Page 9: Historical Events In January - 03

1987  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts inaugural female artist Aretha Franklin   

1988  Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut.   

1988  Margaret Thatcher is recorded as becoming longest-serving British PM this century   

1988  Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82   

1989  Jim and Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!)   

1989  Russian newspaper Izvestia gets its inaugural commercial advertisement.   

1990  Panama's leader General Manuel Noriega surrenders to US authorities   

1991  Israel reopens consulate in USSR after 23 years.   

1991  Los Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against New York Islanders.   

1992  32 Cubans defect to the US via helicopter.   

1992  Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* vs India at Sydney.   

1993  Junk bond king Michael Milkin is released from jail after 22 months   

1993  The Russian and American leaders sign the second START agreement in Moscow.   

1993  U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign a treaty to reduce the inventory of nuclear missiles.   

1994  100s killed in Venezuela in prison revolt   

1994  35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field   

1994  A Russian Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia 122 killed   

1995  The U.S. Postal Service raises the price for a 1st-class stamp to 32 cents   

1997  Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final "Today" show on NBC-TV.   

1997  Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick vs England at Harare.   

1997  Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series vs England 3-0   

2006  Twelve dead coal miners and one survivor are discovered in the Sago Mine Disaster near Buckhannon, West Virginia, U.S.   

2007  China conducts an anti-terror raid in Xinjiang.   

2009  Israeli ground forces invade Gaza   

2013  27 Shiite pilgrims are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide bombing in Musayyib, Iraq.   

2014  Cambodian garment workers go on strike demanding a wage increase   

2018  Security expert reveal two security flaws, Meltdown and Spectre which affect most microprocessors   

2018  Lawyers of US President Trump try to stop the publication of book on Trump's administration "Fire and Fury" by Michael Wolff   

2018  Previously unknown ancient Beringians group of people unearthed in Alaska, earliest known Native Americans at 11500 years old   

2018  inaugural bionic hand with a sense of touch, for use outside a lab unveiled in Rome   

2018  Landslide and flooding caused by heavy rains in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, results in the deaths of at least 37   

2019  116th US Congress convenes in Washington D.C., electing Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House of Representatives for the second time.   

2019  "Surviving R. Kelly " docuseries investigating sexual abuse by R and B singer R. Kelly premieres on Lifetime in the US   

2019  Chinese probe Chang'e 4 is recorded as becoming the inaugural human-made object to land on the far side of the Moon   

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1196  On this day in history birth of emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)   

1624  On this day in history birth of william Tucker, 1st Black child born in America   

1680  On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker   

1698  On January - 03 birth of pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)   

1710  Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

1719  Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history birth of fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)   

1730  Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician was born on this day in history.   

0235  On January - 03 death of pope St Anterus (b. unknown)   

1098  Death of Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown) on this day in history.   

1322  On January - 03 philip V, the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies   

1437  Death of Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (b. 1401) on this day in history.   

1501  Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1543  Juan Cabrillo, conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of Calif, dies on this day in history.   

1552  On January - 03 henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies at 64   

1560  Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56 on this day in history.