January 3rd

• 1825

  Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana for New Harmony utopian community. View Post →

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• 1870

  Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins, completed in 1883.

• 1888

  Marvin C Stone patents first wax drinking straw in Washington, D.C.

• 1890

  First US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin.

• 1920

  Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells Babe Ruth to Yankees, starting 'Curse of the Bambino'.

• 1959

  Alaska admitted as the 49th US state.

• 1973

  Michael Burke and George Steinbrenner III buy New York Yankees from CBS.

• 1977

  Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs incorporate Apple Computer, Inc.

• 2009

  Bitcoin network created, first block mined by Satoshi Nakamoto.

• 1496

  Leonardo da Vinci tests his flying machine, according to his notebooks.

• 1947

  Al Herrin, claiming never to have slept, dies at age 92 in Trenton, NJ.

• 2004

  Mars Exploration Rover 'Spirit' successfully lands on Mars.

• 1925

  Benito Mussolini declares himself dictator of Italy.

• 1924

  King Tutankhamun's sarcophagus is uncovered.