San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021.
Today’s highlight in history
On Jan. 3, 1977, Apple Computer was incorporated in Cupertino by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Mike Markkula Jr.
On this date
In 1777, Gen. George Washington’s army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, N.J.
In 1833, Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. (Almost 150 years later, Argentina seized the islands from the British, but Britain took them back after a 74-day war.)
In 1959, Alaska became the 49th state.
In 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced the United States was formally terminating diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
In 1967, Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of
President John F. Kennedy, died in a Dallas hospital.
In 1975, the original version of the TV game show “Jeopardy!,” hosted by Art Fleming, ended its nearly 11-year run on NBC.
In 1990, ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican’s diplomatic mission.
In 2000, the last new daily “Peanuts” strip by Charles Schulz ran in 26-hundred newspapers.
Ten years ago: Jerry Brown was sworn in as California’s 39th governor, returning to the office he’d left 28 years earlier.
Today’s birthdays
Actor Dabney Coleman is 89. Journalist Betty Rollin is 85. Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull is 82. Singer-songwriterproducer Van Dyke Parks is 78. Singer-musician Stephen Stills is 76. Musician John Paul Jones is 75. Actor Victoria Principal is 71. Actor-director Mel Gibson is 65. Actor Jason Marsden is 46. Actor Danica Mckellar is 46. Former NFL quarterback Eli Manning is 40.