{"id":30377,"date":"2017-01-03T10:31:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T16:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30377"},"modified":"2017-01-03T10:51:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T16:51:44","slug":"today-in-history-318","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30377","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Tuesday, January\u00a0 03, 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska became the 49th state.
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1521<\/td>\nMartin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1777<\/td>\nGen. George Washington’s army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, N.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1868<\/td>\nThe Meiji Restoration re-established the authority of Japan’s emperor and heralded the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1892<\/td>\nJ.R.R. Tolkien, author of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1938<\/td>\nThe March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/td>\nThe United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nJack Ruby, the man who fatally shot accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, died in a Dallas hospital.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nOusted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican’s diplomatic mission in Panama City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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2000<\/td>\nThe last new daily “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles Schulz ran in 2,600 newspapers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nNASA’s Mars rover, Spirit, touched down on the red planet.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nLobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to conspiracy, mail fraud and tax evasion and agreed to cooperate in investigations of corruption in Congress.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nAfter seven days of pummeling the Gaza Strip from the air, Israel launched a ground offensive.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning turns 36 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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George Martin<\/td>\nRecord producer<\/td>\n91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Loggia<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dabney Coleman<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bobby Hull<\/td>\nHockey Hall of Famer<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Paul Jones<\/td>\nRock musician (Led Zeppelin)<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Victoria Principal<\/td>\nActress (“Dallas”)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mel Gibson<\/td>\nActor, director<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shannon Sturges<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Danica McKellar<\/td>\nActress (“The Wonder Years”)<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rock musician Stephen Stills (Crosby, Stills and Nash) turns 72 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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