January 03: Fun Facts about Today in History

(January 03, 1892)
J.R.R. Tolkien, the English author and scholar best known for his immensely imaginative epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55), was born in South Africa. photo source: wikimedia.org

(January 03, 1946)
The annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is established to remember popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf, who died in a freak accident during a race. photo source: wikimedia.org

(January 03, 1959)
Alaska became the 49th state of the United States. photo source: wikimedia.org

(January 03, 1977)
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple, which went on to become one of the most valuable corporations in the world, famed for its revolutionary computer and electronic goods. photo source: wikimedia.org

(January 03, 2001)
Hillary Clinton was sworn in as a United States senator from New York, making her the first first lady of the United States to be elected to public office. photo source: wikimedia.org

(January 03, 2021)
Eric Jerome Dickey was a writer from the United States. He wrote multiple criminal novels about swindlers, ex-convicts, and assassins, with more diversified locations ranging from Los Angeles to the United Kingdom to the West Indies, each with an international cast of characters. Dickey's novels were New York Times best-sellers. Dickey died of cancer on January 3, 2021, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 59. photo source: wikimedia.org