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
- 1645 –Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
- 1776 –Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
- 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.
- 1901 –The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
- 1920 –The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
- 1981 –Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
- 1984 –The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years.
- 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?
- 1729 –Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (d. 1799)
- 1745 –Isaac Titsingh, Dutch diplomat (d. 1812)
- 1769 –Michel Ney, French marshal (d. 1815)
- 1812 –Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (d. 1881)
- 1893 –Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Victoria Cross winner (d. 1932)
- 1903 –Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)
- 1935 –Georg Katzer, German composer
- 1950 –Ernie Wasson, American gardener and writer
- 1975 –Jake Delhomme, American football player
- 1981 –Inga Jankauskaitė, Lithuanian actress and singer
Who died on January 10?
- 1276 –Pope Gregory X (b. c. 1210)
- 1778 –Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
- 1825 –Ioannis Varvakis, Greek national hero and benefactor (b. 1745)
- 1866 –Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792)
- 1904 –Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
- 1971 –Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
- 1978 –Don Gillis, American composer (b. 1912)
- 1980 –Hughie Critz, American baseball player (b. 1900)
- 1981 –Fawn M. Brodie, American historian (b. 1915)
- 2000 –Sam Jaffe, American producer (b. 1901)
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