Today is Sunday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2010. There are 362 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Sunday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2010. There are 362 days left in the year. On this date in 1961, the United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba. .

In 1521, Martin Luther is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Leo X. In 1777, Gen. George Washington’s army routs the British in the Battle of Princeton, N.J. In 1870, groundbreaking takes place for the Brooklyn Bridge. In 1938, the March of Dimes campaign to fight polio is organized. In 1949, in a pair of rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court says that states have the right to ban closed shops. In 1980, conservationist Joy Adamson, author of “Born Free,” is killed in northern Kenya by a former employee. In 1993, President George H.W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign a historic nuclear missile-reduction treaty in Moscow.

January 3, 1985: Bernie Kosar puts his Miami Hurricanes ahead 37-36 over UCLA with a three-yard touchdown pass with 2:58 remaining in the Fiesta Bowl, but the Bruins put together a winning drive that ends with a 22-yard field goal with 5 seconds remaining on the clock.

Raymond T. Klempay, a pioneer in development of machinery for continuously processing steel and a former officer of McKay Machine Co., dies at his Bratenahl home at the age of 72.

Youngstown City Council approves legislation giving Mayor Patrick Ungaro authority to advertise for bids for a study of the city’s water infrastructure, rate system and service area.

January 3, 1970: Youngstown Law Director Nicholas J. Manos names three attorneys to the law department staff, Anthony Grybos, David White and James Corbett.

Tax rates will be higher in 38 Trumbull County districts and lower in 17, says county Auditor William C. Trimbur.

Undefeated Youngstown State University wins its ninth game of the season, defeating Illinois Wesleyan, 79-64, in the Austintown Fitch gym.

January 3, 1960: In his first try, “Birdman” Otto Standke sends an estimated 20,000 starlings fluttering from the Mahoning County Courthouse. Newsmen and others were barred from watching Standke’s work in which he uses a secret “double-locked box” to repel the birds.

The Vindicator’s Clingan Jackson takes a look back at the 1950s, which saw the introduction of television, voting by machine and turnpike travel to the Youngstown area.

Church construction in Youngs-town, which totaled $2.5 million in 1959, is expected to top $3 million in 1960, writes church editor Glenn Morris.

January 3, 1935: D.T. Peters, president of the Youngstown Real Estate Board, sees brighter days ahead, noting that 8,000 homes were saved from foreclosure and tax sale through federal intervention.

The proposal of the Mississippi Valley Committee that Youngstown steel mills bear the cost of constructing the Beaver-Mahoning waterway is attacked as unfair by Congressman J.J. Mansfield of Texas, chairman of the House committee on rivers and harbors.

Playing at the Palace, Audrey Hepburn in Sir James M. Barrie’s drama of defiance, “The Little Minister.”