January 10 Events |
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January 10th, 2049 (January 10 2049) | Event | Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. | Julius Caesar Quotes |
January 10th, 2005 (January 10 2005) | Event | A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing the Highway 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days. | |
January 10th, 1999 (January 10 1999) | Event | A large piece of the chalk cliff at Beachy Head collapses into the sea. | |
January 10th, 1990 (January 10 1990) | Event | Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. | |
January 10th, 1989 (January 10 1989) | Event | Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola. | |
January 10th, 1984 (January 10 1984) | Event | The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years. | |
January 10th, 1962 (January 10 1962) | Event | Apollo Project: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket booster. It became better known as the Saturn V moon rocket, which launched every Apollo moon mission. | |
January 10th, 1946 (January 10 1946) | Event | The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented. | |
January 10th, 1941 (January 10 1941) | Event | Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. | |
January 10th, 1941 (January 10 1941) | Event | World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura. | |
January 10th, 1923 (January 10 1923) | Event | Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel. | |
January 10th, 1922 (January 10 1922) | Event | Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State. | |
January 10th, 1920 (January 10 1920) | Event | The League of Nations holds its first meeting and ratifies the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I. | |
January 10th, 1901 (January 10 1901) | Event | The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. | |
January 10th, 1870 (January 10 1870) | Event | John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. | John D. Rockefeller Quotes |
January 10th, 1863 (January 10 1863) | Event | The London Underground, the world s oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station. | |
January 10th, 1861 (January 10 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union. | |
January 10th, 1810 (January 10 1810) | Event | The marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled. | |
January 10th, 1806 (January 10 1806) | Event | Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British. | |
January 10th, 1776 (January 10 1776) | Event | Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense. | Thomas Paine Quotes |
January 10th, 1645 (January 10 1645) | Event | Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London. | |
January 10th, 1475 (January 10 1475) | Event | Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui. | |
January 10th, 1072 (January 10 1072) | Event | Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. | |