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On This Day: January 3

5 verified moments happened on January 3. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

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  1. 1983 Tony Dorsett of the Dallas Cowboys breaks off a 99-yard touchdown run against the Vikings, the longest from scrimmage ever.Pro Football · Source: ESPN Classic 'Dorsett is first to score 99-yard touchdown'; Wikipedia 'Tony Dorsett' (Jan 3 1983)
  2. 1993 Frank Reich leads the Buffalo Bills back from a 35-3 deficit to beat the Houston Oilers in 'The Comeback,' the largest comeback in NFL historySports · Source: History.com, 'Buffalo Bills pull off one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history, January 3, 1993'; Wikipedia, 'The Comeback (American football)'
  3. 1993 Frank Reich leads the Bills back from a 35-3 deficit to beat the Oilers in the greatest comeback in NFL playoff historyPro Football · Source: Pro-Football-Reference boxscore: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199301030buf.htm; Wikipedia The Comeback; HISTORY this-day-in-history Jan 3 1993
  4. 1999 Steve Young hits Terrell Owens for the game-winner as the 49ers beat the Packers in The Catch IIPro Football · Source: Wikipedia The Catch II (Jan 3 1999); 49ers.com; NFL.com 100 Greatest
  5. 2009🪙 Satoshi Nakamoto mines Bitcoin's genesis block, embedding a newspaper headline and launching the first cryptocurrency blockchain.Technology · Source: Bitcoin Wiki, 'Genesis block' (Jan 3 2009)

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