January 3

January 3 is known as these holidays according to Checkiday.com and daysoftheyear.com:

C: "Humiliation Day", "J.R.R. Tolkien Day", "Memento Mori (Also known as Memento Mori Day and Remember You Die Day)", "National Write to Congress Day", and "Women Rock! Day"

Both: "Festival of Sleep Day", "Drinking Straw Day" and "Chocolate-Covered Cherry Day"

Births

 * 1894 - ZaSu Pitts (actress)
 * 1897 - Pola Negri (actress)
 * 1903 - Ray Milland (actor and director)
 * 1909 - Victor Borge (pianist)
 * 1916 - Maxene Andrews (a member of The Andrews Sisters)
 * 1924 - Ian Cameron (author)
 * 1930 - Robert Loggia (actor and director)
 * 1932 - Dabney Coleman (actor)
 * 1941 - Derrick O'Connor (actor)
 * 1955 - Hal Rayle (actor and voice actor)
 * 1956 - Mel Gibson (actor, voice actor, director, and producer)
 * 1969
 * Michael Schumacher (retired racing driver)
 * Angelique Perrin (actress and voice actress)
 * 1975
 * Jason Marsden (actor, voice actor, director, and producer)
 * Danica McKellar (actress)
 * Thomas Bangalter (musician and part of Daft Punk)
 * 1989 - Alex D. Linz (actor)

Miscellaneous

 * Vy Qwaint (Youtube Star)

Deaths

 * 2012 - Vicar (Chilean cartoonist)

DreamWorks

 * 1993 - VeggieTales' Are You My Neighbor? (Big Idea)

Disney

 * 2006
 * Disney Sing-Along Songs
 *  The Bare Necessities 
 * You Can Fly!
 *  I Love to Laugh/Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
 * Pongo and Perdita
 * Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up
 * 2007 - The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition (Disney Movie Club Exclusive VHS)

Television

 * 2009 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Piglet's Lost Voice/Funny Rabbit".
 * 2010 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh premieres with the episode "Pooh and Piglet Misplace Their Place/Eeyore's Dark Cloud", followed by "Porcupine's Missing Flute/Darby's Picture Perfect Day".
 * 2014 - The Jake and the Never Land Pirates episodes "Treasure of the Pirate Mummy's Tomb" and "Mystery of the Missing Treasure!" premiere on Disney Junior.
 * 2016 - The Lion Guard premieres on Disney Junior.

Books

 * 2017
 * Elena and Naomi's Big Adventure
 * Disney Princess Beginnings
 * Anna Takes Charge

Disney Theme park happenings

 * 2017 - The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror closed at Disney California Adventure.