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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_3" title="January 3">January 3</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1521" title="1521">1521</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_X" title="Pope Leo X">Pope Leo X</a></b> issued the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_bull" title="Papal bull">papal bull</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decet_Romanum_Pontificem" title="Decet Romanum Pontificem">Decet Romanum Pontificem</a></i>, excommunicating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther" title="Martin Luther">Martin Luther</a> for refusing to retract 41 alleged errors found in his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-five_Theses" title="Ninety-five Theses">95 Theses</a> and other writings.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888" title="1888">1888</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lick_telescope" title="James Lick telescope">36-inch (91 cm) refracting telescope</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_Observatory" title="Lick Observatory">Lick Observatory</a></b> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a>, the largest in the world until 1897, was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_light_(astronomy)" title="First light (astronomy)">used for the first time</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911" title="1911">1911</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sidney_Street" title="Siege of Sidney Street">A gun battle</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_End_of_London" title="East End of London">East End of London</a> left two dead and sparked a political row over the operational involvement of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>, then <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> announced the sale of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a></b> professional baseball team to a group of investors headed by American businessman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Steinbrenner" title="George Steinbrenner">George Steinbrenner</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976" title="1976">1976</a> – The multilateral <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights" title="International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights">International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights</a></b>, part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Bill_of_Human_Rights" title="International Bill of Human Rights">International Bill of Human Rights</a>, came into effect.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1883); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1892); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_May_Wong" title="Anna May Wong">Anna May Wong</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1905)</p>
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