This day in History - January 3

388 Historic Events for January 3
1895 Birth Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer
1895 Birth Mihail Andricu, composer
1896 Event Emperor Wilhelm congratulates Pres Kruger on the Jameson Raid
1897 Birth Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)
1897 Birth Marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13)
1898 Birth Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)
1898 Birth ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)
1898 Death James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70
1900 Event Gerhart Hauptmanns "Schluck und Jau," premieres in Berlin
1900 Death Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80
1900 Event Perihelion Passage
1900 Birth Dorothy Arnzer, director
1900 Birth Maurice Jaubert, composer
1901 Birth Ngo Dinh Diem, pres/dictator of South Vietnam (1955-63)
1901 Birth Eric Voegelin, Germany, US philosopher (Order and History)
1902 Event Reg Duff 104 on Test debut, v England at MCG
1902 Birth Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician
1903 Birth Charles Foulkes, Canada, general
1904 Birth Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte)
1905 Birth Ray Milland, Neath Wales, actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945)
1905 Birth Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer
1906 Birth Roman Brandstaetter, writer
1907 Death Josef Foerster, composer, dies at 73
1907 Birth Anna May Wong, LA Calif, actress (Impact, Study in Scarlet)
1909 Birth Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian