What happened on January 3 ?

106 BC - Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. 43 BC)

1196 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)

1710 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)

1719 - Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (d. 1773)

1722 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)

1778 - Antoni Melchior Fija?kowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)

1793 - Lucretia Mott, American women's rights activist and abolitionist (d. 1880)

1803 - Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright and satirist (d. 1857)

1840 - Father Damien, Belgian missionary in Hawaii (d. 1889)

1855 - Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)

1879 - Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (d. 1957)

1883 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)

1887 - August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)

1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer and philologist (d. 1973)

1894 - Pola Negri, Polish actress (d. 1987)

1894 - ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)

1897 - Marion Davies, American actress (d. 1961)

1901 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (d. 1963)

1905 - Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)

1907 - Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d. 1986)

1909 - Victor Borge, Danish entertainer and humorist (d. 2000)

1911 - John Sturges, American director (d. 1982)

1912 - Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005)

1916 - Betty Furness, American actress and consumer activist (d. 1994)

1917 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)

1920 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician and singer (d. 2001)

1924 - Nell Rankin, American soprano (d. 2005)

1924 - Hank Stram, American football coach and broadcaster (d. 2005)

1926 - George Martin, English producer of The Beatles' records

1929 - Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989)

1930 - Robert Loggia, American actor

1932 - Dabney Coleman, American actor

1932 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (d. 2005)

1936 - Georgina Spelvin, pornographic actress

1939 - Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player

1941 - Van Dyke Parks, American musician, composer

1942 - John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)

1945 - Stephen Stills, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist

1946 - John Paul Jones, English bassist (Led Zeppelin)

1946 - Cissy King, American dancer and singer, The Lawrence Welk Show

1946 - Victoria Principal, American actress

1949 - Sylvia Likens, torture victim.

1952 - Jim Ross, professional wrestling announcer

1956 - Mel Gibson, Australian actor and director

1957 - Bojan Kri?, Slovenian skier

1959 - Rafael Arraiz Venezuelan writer

1960 - Joan Chen, Chinese actress

1966 - Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer

1969 - Michael Schumacher, German race car driver

1974 - Alessandro Petacchi, Italian professional road cyclist

1975 - Jason Marsden, American actor

1975 - Danica McKellar, American actress

1975 - Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk)

1976 - Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor

1977 - Lee Bowyer, English footballer

1978 - Mike York, American ice hockey player

1980 - David Tyree, American football player

1980 - Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model

1981 - Eli Manning, American football player