Today is Saturday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2015. There are 362 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 3, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced that the United States had terminated
diplomatic relations with Cuba, after the Havana government said it was limiting the number of U.S.
Embassy and Consulate personnel allowed in the country.
On this date:
In 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Leo X.
In 1777, Gen. George Washington’s army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey.
In 1870, groundbreaking took place for the Brooklyn Bridge.
In 1911, the first postal savings banks were opened by the U.S. Post Office. (The banks were abolished in
1966.)
In 1938, the March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
who himself had been afflicted with the crippling disease.
In 1949, in a pair of rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court said that states had the right to ban closed shops.

In 1959, Alaska became the 49th state as President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation.
In 1967, Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, died in
a Dallas hospital.
In 1975, the original version of the TV game show “Jeopardy!,” hosted by Art Fleming, ended its nearly
11-year run on NBC.
In 1980, conservationist Joy Adamson, author of “Born Free,” was killed in northern Kenya by a former
employee.
In 1990, ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces, 10 days after taking refuge
in Vatican’s diplomatic mission.
In 2000, the last new daily “Peanuts” strip by Charles Schulz ran in 2,600 newspapers.
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush tapped his father, former President George H.W. Bush, and former
President Bill Clinton to help raise tsunami relief funds.