What happend on 3rd January

02.01
04.01
1938

The March of Dimes is established by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1926

General Theodorus Pángulos names himself dictator of Greece.

1925

Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.

1921

Turkey makes peace with Armenia.

1920

Curse of the Bambino: The Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for a sum of $125,000 and a loan of more than $300,000.

1899

The first known use of the word automobile, in an editorial in the New York Times.

1888

The 91 cm refracting telescope at Lick Observatory is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.

1870

The Brooklyn Bridge begins construction.

1868

The Japanese Meiji dynasty is restored and the Shogunate is abolished.

1861

American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States