What happened this day in history January 10

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, 1,736,467,200 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.

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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.
  • 236
    Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus as the twentieth pope of Rome.
  • 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.
  • 1901
    The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
  • 1922
    Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.
  • 1923
    Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel.
  • 1999
    Sanjeev Nanda kills three policemen in New Delhi with his car, an act for which he was later acquitted, resulting in a sharp drop in public confidence in the Indian legal system.
  • 2003
    Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois’ death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.

Who were born on January 10?

  • 1810
    Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist & statesman; 24th United States Attorney General; and 23rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1883)
  • 1848
    Reinhold Sadler, 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
  • 1898
    Katharine Blodgett, American scientist and inventor (d. 1979)
  • 1936
    Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist, radio astronomer, Nobel laureate
  • 1951
    Paul DiMaggio, American educator
  • 1960
    Benoît Pelletier, Canadian politician
  • 1962
    Michael Fortier, Canadian politician
  • 1974
    Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor
  • 1974
    Steve Marlet, French footballer
  • 1987
    César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer

Who died on January 10?

  • 1761
    Edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711)
  • 1777
    Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)
  • 1825
    Ioannis Varvakis, Greek national hero and benefactor (b. 1745)
  • 1833
    Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (b. 1752)
  • 1941
    Sir John Lavery, Northern Irish artist (b. 1856)
  • 1982
    Paul Lynde, American comedian (b. 1926)
  • 1986
    Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
  • 1992
    Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
  • 2002
    W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (b. 1909)
  • 2005
    Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. 1932)

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