of Dimes Polio
• 1973 – CBS announced the sale of the New York Yankees professional baseball team to a group of investors headed by American businessman George Steinbrenner. Read more: CBS New York Yankees George Steinbrenner
• 2009 – The cryptocurrency network of bitcoin was created when Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first block of the chain. Read more: Cryptocurrency Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto

Born on this day

• 1926 – W. Michael Blumenthal, American economist and politician, 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury Read more: W. Michael Blumenthal United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1934 – Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Read more: Carla Anderson Hills United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• 1952 – Esperanza Aguirre, Spanish civil servant and politician, 3rd President of the Community of Madrid Read more: Esperanza Aguirre President of the Community of Madrid
• 1952 – Gianfranco Fini, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Read more: Gianfranco Fini Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)
• 1953 – Mohamed Waheed Hassan, Maldivian educator and politician, 5th President of the Maldives Read more: Mohamed Waheed Hassan President of the Maldives
• 1980 – Eli Crane, U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district Read more: Eli Crane United States House of Representatives Arizona's 2nd congressional district
• 2003 – Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist Read more: Greta Thunberg
• 2003 – Alan Virginius, French footballer Read more: Alan Virginius
• 2004 – Carlos Baleba, Cameroonian footballer Read more: Carlos Baleba
• 2004 – Toby Collyer, English footballer Read more: Toby Collyer
• 2004 – Habib Diarra, Senegalese footballer Read more: Habib Diarra
• 2008 – Raegan Revord, American actor Read more: Raegan Revord

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