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, 482,352 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.
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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
- 69 –Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba to deputy Roman Emperor.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
- 1901 –The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
- 1916 –Erzerum Offensive during World War I, Russian victory over Ottoman Empire.
- 1922 –Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.
- 1946 –The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
- 1972 –Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
- 1981 –Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
- 1990 –Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
- 2011 –2010–2011 Queensland floods: Torrential rain in the Lockyer Valley region of South East Queensland, Australia causes severe flash flooding, killing 9 people.
Who were born on January 10?
- 1702 –Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)
- 1873 –Jack O'Neill, Irish-born baseball player (d. 1935)
- 1875 –Issai Schur, German mathematician (d. 1941)
- 1919 –Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (d. 1977)
- 1936 –Burnum Burnum, Australian activist, actor and author (d. 1997)
- 1939 –Jared Carter, American poet
- 1940 –Walter Hill, American film director
- 1958 –Caroline Langrishe, English actress
- 1963 –Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand footballer
- 1980 –Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan footballer
Who died on January 10?
- 1698 –Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)
- 1707 –Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621)
- 1905 –Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
- 1971 –Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
- 1978 –Don Gillis, American composer (b. 1912)
- 1980 –Bo Rein, American college football coach (b. 1945)
- 1982 –Paul Lynde, American comedian (b. 1926)
- 2000 –Sam Jaffe, American producer (b. 1901)
- 2002 –W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (b. 1909)
- 2005 –Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
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