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, 1,704,844,800 seconds 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
- 1776 –Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
- 1810 –Napoleon divorces his first wife Joséphine.
- 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.
- 1946 –The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
- 1962 –Apollo Project: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle. It became better known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
- 1990 –Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
- 2003 –Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois’ death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
- 2005 –A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.
- 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?
- 1903 –Violet Wilkey, American actress (d. 1976)
- 1914 –Yu Kuo-hwa, Premier of Taiwan (d. 2000)
- 1916 –Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
- 1920 –Georges Marchal, French actor (d. 1997)
- 1921 –Rodger Ward, American racing driver (d. 2004)
- 1945 –Jennifer Moss, English Actress (d. 2006)
- 1945 –Rod Stewart, Scottish singer
- 1960 –Benoît Pelletier, Canadian politician
- 1965 –Butch Hartman, American animator
- 1980 –Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan footballer
Who died on January 10?
- 1094 –Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029)
- 1754 –Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (b. 1691)
- 1811 –Marie-Joseph de Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)
- 1828 –François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (b. 1750)
- 1935 –Edwin Flack, Australian athlete, first Olympic champion (b. 1873)
- 1960 –Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1879)
- 1968 –Basil Sydney, English actor (b. 1894)
- 1976 –Howlin' Wolf, American musician (b. 1910)
- 1982 –Paul Lynde, American comedian (b. 1926)
- 2002 –W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (b. 1909)
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