Twelve Days of Christmas

The tenth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)

Hakozaki Shrine

Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan)

January 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day:
January 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Pope Anterus

Christian feast day:
Pope Anterus

Kuriakose Elias Chavara

Christian feast day:
Kuriakose Elias Chavara (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)

Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus

Christian feast day:
Holy Name of Jesus

Genevieve

Christian feast day:
Genevieve

Daniel of Padua

Christian feast day:
Daniel of Padua

United States

The United States conducts airstrikes across northern Venezuela, including the capital Caracas and captures Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores.

Niko Lekishvili

Niko Lekishvili, Georgian politician (born 1947)

Brenton Wood

Brenton Wood, American R&B singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1941)

Jeff Baena

Jeff Baena, American filmmaker (born 1977)

2024 Kerman bombings

At least 91 people are killed in bombings in Kerman, Iran, during a ceremony commemorating the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani four years earlier.

Elena Huelva

Elena Huelva, Spanish cancer activist and influencer (born 2002)

Jurong Bird Park

Singapore's Jurong Bird Park permanently closes.