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Today in history

Jan.3rd
1777, during the Revolutionary War, General George Washington's army [-----1-----] the British in the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey. That follows Washington and his troops crossing the Delaware River and beating the Hessian nearby Trenton.

1990, Panama’s ousted leader General Manuel Noriega [-----2-----] at the Vatican's diplomatic mission. He’s later convicted and sentenced to prison in the US [-----3-----].

1967, Jack Ruby, the nightclub owner who fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald just days after President John F. Kennedy assassination, dies in a Dallas hospital.

And 1892, take note, "Lord of the Rings" fans. Author J.R.R. Tolkein, [-----4-----], is born in South Africa.

Today in history, Jan 3rd, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press
routs surrenders to US forces after taking refuge for cocaine trafficking, racketeering and money laundering creator of the trilogy that found its way to the big screen