January 3rd (2009) was a Saturday. 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, 2009
» The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the 'Genesis block', was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
January 3rd Famous Deaths for 2009
» Betty Freeman, American philanthropist and photographer (b. 1921)