January 3rd (1946) was a Thursday. It's the 2nd day of the year (3rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 363 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 3rd January, 1946
» Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
Famous Birthdays on January 3 in 1946
» John Paul Jones (musician) e.g John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Led Zeppelin and Them Crooked Vultures)
» Cissy King, American singer and dancer
» Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer (d. 2002)
January 3rd Famous Deaths for 1946
» William Joyce, American-English politician (b. 1906)
January 3rd Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints or Feast Day:
» Genevieve
» William Passavant (Episcopal Church (USA))
» January 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Hakozaki Shrine Festivals e.g Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shrine, Fukuoka)
» The tenth Twelve Days of Christmas e.g day of Christmas (Western Christianity)