On this day …
January 3, 2015
- In 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
- In 1848, Joseph Jenkins Roberts was sworn in as the first president of Liberia.
- In 1870, construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began.
- In 1925, Benito Mussolini announced he was taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
- In 1938, the March of Dimes was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- In 1959, Alaska was admitted to the Union as the 49th state.
- In 1962, Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro.
- In 1977, Apple Computer was incorporated.
- In 2000, the last original weekday Peanuts comic strip was published.
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