What are the important events that happened on January 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 10 is the 10th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 28, 2023 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 473,568 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘decagon’ day.
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 31 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,037 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 10 Historical Events
- 1072 –Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
- 1776 –Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
- 1806 –Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
- 1870 –John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
- 1941 –World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
- 1946 –The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.
- 1946 –The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
- 1954 –BOAC Flight 781 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 explodes into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
- 1990 –Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
Who were born on January 10?
- 1776 –George Birkbeck, British academic (d. 1841)
- 1903 –Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)
- 1903 –Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)
- 1945 –Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist
- 1955 –Franco Tancredi, Italian footballer
- 1957 –Paula Smith, American tennis player
- 1969 –Andreas Reinke, German footballer
- 1976 –Ian Poulter, English golfer
- 1987 –César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
- 1990 –Tao Li, Singaporean swimmer
Who died on January 10?
- 1276 –Pope Gregory X (b. c. 1210)
- 1662 –Prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. 1597)
- 1863 –Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)
- 1917 –Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer (b. 1875)
- 1934 –Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist accused of setting the Reichstag fire (b. 1909)
- 1961 –Dashiell Hammett, American writer (b. 1894)
- 1971 –Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
- 1980 –Bo Rein, American college football coach (b. 1945)
- 1981 –Katherine Alexander, American actress (b. 1898)
- 1981 –Richard Boone, American actor (b. 1917)
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