EVENTS ON JANUARY 3rd***
24. 1958 - The West Indies Federation is formed.
25. 1959 - Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
26. 1961 - The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.
27. 1961 - The SL-1, a government-run reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho, leaks radiation, killing three workers.
28. 1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
29. 1973 - George Steinbrenner buys the New York Yankees from CBS for 3.2 million dollars
30. 1977 - Apple Computer was incorporated.
31. 1983 - CiTV launches on ITV in the UK.
32. 1987 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
33. 1988 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th Century.
34. 1990 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. REMEMBER THIS, LITTLE ONE? YOU SAID IT WAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!
35. 1991 - Gulf War: The British government announces the expulsion of 75 Iraqis from the country.
36. 1993 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
37. 1994 - An Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from Irkutsk, Russia, killing 125 people including one on the ground.
38. 1997 - The People's Republic of China announces it will spend $27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys.
39. 1999 - The Mars Polar Lander launches.
40. 1999 - Israel detains, later to expel, 14 members of Concerned Christians.
41. 2004 - Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people aboard.
42. 2007 - National Express has its worst ever coach crash just outside Heathrow Airport when it was travelling to Glasgow
25. 1959 - Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
26. 1961 - The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.
27. 1961 - The SL-1, a government-run reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho, leaks radiation, killing three workers.
28. 1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
29. 1973 - George Steinbrenner buys the New York Yankees from CBS for 3.2 million dollars
30. 1977 - Apple Computer was incorporated.
31. 1983 - CiTV launches on ITV in the UK.
32. 1987 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
33. 1988 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th Century.
34. 1990 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. REMEMBER THIS, LITTLE ONE? YOU SAID IT WAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!
35. 1991 - Gulf War: The British government announces the expulsion of 75 Iraqis from the country.
36. 1993 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
37. 1994 - An Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from Irkutsk, Russia, killing 125 people including one on the ground.
38. 1997 - The People's Republic of China announces it will spend $27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys.
39. 1999 - The Mars Polar Lander launches.
40. 1999 - Israel detains, later to expel, 14 members of Concerned Christians.
41. 2004 - Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people aboard.
42. 2007 - National Express has its worst ever coach crash just outside Heathrow Airport when it was travelling to Glasgow
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