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Died on January 3rd
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Joy Adamson |
Naturalist |
20-Jan-1910 |
3-Jan-1980 |
Born Free |
| William Harrison Ainsworth |
Novelist |
4-Feb-1805 |
3-Jan-1882 |
The Tower of London |
| Judith Anderson |
Actor |
10-Feb-1897 |
3-Jan-1992 |
Rebecca |
| Luke Appling |
Baseball |
2-Apr-1907 |
3-Jan-1991 |
Chicago White Sox, Hall of Famer |
| Emmet D. Boyle |
Politician |
26-Jul-1879 |
3-Jan-1926 |
Governor of Nevada, 1915-23 |
| Catherine of Valois |
Royalty |
27-Oct-1401 |
3-Jan-1437 |
Consort of Henry V of England |
| Edgar Cayce |
Paranormal |
18-Mar-1877 |
3-Jan-1945 |
Performed "paranormal" readings |
| Milton Cross |
Radio Personality |
16-Apr-1897 |
3-Jan-1975 |
Announcer, voice of the Metropolitan Opera |
| Wilhelm Cuno |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1876 |
3-Jan-1933 |
German Chancellor 1922-23 |
| Will Eisner |
Cartoonist |
6-Mar-1917 |
3-Jan-2005 |
Turned comic book authors into Sequential Artists |
| Gaston Eyskens |
Head of State |
1-Apr-1905 |
3-Jan-1988 |
Thrice Prime Minister of Belgium |
| Henry H. Fowler |
Government |
5-Sep-1908 |
3-Jan-2000 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-68 |
| Baldassare Galuppi |
Composer |
18-Oct-1706 |
3-Jan-1784 |
Il Filosofo di Campagna |
| Mary Garden |
Singer |
20-Feb-1874 |
3-Jan-1967 |
Operatic soprano |
| Rosemary Gatenby |
Novelist |
8-Oct-1919 |
3-Jan-2007 |
The Season of Danger |
| Sid Gillman |
Football |
26-Oct-1911 |
3-Jan-2003 |
NFL Coach, Hall of Famer |
| Luca Giordano |
Painter |
18-Oct-1632 |
3-Jan-1705 |
Leading Neapolitan painter |
| Tom Gries |
Film Director |
20-Dec-1922 |
3-Jan-1977 |
Breakheart Pass |
| Jaroslav Hasek |
Author |
30-Apr-1883 |
3-Jan-1923 |
The Good Soldier Svejk |
| Lord Haw-Haw |
Radio Personality |
24-Apr-1906 |
3-Jan-1946 |
WWII propagandist hanged in England |
| Jill Haworth |
Actor |
15-Aug-1946 |
3-Jan-2011 |
In Harm's Way |
| Conrad Hilton |
Business |
25-Dec-1887 |
3-Jan-1979 |
Founder, Hilton Hotels |
| Pat Hingle |
Actor |
19-Jul-1924 |
3-Jan-2009 |
Commissioner Gordon in Batman films |
| Alois Hitler |
Relative |
7-Jun-1837 |
3-Jan-1903 |
Father of Adolf Hitler |
| Jeremiah Horrocks |
Astronomer |
1619 |
3-Jan-1641 |
Observed transit of Venus |
| Sir John Hotham |
Politician |
? |
3-Jan-1645 |
English parliamentarian |
| Emil Jannings |
Actor |
23-Jul-1884 |
3-Jan-1950 |
The Last Command |
| Rex Lease |
Actor |
11-Feb-1903 |
3-Jan-1966 |
The Monster Walks |
| David Maysles |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1932 |
3-Jan-1987 |
Documentary filmmaker |
| Howard McNear |
Actor |
27-Jan-1905 |
3-Jan-1969 |
Floyd the Barber |
| Philippe V |
Royalty |
1293 |
3-Jan-1322 |
King of France 1316-22 |
| Reginald Punnett |
Biologist |
20-Jun-1875 |
3-Jan-1967 |
Early geneticist |
| Carroll Quigley |
Educator |
9-Nov-1910 |
3-Jan-1977 |
Harvard professor, mentor to Bill Clinton |
| Jack Ruby |
Assassin |
25-Mar-1911 |
3-Jan-1967 |
Killed Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Louis Gabriel Suchet |
Military |
2-Mar-1770 |
3-Jan-1826 |
Napoleonic General |
| Ivan Triesault |
Actor |
14-Jul-1898 |
3-Jan-1980 |
The Amazing Transparent Man |
| J. Hoge Tyler |
Politician |
11-Aug-1846 |
3-Jan-1925 |
Governor of Virginia, 1898-1902 |
| Wylie Vale, Jr. |
Doctor |
3-Jul-1941 |
3-Jan-2012 |
Endocrinologist at Salk Institute |
| C. William Verity |
Government |
26-Jan-1917 |
3-Jan-2007 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1987-89 |
| Josiah Wedgwood |
Artist |
1730 |
3-Jan-1795 |
Greatest potter of all time |
| Joseph Wirth |
Head of State |
6-Sep-1879 |
3-Jan-1956 |
German Chancellor |
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