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Birthday January 10, 1738 Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys) |
Birthday January 10, 1843 Outlaw Frank James born in Missouri |
Birthday January 10, 1877 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, invented elecrostatic precipitator |
Birthday January 10, 1880 Manuel Azasa y Diaz, P.M. and president of 2nd Spanish republic |
Birthday January 10, 1883 Florence Reed, silent film Actress (The Dancing Girl) |
Birthday January 10, 1883 Francis X. Bushman, silent film Actor (The Spy's Defeat) |
Birthday January 10, 1887 Robinson Jeffers, American poet and playwright (Tamar & Other Poems) |
Birthday January 10, 1888 Grock, Swiss clown |
Birthday January 10, 1904 Ray Bolger, dancer and Actor (Once in Love with Amy and Wizard of Oz) |
Birthday January 10, 1910 Galina Ulanova, Russian ballerina |
Birthday January 10, 1926 June Haver |
Birthday January 10, 1927 Gisele MacKenzie, in Winnipeg Manitoba |
Birthday January 10, 1927 Johnnie Ray, pop singer |
Birthday January 10, 1938 Willie McCovey, baseball player |
Birthday January 10, 1945 Rod Stewart, singer |
Birthday January 10, 1949 George Foreman, world heavyweight boxing champ (1973-74) |
Birthday January 10, 1953 Pat Benatar, in Brooklyn--Hell is for Children |
History January 10, 1776 Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" published |
History January 10, 1776 North Carolina governor calls on Loyalists to combat rebels |
History January 10, 1806 Dutch in Capetown surrender to British |
History January 10, 1840 Penny Post mail system is started |
History January 10, 1861 William Seward named Secretary of State |
History January 10, 1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US |
History January 10, 1863 1st underground railway opens in London |
History January 10, 1911 Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified) |
History January 10, 1920 League of Nations established |
History January 10, 1920 League of Nations instituted |
History January 10, 1922 Griffith elected president of Irish Free State |
History January 10, 1923 U.S. troops depart Germany |
History January 10, 1923 Harding orders U.S. troops home from Germany |
History January 10, 1932 Mickey Mouse & Silly Symphony comics syndicated |
History January 10, 1941 Lend-Lease introduced into Congress |
History January 10, 1941 FDR introduces the lend-lease program |
History January 10, 1944 1st mobile electric power plant delivered Phila |
History January 10, 1945 Los Angeles Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close |
History January 10, 1946 UN General Assembly meets for 1st time |
History January 10, 1946 US Army establishes 1st radar contact with moon Belmar NJ |
History January 10, 1946 First meeting of the United Nations |
History January 10, 1949 1st Jewish family show - The Goldberg's begin |
History January 10, 1951 1st jet passenger trip made |
History January 10, 1961 Dashiell Hammett dies |
History January 10, 1962 Avalanche kills thousands in Peru |
History January 10, 1964 That Was The Week That Was premiers |
History January 10, 1967 Johnson asks for more funding for Vietnam War |
History January 10, 1967 Johnson asks for surcharge to pay for the war |
History January 10, 1969 USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus |
History January 10, 1970 Preview Center Opens |
History January 10, 1972 Hubert Humphrey criticizes President Nixon |
History January 10, 1976 Convoy, by C.W. McCall, is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts |
History January 10, 1977 20th hat trick in Islander history - Bobby Nystrom |
History January 10, 1978 Pedro Joaqu¡n Chamorro of La Prensa assassinated in Managua |
History January 10, 1978 Soyuz 27 is launched |
History January 10, 1982 Dwight Clark makes The Catch |
History January 10, 1989 Cuban troops begin withdrawal from Angola |
History January 10, 1994 Green Beret indicted for murder |
History January 10, 2000 AOL-Time Warner formed |
History January 10, 2008 World's cheapest car debuts in India |