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Births for January 10


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1502 Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)
1644 Louis Boufflers, marshall of France
1738 Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (led Green Mtn Boys)
1747 Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker
1768 James Varicick, 1st AME Zion Bishop
1780 M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist
1814 Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer)
1815 Alexander Brydie Dyer, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1874
1815 Thomas Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1825 Alexander Travis Hawthorn, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1877 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)
1880 Eduard M Meijers, lawyer (Short Discussion)
1880 French van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp
1880 Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director
1880 Manuel Aza¤a y D¡az, PM/pres of 2nd Spanish republic (1936-39)
1882 Eugne Delporte, Belgium, astronomer (Asteroid Belgian/Adonis)
1883 Florence Reed, silent film actress (Dancing Girl)
1883 Francis X Bushman, silent film actor (Spy's Defeat, Ben Hur)
1887 Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)
1888 Grock, [Adrien Weltach], Switzerland, clown/circus director
1891 Jos Speybrouck, Flemish painter
1892 Dumas Malone, Miss, historian (Jefferson & His Time)
1894 Reginald Denham, London, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed)
19-- Bonnie Hellman, SF Calif, actress (Penny Brooks-Nurse)
19-- Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker (MSG-Coming on Strong)
19-- Williams Sanderson, Memphis Tn, actor (Larry-Newhart)
1903 Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor
1903 Jens A Damages, Danish writer (Schadebogen, Losses Híjsang)
1904 Ray Bolger, Dorchester Mass, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz)
1908 Bernard Lee, London England, actor (M in James Bond movies)
1908 Paul Henreid, Trieste, actor (Casablanca, 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
1910 Galina Ulanova, Russia, ballerina (Bolshoi)
1910 Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor
1913 Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslavakia (1968-89)
1914 Claude Gallimard, France, publisher
1914 Polly Rowles, Phila Pa, actress (Aunt Laurie-Jamie)
1915 Dean Dixon, Zug Switzerland, conductor
1917 Jerry Wexler, music producer
1926 June Haver, Mrs Fred MacMurray/actress (Dolly Sisters)
1927 Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade)
1927 Johnnie Ray, pop singer (Cry)
1927 Lee Philips, Bkln NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
1928 Donald Brooks, fashion designer (Emmy 1983)
1935 Ronnie Hawkins, Ark, rocker (The Band-Who Do You Love?)
1935 Sherrill Milnes, Hinsdale Illinois, baritone
1938 Willie "Stretch" McCovey, 1st baseman (SF Giant #44)
1939 Bill Toomey, Phila Pa, decathelete (Olympic-gold-68)
1939 Sal Mineo, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)
1942 Jim Croce, singer (Time in a Bottle)
1943 Agustin P Justo y Rolon, president (Argentina 1931-38)
1945 Frank Sinatra Jr, Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddigers)
1945 Rod Stewart, UK, singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy)
1946 Alexis Nihon Jr, Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968)
1947 George Alec Effinger, US, sci-fi author (Nick of Time)
1948 Donald Fagan, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg)
1948 George Foreman, Houston Tx, world heavyweight boxing champ (1973-74)
1948 William Sanderson, US, actor (Newhart, Blade runner)
1949 Teresa Graves, Houston Tx, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love)
1949 Walter S Browne, US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84)
1952 Scott Thorston, keyboards/guitarist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1953 Bobby Rahal, Indy-car racer (over 15 wins)
1953 Pat Benatar, [Andrejewski], Bkln NY, singer (Hell Is for Children)
1959 Chandra Cheesborough, Jacksonville Fla, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-84)
1959 Don Letts, rocker (Bad)
1961 Nadja Salerni-Sonnwnberg, Rome Italy, concert violinist
1964 Karen Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
1964 Krista Tesreau, actress (Guiding Light)
1964 Sarah Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
1965 Nathan, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1967 Mick Hankers, dancer (Ted de Braak/Josephine)
1975 Shannon Kavanaugh, Boston Mass, rocker (Ivory Soul)
1979 Chris H E Smith, [Daddy Mack], Atlanta, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up)
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Passings for January 10


681 Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies
976 John I Tzimisces, emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies
1276 Gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies
1645 William Laud, archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded
1674 Jacob de Witte, mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician, dies
1778 Carolus Lin‘us "Carl von Linn‚", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies
1789 Pierre Lyonet, zoologist, dies
1811 Marie-Joseph de Ch‚nier, French poet (Chant du D‚part), dies
1824 Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies
1846 Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'amour), dies
1871 Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies
1899 Gerard Keller, writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69
1927 August(us) Alleb‚, painter/lithograph, dies
1934 Marinus van der Lubbe, communist, beheaded in Berlin at 24
1938 Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies
1943 Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38), dies
1943 J Arthur S Berson, Austrian meteorologist, dies
1951 Harry Sinclair Lewis, US writer (Nobel 1930), dies
1961 Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man), dies at 66
1964 A Marja, [ATE Mooy], author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46
1968 Howard Smith, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel), dies at 74
1972 Al Goodman, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
1972 Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer (Satan auf Erde), dies
1978 John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71
1978 Pedro Joaqu¡n Chamorro, of La Prensa, assassinated in Managua
1980 George Meany, labor leader, dies at 85
1981 Richard Boone, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63
1982 Paul Lynde, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched), dies at 55
1986 Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at 61
1993 Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death
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Holidays for January 10


[Switzerland] Meitlisunntig Festival-Woman in Villmergen War (1712)
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Interest events for January 10


[RC] Feast of St Gonzalvo
[Ang, RC] Feast of the Baptism of Jesus Christ
[Christian] Plough Monday
681 [RC] Feast of St Agatho, Roman Catholic pope (678-81)
1276 [RC] Feast of St Gregory X, Roman Catholic pope (1271-76)
1645 [Ang] Commemoration of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
1994 [Moslem] Night of the Ascent; (Rajab 27, 1414 AH)
1997 [Moslem] 1st day of Ramadƒn, (1417 AH)
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Special events for January 10
[Rome] (a d iv Id Jan)
49 -BC- Julius C‘sar crosses the Rubicon, invades Italy
236 St Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
681 St Agatho ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1429 Order of the Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary & Spain
1514 Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek & Latin finished
1776 "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published
1806 Dutch in Cape Town, South Africa surrender to the British
1810 French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I & Jos‚phine
1811 Louisiana slaves rebell in 2 parishes
1840 Penny Post mail system started
1845 Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding
1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede
1861 Ft Jackson & Ft Philip are taken over by LA state troops
1861 US forts & property seized by Mississippi
1862 Battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek)
1862 Battle of Romney, WV
1863 1st underground railway opens in London
1870 Georgia legislature reconvenes
1870 John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
1877 J Perrotin discovers asteroid #170 Maria
1878 US Senate proposes female sufferage
1889 Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France
1893 Richard Drigo's ballet "The Magic Flute" premiers, St Petersburg
1894 A Charlois discovers asteroid #381 Myrrha
1901 Oil discovered at Spindletop claim near Beaumont, Texas
1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #522 Helga
1904 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #521 Brixia
1910 1st international air meet in US held, in LA
1910 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #696 Leonora
1911 1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego
1911 Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
1912 World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (NY)
1920 League of Nations' 1st meeting, Treaty of Versailles in effect
1920 Mont Canadiens (14) & Tor St Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals
1920 Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce
1923 Last US troops leave the Rhine
1923 Latvian troops occupy Memel near France
1925 France-Saarland forms
1925 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as TX gov, nation's 2nd woman governor
1927 Fritz Lang's Metropolis premieres
1927 J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #1626 Sadeya
1928 Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky
1928 Stalin sends Trotsky to Wjerny, Siberia
1930 Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted
1931 Phila Quakers defeat Montr‚al, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak
1932 "Mickey Mouse" & "Silly Symphony" comics syndicated
1932 "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts
1938 Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall
1939 M B Protitch discovers asteroid #2348 Michkovitch
1941 Seys-Inquart begins registration of Jews
1942 Japan invades North-Celebes, Neth Indies
1944 1st mobile electric power plant delivered, Phila
1945 LA Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close
1946 UN General Assembly convenes for 1st time (London)
1946 US Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar, NJ
1949 1st Jewish family show "The Goldbergs" premiers on CBS
1951 1st jet passenger trip made
1951 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1578 Kirkwood
1951 S Arend discovers asteroid #2973 Paola
1951 UN headquarters opens in Manhattan NY
1953 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald Macleish
1954 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WH Auden
1956 Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel"
1957 Anthony Eden resigns & Harold Macmillan becomes PM Britain
1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1
1960 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Delmore Schwartz
1962 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Per£
1962 Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages & kill 3,500
1964 Battles between muslims & hindus in Calcutta
1964 US version of "That Was The Week That Was," premiers
1965 WKBD TV channel 50 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting
1966 Julian Bond denied seat in Ga legislature for opposing Vietnam War
1967 Edward Brooke, takes (Sen-R-Mass) seat as 1st popular elected black
1967 Lester Maddox elected governor of Georgia
1967 PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network
1967 Princess Margret marries Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven
1968 "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1
1968 US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho
1969 Pirate Radio Station Free Derby begins operation by Northern Ireland
1969 Sweden recognizes North Vietnam
1969 USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus
1970 Preview Center Opens
1971 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur
1972 LA Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
1972 Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK
1973 Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1975 P Wild discovers asteroid #2218 Wotho
1977 20th hat trick in Islander history-Bobby Nystrom
1978 Soyuz 27 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1979 1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks
1981 John Severin sets 100-mi unicycle speed record, 9 h 21 m
1981 N G Thomas discovers asteroids #2366 Aaryn, #2683 Brian & #2895 Memnon
1982 Bengals beat the Chargers in -59øF to win the AFC championship
1983 K Herkenhoff discovers asteroids #3489 Lottie & #3532 Tracie
1983 R Kirk & D Rudy discovers asteroid #3412 Kafka
1984 US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican
1985 Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua
1986 Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US
1986 STS 61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy
1990 NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players
1991 US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis
1993 Maiden flight of Ultrair (Houston to LA)
1997 Entertainment Tonight's 4,000th show (scheduled)
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Facts for January 10


10th day of the year with 355 remaining (Numerology = 2)
1857 -3øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
1876 60øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
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Songs released on January 10


01/10/41 --- I Hear A Rhapsody --- Dorsey, Jimmy
01/10/41 --- Along The Sante Fe Trail --- Miller, Glenn
01/10/41 --- Stardust --- Shaw, Artie
01/10/47 --- Gal In Calico, A --- Crosby, Bing
01/10/47 --- For Sentimental Reasons, (I Love You) --- Howard, Eddy
01/10/47 --- For Sentimental Reasons, (I Love You) --- Spivak, Charlie
01/10/47 --- For Sentimental Reasons, (I Love You) --- Shore, Dinah
01/10/70 --- Hey There Lonely Girl --- Holman, Eddie
01/10/70 --- Arizona --- Lindsay, Mark
01/10/70 --- Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) --- Sly & The Family Stone
01/10/76 --- Golden Years --- Bowie, David
01/10/76 --- Theme From S.W.A.T. --- Rhythm Heritage

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