News Collection of Sri Lanka: "Tharu Dilena Reyak 2012"

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January 3: Arba'een (Shi'a Islam, 2013)

1833 – With the arrival of two British naval ships at the Falkland Islands, the United Kingdom re-asserted sovereignty there.

1848 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts began his term as the first President of Liberia.

1946 – Canadian-American jockey George Woolf (pictured), who rode Seabiscuit to a famous victory over War Admiral in

1938, was fatally injured when he fell from his horse during a race.

1961 – Twenty-five people died in Finland's worst civilian air accident when Aero Flight 311 crashed near Kvevlax.

1973 – American businessman George Steinbrenner and a group of investors bought the New York Yankees professional baseball team for US$8.7 million.

1996 – The Motorola StarTAC, the first clamshell mobile phone, was released and went on to become one of the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption.

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