January 10
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January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 355 days remaining until the end of the year (356 in leap years).
Births [change]
- 1480 - Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)
- 1573 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)
- 1628 - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687)
- 1715 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
- 1729 - Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (d. 1799)
- 1738 - Ethan Allen, American military leader (d. 1789)
- 1741 - Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1759)
- 1750 - Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. 1823)
- 1810 - Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (d. 1892)
- 1810 - Jeremiah S. Black, 23rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1883)
- 1812 - Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (d. 1881)
- 1836 - Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)
- 1840 - Louis Nazaire Begin, Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)
- 1842 - Luigi Pigorini, Italian archaeologist and ethnologist (d. 1925)
- 1843 - Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)
- 1848 - Reinhold Sadler, Prussian-born 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
- 1859 - Francesc Ferrer i Guardia, Catalan free thinker (d. 1909)
- 1864 - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931)
- 1865 - Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)
- 1873 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (d. 1958)
- 1880 - Manuel Azana, Spanish politician (d. 1940)
- 1883 - Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1945)
- 1887 - Robinson Jeffers, American poet, dramatist and natural philosopher (d. 1962)
- 1893 - Vicente Huidobro, Chilean poet (d. 1948)
- 1898 - Katharine Burr Blodgett, American scientist and inventor (d. 1979)
- 1901 - Henning von Tresckow, German general and Resistance activist (d. 1944)
- 1903 - Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)
- 1905 - Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor and director (d. 1993)
- 1908 - Bernard Lee, British actor (d. 1981)
- 1910 - Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (d. 1976)
- 1913 - Gustav Husak, President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)
- 1913 - Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (d. 1981)
- 1914 - Yu Kuo-hwa, Premier of Taiwan (d. 2000)
- 1916 - Sune Bergstrom, Swedish biochemist (d. 2004)
- 1916 - Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
- 1918 - Arthur Chung, President of Guyana (d. 2008)
- 1924 - Eduardo Chillida, Basque sculptor (d. 2002)
- 1924 - Max Roach, American musician and composer (d. 2007)
- 1927 - Otto Stich, Swiss politician (d. 2012)
- 1928 - Philip Levine, American poet
- 1929 - Derek Hammond-Stroud, English operatic baritone
- 1930 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)
- 1932 - Louis Rwagasore, Burundian politician
- 1934 - Leonid Kravchuk, former President of Ukraine
- 1936 - Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer
- 1938 - Donald Knuth, American mathematician and computer scientist
- 1939 - David Horowitz, American author and political commentator
- 1939 - Scott McKenzie, American singer (d. 2012)
- 1939 - Bill Toomey, American athlete
- 1940 - Walter Hill, American movie director
- 1940 - Yesudas, Indian singer and classical musician
- 1943 - Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973)
- 1944 - Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer
- 1945 – Rod Stewart, British singer
- 1945 - Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist
- 1947 - Peer Steinbrueck, German politician
- 1948 - Donald Fagan, American musician
- 1949 - George Foreman, American boxer
- 1949 - Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (d. 2002)
- 1950 - Roy Blunt, American politician
- 1950 - Barbara Orbison, German-born American record producer and music publisher (d. 2011)
- 1950 - Winfried Schaefer, German footballer
- 1950 - Ernie Wasson, American gardener and writer
- 1952 - Scott Thurston, American musician
- 1955 - Franco Tancredi, Italian footballer
- 1958 - Eddie Cheever, American racing driver
- 1959 - Chandra Cheeseborough, American athlete
- 1960 - Gurinder Chadha, British film director
- 1960 – Brian Cowen, former Taoiseach of Ireland
- 1961 - Evan Handler, American actor
- 1961 - Janet Jones, American actress
- 1964 - Brad Roberts, Canadian singer
- 1965 - Butch Hartman, American animator
- 1966 - Murali Nair, Indian film director
- 1972 - Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1973 - Tanya Streeter, British freediver
- 1976 - Ian Poulter, English golfer
- 1978 - Gavin McCann, English footballer
- 1980 - Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan footballer
- 1980 - Sarah Shahi, American actress
- 1982 - Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1984 - Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
- 1986 - Abigail Clancy, English model
- 1986 - Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer
- 1986 - Chen Jin, Chinese badminton player
- 1987 - Cesar Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
- 1988 - Vladimir Zharkov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1990 - Tao Li, Chinese swimmer
- 1990 - Cesar Ruiz, Peruvian footballer
- 1990 - Mario Innauer, Austrian ski jumper
- 1992 - Emmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer
- 2004 - Kaitlyn Maher, American actress and singer
Deaths [change]
- 681 – Pope Agatho
- 976 - John I Tzimiskes, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 925)
- 1218 - Hugh I of Cyprus (b. 1195)
- 1276 – Pope Gregory X
- 1321 - Mary of Brabant, Queen of France (b. 1254)
- 1645 – William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1573)
- 1654 - Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, herbalist, physician and astrologer (b. 1618)
- 1662 - Prince Honore of Monaco (b. 1597)
- 1778 – Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
- 1794 - Georg Forster, German scientist and revolutionary (b. 1754)
- 1811 – Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)
- 1824 - King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (b. 1759)
- 1825 - Ioannis Varvakis, Greek national hero (b. 1745)
- 1833 - Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (b. 1752)
- 1862 – Samuel Colt, American inventor (b. 1814)
- 1863 - Lyman Beecher, American Presbyterian clergyman (b. 1775)
- 1895 – Benjamin Godard, French composer (b. 1849)
- 1901 - James Dickson, Premier of Queensland (b. 1832)
- 1905 - Karlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
- 1917 – William F. Cody, American frontiersman (b. 1846)
- 1926 - Eino Leino, Finnish writer (b. 1878)
- 1934 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist, accused of Reichstag fire (b. 1909)
- 1935 - Edwin Flack, American athlete (b. 1873)
- 1941 – Frank Bridge, English composer (b. 1879)
- 1941 – Joe Penner, Hungarian-born comedian and actor (b. 1904)
- 1949 - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and polar scientist (b. 1865)
- 1951 – Sinclair Lewis, American writer (b. 1885)
- 1957 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (b. 1889)
- 1960 - Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1907)
- 1961 – Dashiell Hammett, American writer (b. 1894)
- 1969 - John Brwonlee, American tenor (b. 1900)
- 1970 – Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1925)
- 1971 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
- 1972 - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
- 1976 – Howlin' Wolf, American musician (b. 1910)
- 1978 – Pedro Chamorro, Nicaraguan journalist (b. 1924)
- 1980 – George Meany, American labor leader (b. 1894)
- 1981 – Katherine Alexander, American actress (b. 1898)
- 1981 – Richard Boone, American actor (b. 1917)
- 1981 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian (b. 1915)
- 1982 – Paul Lynde, American comedian (b. 1926)
- 1984 - Souvanna Phouma, Prince and Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
- 1985 - Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)
- 1986 - Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer (b. 1901)
- 1987 – Sir David Robinson, British philanthropist and entrepreneur (b. 1904)
- 1997 – Sheldon Leonard, American producer, actor and director (b. 1907)
- 1997 – Elspeth Huxley, British journalist and writer (b. 1907)
- 1997 - Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist (b. 1907)
- 2000 – Sam Jaffe, American producer (b. 1901)
- 2003 - Julho Botelho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1929)
- 2004 – Spalding Gray, American actor, screenwriter, and monologue artist (b. 1941)
- 2004 – Alexandra Ripley, author
- 2005 – Gene Baylos, comedian
- 2005 – Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
- 2005 – James Forman, American Civil Rights leader (b. 1928)
- 2005 – Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer (b. 1911)
- 2005 – Gordon John "Jack" Horner, sports journalist
- 2005 – Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927)
- 2007 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
- 2008 - Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress (b. 1921)
- 2009 - Bill Stone, British World War I veteran (b. 1900)
- 2011 - John Dye, American actor (b. 1963)
- 2011 - Margaret Whiting, American actress (b. 1924)
Events [change]
- 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon which signalled civil war.
- 1072 – Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
- 1776 – Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
- 1806 – Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British.
- 1810 – The Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled.
- 1840 - Isaac Pitman introduces long-distance learning; his students are able to send him their worlk by post.
- 1861 – Florida secedes from the United States.
- 1863 – The first section of the London Underground Railway opens (Paddington to Farringdon Street).
- 1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
- 1901 – The first great Texas gusher - oil is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
- 1916 - World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
- 1920 – League of Nations holds its first meeting and ratifies the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I.
- 1922 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.
- 1923 – Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel.
- 1927 – The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premiers.
- 1929 – Tintin, a comic book character created by Hergé, makes his debut. He went on to be published in over 200 million comic books in 40 languages.
- 1941 – Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress.
- 1946 – First General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. 51 nations are represented.
- 1957 – Harold Macmillan becomes the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1964 - Panama temporarily breaks off diplomatic relations with the United States. These are restored on April 3.
- 1969 – After 147 years, the last issue of the Saturday Evening Post is published.
- 1971 – Masterpiece Theatre debuts on PBS.
- 1972 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman becomes President of Bangladesh.
- 1984 – The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations.
- 1985 - Daniel Ortega becomes President of Nicaragua.
- 1989 – Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola.
- 1990 – Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
- 2000 – America Online announces an agreement to buy Time Warner for $162 billion, the largest corporate merger in history.
- 2001 – Wikipedia starts as part of Nupedia. It becomes a separate site five days later.
- 2005 - A ban on smoking in public places comes into force in Italy.
- 2005 - A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people.
- 2011 - 2010-2011 Queensland floods: Severe flooding occurs in the Lockyer Valley around Toowoomba, Queensland.
