Replaying Tuesday, January 3, 2012

The January 3, 2012 was a Tuesday under the star sign of . It was the 2 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.

If you were born on this day, you are 14 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, January 3, 2026, 164 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, January 3, 2027, in 200 days. You have lived for 5,278 days, or about 126,676 hours, or about 7,600,587 minutes, or about 456,035,220 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Michael Schumacher (Formula One driver, diplomat, motorcycle rider, born January 3, 1969)
  • Greta Thunberg (environmentalist, born January 3, 2003)
  • Mel Gibson (film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, television producer, voice actor, writer, born January 3, 1956)
  • J. R. R. Tolkien (author, children's writer, essayist, historian, illustrator, linguist, literary critic, military officer, poet, teacher, translator, university teacher, writer, born January 3, 1892)
  • Kim Ji-soo (actor, dancer, model, rapper, singer, songwriter, born January 3, 1995)
  • Thomas Bangalter (composer, disc jockey, film director, record producer, singer, songwriter, born January 3, 1975)
  • Eli Manning (American football player, born January 3, 1981)
  • Sergio Leone (actor, composer, film actor, film director, film producer, manufacturer, screenwriter, born January 3, 1929)
  • Goo Hara (actor, recording artist, singer, born January 3, 1991)
  • Sakamoto Ryōma (entrepreneur, politician, samurai, born January 3, 1836)
  • Asa Akira (actor, film actor, glamour model, model, mother, podcaster, pornographic actor, writer, born January 3, 1985)
  • Nicholas Gonzalez (film actor, model, television actor, voice actor, born January 3, 1976)
  • Katie McGrath (actor, film actor, born January 3, 1983)
  • Rie Tanaka (seiyū, singer, born January 3, 1979)
  • Karl Glusman (actor, film actor, model, television actor, voice actor, born January 3, 1988)
  • Clement Attlee (diplomat, politician, professor, born January 3, 1883)
  • Danica McKellar (actor, director, film actor, film director, mathematician, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, writer, born January 3, 1975)
  • John Paul Jones (banjoist, bassist, composer, guitarist, record producer, songwriter, born January 3, 1946)
  • Savitribai Phule (poet, writer, born January 3, 1831)
  • Dan Harmon (actor, film actor, screenwriter, showrunner, television producer, born January 3, 1973)
  • Victoria Principal (actor, entrepreneur, environmentalist, film actor, film producer, model, singer, television actor, born January 3, 1950)
  • Marion Davies (actor, film actor, film producer, model, screenwriter, born January 3, 1897)
  • George Martin (audio engineer, composer, conductor, music arranger, musician, record producer, born January 3, 1926)
  • Robert Loggia (actor, program host, television director, born January 3, 1930)
  • Vesna Vulović (flight attendant, born January 3, 1950)
  • Ngo Dinh Diem (politician, born January 3, 1901)
  • New Jack (professional wrestler, television actor, born January 3, 1963)
  • Mayumi Wakamura (actor, seiyū, born January 3, 1967)
  • John Thaw (actor, stage actor, television actor, born January 3, 1942)
  • Stephen Stills (guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter, studio musician, born January 3, 1945)
  • Renato Carosone (bandleader, composer, conductor, musician, pianist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born January 3, 1920)
  • Kōhei Uchimura (artistic gymnast, born January 3, 1989)
  • Sanjay Khan (film actor, film director, film producer, television actor, born January 3, 1941)
  • Dabney Coleman (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born January 3, 1932)
  • Eisaku Yoshida (actor, singer, born January 3, 1969)
  • Jason Marsden (actor, comedian, dancer, director, film director, film producer, screenwriter, singer, television actor, television editor, television producer, voice actor, writer, born January 3, 1975)
  • Pushpavalli (actor, born January 3, 1925)
  • Nicole Beharie (film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, born January 3, 1985)
  • Jonny Evans (association football player, born January 3, 1988)
  • Jim Ross (podcaster, professional wrestler, restaurateur, sports commentator, born January 3, 1952)
  • Ray Milland (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, television director, born January 3, 1907)
  • Anna May Wong (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born January 3, 1905)
  • Kim Seolhyun (actor, dancer, film actor, model, singer, born January 3, 1995)
  • Delphine Wespiser (actor, beauty pageant contestant, model, born January 3, 1992)
  • Kentaro Ito (seiyū, born January 3, 1974)
  • Bellamkonda Sreenivas (actor, born January 3, 1993)
  • Rory Stewart (athlete, diplomat, military officer, political scientist, politician, presenter, travel writer, writer, born January 3, 1973)
  • Vladimir Potanin (banker, businessperson, politician, born January 3, 1961)
  • Muhammad bin Qasim (military leader, born December 31, 695)
  • Victor Borge (actor, composer, conductor, pianist, stand-up comedian, born January 3, 1909)

3rd of January 2012 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on January 3, 2012

New York Daily News Picks as Editor Colin Myler, Formerly of News of the World

Date: 04 January 2012

By Amy Chozick and Ravi Somaiya

Amy Chozick

Colin Myler, the last editor of the now closed British newspaper The News of the World, will succeed Kevin Convey.

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Fox News Leads in Iowa Ratings; CNN, in Second, Has Big Falloff

Date: 04 January 2012

By Bill Carter

Bill Carter

Coverage of the caucuses Tuesday night gave CNN an unusual second-place finish, but its 1.3 million viewer total was well below the 2.2 million total of four years ago.

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Murdoch Tweet Hints at Chill Between Fox News and Glenn Beck

Date: 03 January 2012

By Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter

Rupert Murdoch went out of his way to praise the show that replaced Glenn Beck at 5 P.M. And though the channel and its former star were supposed to work together in the future, so far they haven’t.

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The Rules on News Coverage Are Clear, but the Police Keep Pushing

Date: 03 January 2012

By Michael Powell

Michael Powell

Reporting and policing can be a high adrenaline business. But the decade-long trajectory in New York is toward expanded police power.

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Teva Names a New Chief Executive

Date: 03 January 2012

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries of Israel named Jeremy Levin of Bristol-Myers Squibb as its next chief executive.

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BP Tries to Shift Costs From Spill

Date: 03 January 2012

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The company said in a court filing that $21 billion in cleanup costs and economic damages should be paid by Halliburton, its cement contractor for the Macondo well project.

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Bachmann Holds News Conference in Iowa

Date: 04 January 2012

By Sarah Wheaton

Sarah Wheaton

The Associated Press reports that the candidate has canceled her trip to South Carolina.

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On Yacht, Murdoch Catches the Twitter Wave

Date: 03 January 2012

By Amy Chozick

Amy Chozick

While on vacation in the Caribbean, Rupert Murdoch, the head of News Corporation, joined Twitter, and promptly sent out tweets about the British work ethic, the Republican presidential race and Central Park at holiday time.

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Taking to Twitter, Murdoch Signals Support for Santorum

Date: 03 January 2012

By Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter

Rupert Murdoch signaled his support for Rick Santorum on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, calling him the “only candidate with genuine big vision” for the United States.

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Tip for London Police Officers: Booze and Secrets Don’t Mix

Date: 04 January 2012

By Sarah Lyall

Sarah Lyall

A report, commissioned in response to the phone-hacking scandal and released Wednesday, offered a window into the relationship between the news media and the Metropolitan Police Service.

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