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.
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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 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
- 236 –Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus as the twentieth pope of Rome.
- 1072 –Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
- 1645 –Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
- 1863 –The London Underground, the world’s oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
- 1916 –Erzerum Offensive during World War I, Russian victory over Ottoman Empire.
- 1923 –Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel.
- 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
- 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?
- 1889 –Maurice Collis, Irish writer (d. 1973)
- 1938 –Donald Knuth, American mathematician and computer scientist
- 1940 –Ntare VI of Ankole, Omugabe of Nkole
- 1944 –William Sanderson, American actor
- 1945 –John Fahey, Australian politician
- 1948 –Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist
- 1950 –Ernie Wasson, American gardener and writer
- 1974 –Akari Kaida, Japanese composer
- 1980 –Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan footballer
- 1991 –Romain Wattel, French golf player
Who died on January 10?
- 976 –John I Tzimiskes, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 925)
- 1645 –William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1573)
- 1828 –François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (b. 1750)
- 1895 –Benjamin Godard, French composer (b. 1849)
- 1971 –Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
- 1989 –Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905)
- 1992 –Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
- 2002 –W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (b. 1909)
- 2005 –Jack Horner, American sports journalist (b. 1912)
- 2005 –Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. 1932)
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