January 3

Events
 * 1927 - President Calvin Coolidge signs Radio Act to create the Federal Radio Commission.

Births


 * 1865 - Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936)
 * 1884 - Raoul von Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1948)
 * 1920 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001)
 * 1924 - Nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005)
 * 1929 - Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer
 * 1941 - Van Dyke Parks, American musician
 * 1944 - David Atherton, English conductor
 * 1945 - Stephen Stills, American musician
 * 1946 - John Paul Jones, British musician (Led Zeppelin)
 * 1954 - Ross the Boss, American guitarist
 * 1955 - Palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)
 * 1975 - Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk)
 * 1977 - Michelle Stephenson, English singer (The Spice Girls)
 * 1978 - Kimberley Locke, American singer
 * 1980 - Rob Arnold, American guitarist (Chimaira)
 * 1986 - Lloyd Polite, American R&B singer