Today is Wednesday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2018. There are 362 days left in the year. • Today's Highlight in History • On Jan. 3, 1868, Japan's Meiji (may-jee) Restoration re-established the authority of the emperor and heralded the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns; the upheaval paved the way for Japan's drive toward becoming a modern power. • On this date • In 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Leo X. In 1777, Gen. George Washington's army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey. In 1870, groundbreaking took place for the Brooklyn Bridge.