Template:Selected anniversaries/January 3
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1641: Astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks dies. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit.
1942: Historian, playwright, and crime-fighter Howard Zinn publishes account of travelling to Abalonia and meeting The Eel.
1954: Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson born.
1964: The Hal Jordan Playbook wins Pulitzer Prize.
1965: Antikythera Team invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.
2009: Documentary film-maker Ridley Scott announces Kickstarter campaign to fund new film named Alien.
