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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 355 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 28, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,941,120 minutes 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.
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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 19 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 4,403 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 10 Historical Events
- 49 BC –Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
- 1806 –Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
- 1810 –Napoleon divorces his first wife Joséphine.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
- 1863 –The London Underground, the world’s oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
- 1920 –The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
- 1922 –Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.
- 1954 –BOAC Flight 781 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 explodes into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
- 1981 –Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
- 1985 –Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
Who were born on January 10?
- 1776 –George Birkbeck, British academic (d. 1841)
- 1828 –Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (d. 1892)
- 1908 –Paul Henreid, Austrian actor (d. 1992)
- 1917 –Hilde Krahl, Austrian actress (d. 1999)
- 1927 –Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian singer (d. 2003)
- 1945 –John Fahey, Australian politician
- 1949 –Allu Aravind, Indian film producer
- 1962 –Michael Fortier, Canadian politician
- 1969 –Andreas Reinke, German footballer
- 1981 –Inga Jankauskaitė, Lithuanian actress and singer
Who died on January 10?
- 1824 –King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (b. 1759)
- 1905 –Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
- 1935 –Edwin Flack, Australian athlete, first Olympic champion (b. 1873)
- 1941 –Joe Penner, Hungarian-born comedian and actor (b. 1904)
- 1971 –Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
- 1978 –Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (b. 1924)
- 1980 –Bo Rein, American college football coach (b. 1945)
- 1986 –Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
- 2002 –W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (b. 1909)
- 2005 –Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)
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