What happend on 3rd January

02.01
04.01
2004

Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 aboard.

2000

The last "Peanuts" comic strip is created by Charles Schulz.

1999

The Mars Polar Lander launched.

1997

NBC's Today show host Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time.

1994

An Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from Irkhutsk, Russia killing 125 including 1 on the ground

1993

In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).

1991

Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal.

1990

Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.

1987

Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1973

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $12 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner.