History for January 3
History for January 3 - On-This-Day.com- 1521 - Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther.
- 1823 - Stephen F. Austin received a grant from the Mexican government and began colonization in the region of the Brazos River in Texas.
- 1833 - Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. About 150 years later, Argentina seized the islands from the British, but Britain took them back after a 74-day war.
- 1871 - Henry W. Bradley patented oleomargarine.
- 1888 - The drinking straw was patented by Marvin C. Stone.
- 1925 - In Italy, Mussolini announced that he would take dictatorial powers.
- 1951 - NBC-TV debuted "Dragnet."
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