January 10
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January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 355 days remaining after January 10 until the end of the year (356 in leap years).
[change] Births
- 1930 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)
- 1945 – Rod Stewart, singer
- 1960 – Brian Cowen, former Taoiseach of Ireland
[change] Deaths
- 681 – Pope Agatho
- 1276 – Pope Gregory X
- 1645 – William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1573)
- 1778 – Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
- 1811 – Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)
- 1862 – Samuel Colt, American inventor (b. 1814)
- 1895 – Benjamin Godard, French composer (b. 1849)
- 1917 – William F. Cody, American frontiersman (b. 1846)
- 1934 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist, accused of Reichstag fire (b. 1909)
- 1941 – Frank Bridge, English composer (b. 1879)
- 1941 – Joe Penner, comedian, actor
- 1951 – Sinclair Lewis, American writer (b. 1885)
- 1957 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (b. 1889)
- 1961 – Dashiell Hammett, American writer (b. 1894)
- 1970 – Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (b. 1925)
- 1971 – Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
- 1976 – Howlin' Wolf, American musician (b. 1910)
- 1978 – Pedro Chamorro, Nicaraguan journalist
- 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, comedian
- 1987 – Sir David Robinson, British philanthropist and entrepreneur (b. 1904)
- 1997 – Sheldon Leonard, American producer, actor, director
- 1997 – Elspeth Huxley, journalist, writer
- 2000 – Sam Jaffe, American producer (b. 1901)
- 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, Grandduchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927)
[change] Events
- 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 – Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled.
- 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 discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
- 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.
- 1969 – After 147 years, the last issue of the Saturday Evening Post is published.
- 1971 – Masterpiece Theatre debuts on PBS.
- 1984 – The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations.
- 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.
Specialty of the Day : World Laughter Day
