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January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September January 2004: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2003: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2001: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2000: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 355 days remaining until the end of the year (356 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 49 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus Rubicon ( Rubicō, Italian: Rubicone) is a 29 km long River in northern Italy. The Roman civil war of 49 BC sometimes called Caesar's Civil War, is one of the last conflicts within the Roman Republic.
• 1072 - Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. Robert Guiscard (from Latin Viscardus and Old French Viscart, often rendered the Resourceful, the Cunning, the Wily Palermo ( Sicilian: Palermu, Greek: Panormus, al-Madinah during Muslim rule is a historic City in
• 1475 - Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui. Stephen III of Moldavia or Stephen III (c 1433 - July 2, 1504) also known as Stephen the Great ( Romanian: Ştefan The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The Battle of Vaslui (also referred to as the Battle of Podul Înalt or the Battle of Racova) was fought on January 10 1475 between Stephen III of Moldavia
• 1645 - Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London. Archbishop William Laud (7 October 1573 - 10 January 1645 was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645 Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically as The Tower) is a historic monument in central London
• 1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Paine (January 29 1737 &ndash June 8 1809 was an English Pamphleteer, Revolutionary, radical, Inventor, and Intellectual Common Sense was a Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American
• 1806 - Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1810 - The marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Joséphine de Beauharnais (born Marie Josèphe Rose de Tascher de la Pagerie June 23 1763 &ndash May 29 1814) was the first
• 1861 - American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three
• 1863 - The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire London Paddington station, also known as London Paddington, or just simply Paddington, is a major National Rail and London Underground station Farringdon station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Clerkenwell, just north of the City of London in the London Borough
• 1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Davison Rockefeller ( July 8, 1839 &ndash May 23, 1937) was an American Industrialist and philanthropist Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing transporting refining and marketing company
• 1901 - The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit Spindletop is a Salt dome Oil field located in south Beaumont, Texas (approx Beaumont is a city in and the County seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont&ndash Port Arthur Metropolitan
• 1920 - The League of Nations holds its first meeting and ratifies the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
• 1922 - Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur Griffith (Art Ó Gríobhtha 31 March 1872 &ndash 12 August 1922 was the founder and third leader of Sinn Féin. The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann (1922&ndash1937 was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by
• 1923 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Memel is a name mainly used by Germans and both for towns and rivers
• 1941 - Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lend-Lease (Public Law 77-11 was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses
• 1941 - World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Kleisoura (Κλεισούρα is a municipality in the Kastoria Prefecture, Greece.
• 1946 - The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Membership For two articles dealing with membership in the General Assembly see General Assembly members The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Fifty-one nations are represented.
• 1962 - Apollo Project: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket booster. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The Saturn V (pronounced 'Saturn Five' popularly known as the Moon Rocket was a multistage liquid-fuel expendable Rocket used by NASA 's In Spaceflight, a booster may be either an entire Launch vehicle or "launcher" used to lift a Spacecraft. It became better known as the Saturn V moon rocket, which launched every Apollo moon mission. The Saturn V (pronounced 'Saturn Five' popularly known as the Moon Rocket was a multistage liquid-fuel expendable Rocket used by NASA 's
• 1984 - The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Vatican City, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano is a Landlocked sovereign City-state whose territory
• 1989 - Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central
• 1990 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Time Inc is a major subsidiary of the media conglomerate Time Warner, the company formed by the 1990 Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City.
• 1995 - The World Youth Day was held in the Philippines. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 World Youth Day is a youth-oriented Roman Catholic Church event The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
• 1999 - A large piece of the chalk cliff at Beachy Head collapses into the sea. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Beachy Head is a Chalk headland on the south coast of England, close to the town of Eastbourne in the county of East Sussex,
• 2005 - A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing the Highway 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. La Conchita (population 338 in 2000 is a small unincorporated community in western Ventura County California, on U The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

Births

• 1480 - Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. A regent, from the Latin regens "who reigns" is a person selected to act as Head of state (ruling or not because the ruler is a minor 1530)
• 1538 - Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. Louis of Nassau ( January 10, 1538 &ndash April 14, 1574) was the third son of William Count of Nassau, and Juliana of Stolberg 1574)
• 1573 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. Simon Marius ( Latinized from German Simon Mayr) ( January 10, 1573 &ndash December 26, 1624) was a German 1624)
• 1607 - Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. Saint Isaac Jogues ( January 10, 1607 – October 18, 1646) was a Jesuit priest, Missionary, and Martyr The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order 1646)
• 1628 - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham, KG, PC, FRS (10 January 1628 – 16 April 1687 was an English Statesman and poet 1687)
• 1638 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. Nicolas Steno ( Danish: Niels Stensen; Latinized to Nicolaus Stenonis) ( January 10, 1638 - November 25, 1686)
• 1644 - Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (d. Louis François duc de Boufflers comte de Cagny ( January 10 1644 - August 22 1711) was a Marshal of France. 1711)
• 1654 - Joshua Barnes, English scholar (d. Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Joshua Barnes ( January 10, 1654 - August 3, 1712) English Scholar, was born in London. 1712)
• 1702 - Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (d. Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Johannes (Johann Zick ( January 10 1702 - March 4 1762) was a German painter of frescoes in southern Germany Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or 1762)
• 1715 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Christian August Crusius ( January 10, 1715 &ndash October 18, 1775) was a German Philosopher and theologian 1775)
• 1721 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (d. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jean-Philippe Baratier (also Johann Philipp Baratier; January 19, 1721, Schwabach near Nuremberg – October 5, 1740)
• 1729 - Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (d. Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lazzaro Spallanzani ( January 10, 1729 - February 12, 1799) was an Italian Biologist whose research of Biogenesis 1799)
• 1738 - Ethan Allen, American Revolution military leader (d. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1738 ( MDCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Ethan Allen (January 10 1738 – February 12 1789 was an early American revolutionary and guerrilla leader who fought against the Province of New York In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" 1789)
• 1750 - Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Erskine 1st Baron Erskine ( 10 January, 1750 &ndash 17 November 1823) Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom 1823)
• 1769 - Michel Ney, French marshal (d. Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Michel Ney, 1st Duc d' Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa ( January 10 1769 &ndash December 7 1815 1815)
• 1797 - Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common (aˈnɛtə fɔn ˈdʁɔstəˈhʏlshɔf January 10, 1797 &ndash May 25, 1848) was a 19th century German author and one of the most 1848)
• 1810 - Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (d. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jeremiah Sullivan Black ( January 10, 1810 &ndash August 19, 1883) was an American statesman and lawyer 1883)
• 1812 - Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (d. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Georg Hermann Nicolai (born Torgau, 10 January 1812 — died Bodenbach 10 July 1881) was 1881)
• 1815 - Sir John Alexander Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sir John Alexander Macdonald GCB, KCMG, PC ( January 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first Prime Minister 1891)
• 1828 - Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (d. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Herman Koeckemann, formally Bernard Hermann Koeckemann, SSCC ( January 10, 1828 - February 22, 1892) served as the second 1892)
• 1834 - Lord Acton, British historian (d. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton 1st Baron Acton, KCVO ( 10 January 1834 &ndash 19 June 1902) 1902)
• 1840 - Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Louis-Nazaire Cardinal Bégin ( January 10, 1840 &mdash July 18, 1925) was a Canadian Prelate of the 1925)
• 1843 - Frank James, American outlaw (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Alexander Franklin James ( January 10, 1843 &ndash February 18, 1915) was an American Outlaw and older brother of 1915)
• 1849 - Francisco Ferrer Guardia, Spanish free-thinker (d. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia ( January 10 1859 - October 12 1909) (known as Francisco Ferrer y Guardia in Spanish and often 1909)
• 1836 - Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Charles Phillip Ingalls ( January 10, 1836, Cuba New York - June 8, 1902, De Smet South Dakota) was the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder ( February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American Author, who wrote the Little House series 1902)
• 1850 - John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link John Wellborn Root ( January 10, 1850 – January 15, 1891) was a significant American architect who worked out of Chicago 1891)
• 1858 - Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Rudolf Heinrich Zille ( January 10, 1858 - August 9, 1929) German Illustrator and Photographer, was born in 1929)
• 1864 - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Grand Duke Peter (Pyotr Nikolaevich of Russia ( January 10, 1864 – January 17 1931) was the second son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievich 1931)
• 1865 - Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Mary Amelia Ingalls ( January 10, 1865 &ndash October 20, 1928) was born near the town of Pepin Wisconsin. Laura Ingalls Wilder ( February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American Author, who wrote the Little House series 1928)
• 1873 - Jack O'Neill, Irish-born baseball player (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Joseph "Jack" O'Neill ( January 10, 1873 - June 29, 1935) was Catcher in Major League Baseball who played 1935)
• 1873 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Washington Orton ( January 10, 1873 &ndash June 26, 1958) was a Canadian middle-distance runner 1958)
• 1880 - Manuel Azaña y Diaz, Spanish republican President (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Dr Manuel Azaña Díaz ( Alcalá de Henares, near Madrid, January 10 1880 &ndash November 3 1940, Montauban 1940)
• 1880 - Grock (Charles Adrien Wettach), Swiss circus clown (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grock ( January 10 1880, Reconvilier, Switzerland - July 14 1959, Imperia, Italy) original name 1959)
• 1883 - Francis X. Bushman, American actor (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Francis Xavier Bushman ( January 10, 1883 &ndash August 23, 1966) was an American film actor 1966)
• 1883 - Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi, Russian writer (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (Алексей Николаевич Толстой ( January 10, 1883 ( December 29, 1882 ( O 1945)
• 1887 - Robinson Jeffers, American poet (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Robinson Jeffers ( January 10 1887 &ndash January 20 1962) was an American Poet, known for his work about the central 1962)
• 1890 - Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Grigory Samuilovich Landsberg (Григорий Самуилович Ландсберг ( January 22, 1890, Vologda - February 2, 1957 1957)
• 1893 - Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Australian World War I Victoria Cross winner (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Albert Jacka VC MC & Bar (10 January 1893 &ndash 17 January 1932 was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour "in the See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since 1932)
• 1903 - Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (January 10 1903 &ndash May 20 1975 christened Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth) was a major British 1975)
• 1903 - Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Voldemar Väli ( January 10, 1903 Kuressaare – April 13 1997) was a two time Olympic medalist for Estonia in 1997)
• 1903 - Violet Wilkey, American actress (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Violet Wilkey ( January 10, 1903 - June 5, 1976) was an American Child actor whose career lasted only four years during 1976)
• 1904 - Ray Bolger, American actor/dancer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Ray Bolger ( January 10 1904 – January 15 1987) was an American entertainer of stage and screen best known for his portrayal of 1987)
• 1908 - Paul Henreid, Austrian actor (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Paul Georg Julius Hernried Freiherr von Wassel-Waldingau, (January 10 &ndashMarch 29) known professionally as Paul Henreid, was an Austrian actor and film director 1993)
• 1908 - Bernard Lee, English actor (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Bernard Lee ( 10 January 1908 &ndash 16 January 1981) was an English Actor, best known for his role as M in 1981)
• 1910 - Jean Martinon, French conductor, composer (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Jean Martinon ( January 10 1910 &ndash March 1976)
• 1912 - Maria Mandel, Camp leader at Auschwitz (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Maria Mandel (also spelled Mandl ( January 10 1912 - January 24, 1948) was infamous for her key role in The Holocaust as a top-ranking 1948)
• 1913 - Gustáv Husák, President of Czechoslovakia (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gustáv Husák ( January 10, 1913 - November 18, 1991) was a Slovak politician president of Czechoslovakia and a long-term This is a list of Presidents of Czechoslovakia, both elected and acting 1991)
• 1913 - Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Mehmet Ismail Shehu ( January 10, 1913 – December 17, 1981) was an Albanian Communist politician who served as premier of Albania 1981)
• 1914 - Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Yu Kuo-hwa ( Chinese: 俞國華 Pinyin: Yú Guóhuá 1914-2000 was the Premier of Taiwan from 1984 to 1989 2000)
• 1915 - Dean Dixon, U. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Charles Dean Dixon ( January 10, 1915 &ndash S. conductor (d. 1976)
• 1916 - Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sune Karl Bergström (born January 10, 1916 in Stockholm, Sweden; died August 15, 2004) was a Swedish Biochemist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 2004)
• 1916 - Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Donald Maurice Metz ( January 10, 1916 – November 16, 2007) was a Professional Ice hockey right winger 2007)
• 1917 - Jerry Wexler, American record producer
• 1918 - Arthur Chung, President of Guyana
• 1920 - Georges Marchal, French actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Gerald "Jerry" Wexler ( January 10 1917 &ndash August 15 2008) was a music journalist turned music producer and was regarded Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Arthur Raymond Chung (鍾亞瑟 Pinyin: Zhōng Yàsè ( January 10, 1918 &ndash June 23, 2008) was President of When Guyana was declared a republic in 1970 the president was elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term and possessed largely ceremonial powers Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Georges Marchal ( January 10, 1920 - November 28, 1997) was a French actor 1997)
• 1920 - Max Patkin, American baseball player (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Max Patkin ( January 10 1920 - October 30 1999) was an American Baseball player and Clown, best known as the 1999)
• 1921 - Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Rodger Ward ( January 10, 1921 &ndash July 5, 2004) was an American Racecar driver who won the 1959 and 1962 Indianapolis 2004)
• 1924 - Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer and director (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens) (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ludmilla Chiriaeff ( January 10, 1924 - September 22, 1996) was a Canadian Ballet dancer choreographer and director Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal is a Canadian Ballet company based in Montreal, Quebec. 1996)
• 1924 - Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Maxwell Lemuel Roach ( January 10, 1924 &ndash August 16, 2007) was an American Jazz Percussionist, Drummer 2007)
• 1926 - Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist, thinker, and politician
• 1927 - Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian singer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Musallam Wajih Bseiso (born January 10, 1926) (مسلم بسيسو is a well-known Palestinian thinker intellectual journalist Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gisèle MacKenzie ( January 10 1927 - September 5 2003) was a Canadian Singer, most famous for her performances on the popular 2003)
• 1927 - Johnnie Ray, American singer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. John Alvin Ray ( January 10 1927 &ndash February 24 1990) was an American Singer, Songwriter, and 1990)
• 1927 - Otto Stich, Swiss politician
• 1928 - Philip Levine, American poet
• 1929 - Derek Hammond-Stroud, English operatic baritone
• 1930 - Roy Edward Disney, American film executive
• 1931 - Peter Barnes, English writer (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Otto Stich (born January 10, 1927) is a Swiss politician He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 7, Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Philip Levine (b January 10, 1928, Detroit Michigan) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Poet. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Derek Hammond-Stroud (born 1926 is an English Opera singer best known for his performances of German lieder and opera Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roy Edward Disney KCSG (born January 10, 1930) was a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Barnes, ( January 10 1931 &ndash July 1 2004) was an English Olivier Award -winning Playwright and 2004)
• 1932 - Elaine Devry, American actress
• 1933 - Anton Rodgers, English actor (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Elaine Devry is an American actress (born on January 10 1932 and is well known for her past marriage to actor Mickey Rooney. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anton Rodgers ( 10 January 1933 &ndash 1 December 2007) was an English Actor and occasional director best known for his 2007)
• 1934 - Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician
• 1935 - Ronnie Hawkins, American musician
• 1935 - Sherrill Milnes, American baritone
• 1936 - Burnum Burnum, Australian Aboriginal activist, actor, author and dreamer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For hockey player see Igor Kravchuk Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk (Леонід Макарович Кравчук born 10 January 1934) is a Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ronald "Ronnie" Hawkins (born 10 January 1935, Huntsville, Arkansas, United States) is a pioneering Rock and roll Sherrill Milnes (born January 10, 1935) is an American operatic Baritone most famous for his Verdi roles Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Burnum Burnum ( 10 January, 1936 – 18 August, 1997) was an Australian Aboriginal activist actor and author 1997)
• 1936 - Stephen Ambrose, American historian (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Stephen Edward Ambrose ( January 10, 1936 – October 13, 2002) was an American Historian and Biographer of U 2002)
• 1936 - Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel laureate
• 1936 - Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer
• 1937 - Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge
• 1938 - Donald Knuth, American mathematician and computer scientist
• 1938 - Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and Canadian Senator
• 1938 - Willie McCovey, American baseball player
• 1939 - Jared Carter, American poet
• 1939 - David Horowitz, American author and political commentator
• 1939 - William Levy, Dutch writer
• 1939 - Scott McKenzie, American singer
• 1939 - Sal Mineo, American actor (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Woodrow Wilson (born January 10, 1936) is an American Astronomer, Nobel laureate in physics, who with Arno Allan The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Alvin "Al" Goldstein (b January 10 1936, New York City) is an American Publisher and pornographer. Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Penfield Jackson (born January 10, 1937) was a United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donald Ervin Knuth (kəˈnuːθ (born 10 January 1938) is a renowned computer scientist and Professor Emeritus of the Art of Computer Francis William "Frank" Mahovlich (Franjo Mahovlić CM, (born January 10, 1938 in Timmins, Ontario) is a Canadian Willie Lee McCovey (born January 10 1938 in) nicknamed "Big Mac" and "Stretch", is a former Major League Baseball Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jared Carter is a contemporary American poet with particular interests in traditional lyric and narrative poetry and in the geographic and cultural area of the David Joel Horowitz (born January 10, 1939) is an American conservative writer and activist William Levy (born August 29 1979 known as the Talmudic Wizard of Amsterdam and Dr Scott McKenzie (born Philip Blondheim on January 10 1939, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American Singer, best Salvatore "Sal" Mineo Jr ( January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) was a Golden Globe -winning American 1976)
• 1939 - Bill Toomey, American athlete
• 1940 - Guy Chevrette, Quebec politician
• 1940 - Ntare VI of Ankole, Omugabe of Nkole
• 1940 - Yesudas, Indian playback singer and classical musician
• 1942 - Walter Hill, American film director
• 1943 - Jim Croce, American singer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William ("Bill" Anthony Toomey (born January 10, 1939 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is a former American track and field Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Guy Chevrette (born January 10 1940 in Saint-Come Quebec) served as Parti Québécois leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Ntare VI ( January 10, 1940) is the Omugabe of Nkore or Ankole and the 27th of the Bahinda dynasty. The Mugabe or Omugabe of Ankole is the title given to the monarch of the kingdom of Ankole in Uganda, what used to be the kingdom of Nkore in Kattassery Joseph Yesudas, Malayalam കാട്ടശ്ശേരി ജോസഫ് യേശുദാസ്, (born January 10, 1940) is an Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Joseph Croce, pronounced (CROW-chee ( January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) popularly known as Jim Croce, was an 1973)
• 1944 - Rory Byrne, South African racing car designer
• 1944 - Bernard Derome, Canadian news presenter (Le Téléjournal)
• 1944 - William Sanderson, American actor
• 1944 - Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer
• 1945 - Jennifer Moss, English Actress (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rory Byrne (born January 10, 1944) is a South African engineer and car designer currently Design and Development Consultant for the Scuderia Ferrari Bernard Derome, OQ (born January 10, 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec News anchor for SRC Television Le Téléjournal is Radio-Canada's evening television newscast originating from Montreal, Quebec and the French language equivalent of the William Sanderson (born January 10, 1948) He is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra Jr (born January 10, 1944) is an American Singer and conductor. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Jennifer Moss may refer to Jennifer Moss (activist Jennifer Moss (actress 2006)
• 1945 - John Fahey, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales, chairman of WADA
• 1945 - Rod Stewart, Scottish singer
• 1945 - Edward Wiskoski, American professional wrestler
• 1946 - Aynsley Dunbar, English musician
• 1947 - Afeni Shakur, mother of Tupac "2Pac" Shakur, member of the Black Panther Party
• 1948 - Donald Fagen, American keyboardist, singer and songwriter (Steely Dan)
• 1948 - Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. John Joseph Fahey AC (born 10 January, 1945) is the former Premier of New South Wales and Federal Minister for Finance in The World Anti-Doping Agency ( WADA) Agence mondiale antidopage is an independent foundation created through a collective initiative led by the International Olympic Committee Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently Edward Wiskoski (born January 10, 1945) is a former American Professional wrestler best known as Colonel DeBeers in the AWA ( American Wrestling Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (born 10 January 1946, in Liverpool, England) is a prolific English Drummer. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Afeni Shakur (born January 22, 1947) is the mother of late American rapper and icon Tupac Shakur, and was a member of the Black Panther Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16 1971 &mdash September 13 1996 also known by his Stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxist / Maoist African-American organization established Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Teresa Graves ( January 10, 1948 - October 10, 2002) was an American actress and Singer. 2002)
• 1948 - Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist
• 1948 - Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist
• 1949 - George Foreman, American boxer
• 1949 - James Lapine, American stage director
• 1949 - Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Mischa Maisky (Miša Maiskis born January 10, 1948 in Riga, Latvian SSR) is a celebrated Bernard Thévenet, born January 10, 1948, in Saint-Julien-de-Civry France, is a retired bicycle racer Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James Lapine (born January 10 1949, Mansfield Ohio) is an American theatrical director and librettist. Linda Susan Boreman (January 10 1949 – April 22 2002 better known by her Stage name, " Linda Lovelace," was a porn actress who was famous 2002)
• 1952 - Scott Thurston, American musician, songwriter
• 1953 - Pat Benatar, American singer
• 1953 - Dennis Cooper, American author
• 1953 - Bobby Rahal, American race car driver and race team owner
• 1955 - Michael Schenker, German guitarist (UFO)
• 1956 - Shawn Colvin, American singer
• 1956 - Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer
• 1957 - Greg Walden, U. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scott Thurston (born January 10, 1952) is an American Guitarist, Keyboardist, and Songwriter, best known as a Session musician Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on 10 January 1953) is an influential four-time Grammy Award -winning American Dennis Cooper (born 1953 is a novelist poet critic editor blogger and Performance artist. Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahal (born January 10 1953 in Medina Ohio) is an American Auto racing team owner and former driver spending most of Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Michael Schenker (born January 10, 1955) is a German Hard rock and heavy metal Guitarist and former member of UFO are an English Hard rock band formed in 1969 UFO became a transitional band between early Hard rock and heavy metal and the New Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1955) is a Grammy Award -winning American singer songwriter and Musician. Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 10 January 1956) is a Spanish writer and since 8 June 1995, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy Gregory "Greg" Walden (born January 10, 1957, in The Dalles Oregon) is a Republican member of the United States House of S. Congressman from Oregon
• 1958 - Anatoly Pisarenko, Soviet weightlifter
• 1959 - Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter
• 1960 - Benoît Pelletier, Canadian politician
• 1960 - Samira Said, Moroccan singer
• 1961 - Evan Handler, American actor
• 1961 - Janet Jones, American actress; wife of Wayne Gretzky
• 1961 - Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist
• 1962 - Michael Fortier, Canadian politician
• 1963 - Mark Pryor, American politician
• 1964 - Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies)
• 1965 - Butch Hartman, American animator
• 1966 - Steve Kramer, American politician
• 1970 - Marcus Bagwell, American professional wrestler
• 1970 - Alisa Maric, Serbian-American chess grandmaster
• 1972 - Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian cross-country skier
• 1972 - Brian Lawler, American professional wrestler
• 1973 - Ryan Drummond, American voice actor
• 1973 - Glenn Robinson, American basketball player
• 1974 - Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor
• 1974 - Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer
• 1974 - Akari Kaida, Japanese composer
• 1974 - Steve Marlet, French footballer
• 1974 - Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
• 1975 - Jake Delhomme, American football player
• 1976 - Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
• 1978 - Brent Smith, American singer (Shinedown)
• 1980 - Matt Roney, American baseball player
• 1980 - Sarah Shahi, American actress and model
• 1981 - Brian Joo, Korean-American singer
• 1982 - Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko (Анатолий Григорьевич Писаренко (born January 10 1958 in Kiev) and was an Olympic The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frances Walsh, MNZM, (born January 10, 1959) is a Grammy and Academy Award -winning Screenwriter, Film producer Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benoît Pelletier (born January 10, 1960 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Politician and Lawyer in Quebec, Samira Said (سميرة سعيد (native name Samira Bensaïd) (born January 10, 1957) is an Arabic singer Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Evan Handler (born January 10, 1961) is an American actor and leukemia survivor who has appeared in films and television dramas and Sitcoms For other persons of a similar name Janet Jones (disambiguation. Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born January 26 1961 is a retired Canadian professional Ice hockey player Nadja Rose Catherine Salerno-Sonnenberg (born Rome, Italy, January 10, 1961) is an Italian-born classical Violinist author and teacher Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the Canadian politician For the Oklahoma City Bombing informant see Michael Fortier (American. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is a Democratic Politician in Arkansas. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Crash Test Dummies is a Canadian Folk-rock group from Winnipeg Manitoba, popular in the early 1990s Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10 1965 in Highland Park Michigan) is an American Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Steve Kramer (b January 10, 1966; Baltimore Maryland) is an American Green politician and is a former co-Chair of the Green Party of Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marcus Alexander Bagwell (born January 10 1970) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Buff Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Alsgaard (born 10 January 1972) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. Brian Christopher Lawler He is perhaps best known for his career in World Wrestling Entertainment where he performed as Grand Master Sexay as part of the tag Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Ryan Drummond (born January 10, 1973) is an Actor, Comedian, and Clown, and is best known as the former voice of Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson (born January 10 1973 in Gary Indiana) is an American professional Basketball player formerly Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Jemaine Clement (born January 10, 1974 in New Zealand) is a musician actor director producer comedian and writer best known for being half of the musical Davide Dionigi (born 10 January, 1974 in Modena) is an Italian footballer. (b 1974-01-10) is a Video game music Composer. She has composed music (in full or collaboratively for Breath of Fire III, Mega Steve Marlet (born 10 January 1974 in Pithiviers) is a French footballer who is currently unattached Hrithik Roshan ( Hindi: ऋतिक रोशन pronunciation /rɪt̪ɪk roːʃən/ / born 10 January, 1974) is an award-winning Bollywood Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jake Christopher Delhomme (Duh-LOAM (born January 10, 1975 in Breaux Bridge Louisiana) is an American football Quarterback Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adam Thomas Kennedy (born January 10 1976 in Riverside, California) is a Major League Baseball player Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Brent Smith is the lead vocalist of the successful band Shinedown. Shinedown is an American Hard rock band from Jacksonville Florida formed in 2001 by Brad Stewart, Jasin Todd, and Barry Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Matthew Stephen Roney (born on January 10 1980 in Tulsa Oklahoma) is a Right-handed Pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of the American Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi, also known as Sarah Shahi (born January 10, 1980, in Euless Texas, U Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Brian Gintaek Joo ( 브라이언 진택 주 (born January 10 1981 better known as simply Brian, is an American singer active in South Korea Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Joshua Ryan Evans ( January 10, 1982 &ndash August 5, 2002) was an actor who became known for his role of "Timmy" in the 2002)
• 1983 - Danilo Dirani, Brazilian racing driver
• 1983 - Li Nina, Chinese aerial free-style skier
• 1986 - Saleisha Stowers, American model

Deaths

• 681 - Pope Agatho
• 976 - John I Tzimiskes, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Danilo Dirani is a racing driver from Brazil. He was born on January 10, 1983 in São Paulo. Li Nina ( Nina Li,, born 10 January, 1983 in Benxi, Liaoning) is a Chinese aerial skier who won silver at Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Saleisha Stowers (born January 10, 1986) is an American Fashion model who became the winner of Cycle 9 of America's Events By Place Byzantine Empire The Bulgars win the war with the Byzantine Empire; the latter signs a peace treaty which Pope For the 976 telephone prefix see Premium-rate telephone number Events By Place Byzantine Empire January 10 — John I Tzimiskes or Tzimisces, (Ιωάννης Α΄ Τζιμισκής Iōannēs I Tzimiskēs; Հովհաննես Ա Չմշկիկ Hovhannes Ayp Chmshgig This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians 925)
• 1094 - Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. For the area code see Area code 925. For the hallmark 925 see Sterling silver. For the 13th century Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad see Al-Mustansir. 1029)
• 1276 - Pope Gregory X (bc. Pope 1210)
• 1645 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. Archbishop William Laud (7 October 1573 - 10 January 1645 was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645 The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the 1573)
• 1654 - Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer (b. Nicholas Culpeper ( 18 October 1616 &ndash 1654 in London) was an English botanist, Herbalist, Physician 1616)
• 1662 - Prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. Honoré II ( 24 December 1597 - 10 January 1662) was Sovereign Prince of Monaco. 1597)
• 1698 - Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont ( 30 November 1637 &ndash 10 January 1698) ecclesiastical Historian, came from a wealthy 1637)
• 1707 - Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Philibert comte de Gramont ( 1621 - January 10, 1707) the subject of the famous Mémoirs, came of a noble Gascon family said to 1621)
• 1754 - Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (b. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Edward Cave, ( February 27 1691 &ndash January 10 1754) was a printer editor and publisher 1691)
• 1761 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Admiral Edward Boscawen, PC, RN ( August 19, 1711 &ndash January 10, 1761) was a British Admiral 1711)
• 1777 - Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Spranger Barry ( November 23, 1719 &ndash January 10, 1777) British Actor, was born in Dublin, the son of a 1719)
• 1778 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for 1707)
• 1794 - Georg Forster, German scientist and revolutionary (d. Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Georg Adam Forster (November 27 1754 – January 10 1794 was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, Journalist 1754)
• 1811 - Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Marie-Joseph Blaise de Chénier ( February 11, 1764 - January 10, 1811) was a French Poet, Dramatist and 1764)
• 1824 - King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (b. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Victor Emmanuel I ( July 24, 1759 &ndash January 10, 1824) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, and Aosta, and King 1759)
• 1828 - François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (b. Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Nicolas-Louis François, Comte de Neufchâteau ( April 17, 1750 - January 10, 1828) was a French statesman poet 1750)
• 1833 - Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (b. Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Adrien-Marie Legendre ( September 18 1752 – January 10 1833) was a French Mathematician. 1752)
• 1851 - Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Friedrich Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Müffling, called Weiss ( June 12, 1775 &ndash January 10, 1851) was a Prussian 1775)
• 1862 - Samuel Colt, American inventor (b. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Samuel Colt ( July 19, 1814 &ndash January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and Industrialist. 1814)
• 1863 - Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lyman Beecher ( October 12, 1775 &ndash January 10, 1863) was a Presbyterian clergyman temperance movement leader and the father 1775)
• 1866 - Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pyotr Alexandrovich Pletnyov (Пётр Александрович Плетнёв ( &mdash) was a minor Russian Poet and literary critic, who rose to become 1792)
• 1883 - Dr Samuel A. Mudd, American medical doctor (b. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Samuel Alexander Mudd I ( December 20, 1833 &ndash January 10, 1883) was a Maryland physician implicated and imprisoned for 1833)
• 1895 - Benjamin Godard, French composer (b. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Benjamin Louis Paul Godard ( August 18, 1849, Paris &ndash January 10, 1895, Cannes) was a French 1849)
• 1901 - Sir James Dickson, Premier of Queensland, Australian Minister for Defence (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Sir James Robert Dickson, KCMG ( 30 November 1832 &ndash 10 January 1901) was an Australian politician and Businessman 1832)
• 1904 - Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Jean-Léon Gérôme ( May 11, 1824 – January 10, 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style 1824)
• 1905 - Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Kārlis Baumanis ( 11 May 1835 – 10 January 1905) better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, was a Latvian Composer 1835)
• 1917 - William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26 1846 &ndash January 10 1917 was an American soldier bison hunter and Showman. 1846)
• 1922 - Frank Tudor, Australian Labor Opposition leader (b. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Francis Gwynne Tudor ( 29 January 1866 &mdash 10 January 1922) was an Australian born felt hatter and politician 1866)
• 1934 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist accused of setting the Reichstag fire (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marinus (Rinus van der Lubbe ( 13 January, 1909 – 10 January, 1934) was a Dutch council communist accused of and eventually On 27 February 1933, the Reichstag building was subject to an arson attack and as a result seen as the pivotal event in the establishment of Nazi Germany 1909)
• 1935 - Edwin Flack, Australian athlete, first Olympic champion (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1873)
• 1941 - Frank Bridge, English composer (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Bridge (26 February 1879 &ndash 10 January 1941 was an English Composer. 1879)
• 1941 - Sir John Lavery, Northern Irish artist (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir John Lavery ( 20 March, 1856 &ndash 10 January, 1941) was an Irish painter best known for his portraits 1856)
• 1941 - Joe Penner, Hungarian-born comedian and actor (b. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Joe Penner ( 11 November 1904 &mdash 10 January 1941) was a Hungarian-born American 1930s-era vaudeville radio and film comedian 1904)
• 1949 - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Erich Dagobert von Drygalski ( February 9, 1865 &ndash January 10, 1949) was a German Geographer, Geophysicist 1865)
• 1951 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Sinclair Lewis ( February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American Novelist, Short-story writer and The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1885)
• 1951 - Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Yoshio Nishina (仁科芳雄 ( December 6[[ 890]]&ndash January 10[[ 951]] was a Japanese Physicist. 1890)
• 1957 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Gabriela Mistral ( April 7, 1889 — January 10, 1957) was the Pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1889)
• 1960 - Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean-Baptiste "Jack" Laviolette (born - July 27, 1879 in Belleville, Ontario - died - January 10, 1960 was a Canadian 1879)
• 1961 - Dashiell Hammett, American writer (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Samuel Dashiell Hammett ( May 27, 1894 — January 10, 1961) was an American Author of Hardboiled detective 1894)
• 1968 - Basil Sydney, English actor (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Basil Sydney (April 23 1894 - January 10 1968 was an English actor who made over fifty screen appearances most memorably as Claudius in Laurence Olivier 's 1894)
• 1969 - John Brownlee, Australian tenor (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Donald Mackenzie Brownlee ( January 7, 1900 – January 10, 1969) was an important Australian Baritone of the twentieth 1900)
• 1970 - Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev ( Russian: Павел Иванович Беляев June 26, 1925, Chelizshevo – January 10, 1970 1925)
• 1971 - Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel ( August 19, 1883 &ndash January 10, 1971) was a pioneering French Fashion designer 1883)
• 1972 - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aksel Larsen ( August 5, 1897 – January 10, 1972) was a Danish Politician who was born in Brændekilde, near 1897)
• 1976 - Howlin' Wolf, American musician (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chester Burnett redirects here For the American football player see Chester Burnett (American football Chester Arthur Burnett ( June 10, 1910 1910)
• 1978 - Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal ( September 23, 1924 – January 10, 1978) was a Nicaraguan journalist and publisher 1924)
• 1978 - Don Gillis, American composer (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donald Eugene Gillis ( June 17 1912 &ndash January 10 1978) was a US Composer, conductor and teacher 1912)
• 1980 - Hughie Critz, American baseball player (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Hugh Melville Critz ( September 17 1900 - January 10 1980) was an American Second baseman in Major League Baseball 1900)
• 1980 - George Meany, American labor leader (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar George Meany ( August 16, 1894 &ndash January 10, 1980) was an American labor leader, who served as President of the American 1894)
• 1980 - Bo Rein, American college football coach (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert Edward "Bo" Rein ( July 20, 1945 - January 10, 1980) was a noted two-sport College athlete in the 1945)
• 1981 - Katherine Alexander, American actress (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Katherine Alexander, ( 22 September 1898 - 10 January 1981) was an American Film Actress and Broadway 1898)
• 1981 - Richard Boone, American actor (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Allen Boone ( June 18 1917 &ndash January 10 1981) was an American Actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable 1917)
• 1981 - Fawn M. Brodie, American historian (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Fawn McKay Brodie (September 15 1915 – January 10 1981 was a biographer and professor of history at UCLA, best known for Thomas Jefferson 1915)
• 1982 - Paul Lynde, American comedian (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Paul Edward Lynde ( June 13 1927 &ndash January 10 1982) was an American Comedian and Actor. 1926)
• 1984 - Souvanna Phouma, Prince and Prime Minister of Laos (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Prince Souvanna Phouma ( 7 October 1901 - January 10, 1984) was the leader of the neutralist faction and prime minister of the 1901)
• 1985 - Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Anton Karas ( July 7 1906 &ndash January 10 1985) was a Viennese Zither player best known for his Soundtrack 1906)
• 1986 - Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Jaroslav Seifert (ˈjaroslaf ˈsajfr̩t ( September 23, 1901 – January 10, 1986) was a Nobel Prize winning Czech The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1901)
• 1987 - Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Marion Thornburg, better known as Marion Hutton ( 10 March 1919, Battle Creek Michigan - 10 January 1987, Kirkland 1919)
• 1987 - Sir David Robinson, English philanthropist and entrepreneur (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir David Robinson ( April 13, 1904 &ndash January 10, 1987) was a British Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. 1904)
• 1989 - Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Herbert Morrison ( May 14, 1905 &ndash January 10, 1989) was an American Radio Reporter best known for his vivid 1905)
• 1989 - Colin Winchester, Australian Assistant Police Commissioner, murdered (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Colin Stanley Winchester ( 18 October 1933 - 10 January, 1989) was an officer with the Australian Federal Police. 1933)
• 1992 - Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Roberto Wenceslao Bonomi Oliva (born 30 September 1919 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; died 10 January 1992) was a racing 1919)
• 1995 - Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-British journalist, author and screenwriter (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Kathleen Jeannette Halton Tynan ( January 25, 1937 - January 10, 1995) was a Canadian - British journalist author and screenwriter 1937)
• 1997 - Elspeth Huxley, British journalist and writer (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Elspeth Joscelin Huxley (née Grant ( July 23, 1907 - January 10, 1997) was a Polymath, Writer, Journalist, 1907)
• 1997 - Sheldon Leonard, American film producer, actor, and director (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sheldon Leonard ( February 22 1907 – January 10, 1997) was a pioneering American Film and Television producer 1907)
• 1997 - Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Alexander Robertus Todd Baron Todd, PC, OM, FRS ( 2 October 1907 &ndash 10 January 1997) was a Scottish The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1907)
• 1999 - Sir Edward Williams, Australian judge (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Sir Edward Stratten Williams KCMG KBE QC ( 1921 - 10 January 1999) was appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court of 1921)
• 2000 - Sam Jaffe, American producer (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Sam Jaffe ( May 21, 1901 &ndash January 10, 2000) was at different points in his career in the Motion picture industry an agent 1901)
• 2002 - W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Wallie Amos Criswell, PhD. ( December 19, 1909 – January 10, 2002) was an American Pastor, author and a 1909)
• 2004 - Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Spalding Rockwell Gray ( June 5, 1941 &ndash ca January 10, 2004) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, 1941)
• 2004 - Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexandra Ripley, née Braid ( January 8, 1934 - January 10, 2004) was an American writer best known as the author of 1934)
• 2005 - Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gene Baylos ( November 16, 1906 - January 10, 2005) was a Nightclub comedian. 1906)
• 2005 - Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Margherita Carosio ( June 7, 1908 &ndash January 10, 2005) was an Italian Operatic Soprano. 1908)
• 2005 - James Forman, American civil rights leader (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year James Forman ( October 4, 1928 - January 10, 2005) was an African-American Civil Rights leader active in both the Student Nonviolent 1928)
• 2005 - Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kalevi Hämäläinen ( December 13 1932 &ndash January 10 2005) is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed 1932)
• 2005 - Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Erwin Hillier ( 2 September 1911 &ndash 10 January 2005) was German -born Cinematographer known for his work in British 1911)
• 2005 - Jack Horner, American sports journalist (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Gordon John "Jack" Horner (1912&ndash January 10, 2005) was a noted Sports Journalist who worked in the Minneapolis-St 1912)
• 2005 - Joséphine-Charlotte, Grandduchess of Luxembourg (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting 1927)
• 2005 - Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Metropolitan Wasyly ( November 1, 1909 &ndash January 10, 2005) was the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of 1909)
• 2007 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Carlo Ponti ( 11 December 1912 – 10 January 2007) was an Italian Film producer with over 140 production credits 1912)
• 2007 - Bradford Washburn, American explorer (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Henry Bradford Washburn Jr ( June 7, 1910 - January 10, 2007) was an explorer mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer 1910)
• 2008 - Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Christopher Bowman ( March 30 1967 – January 10 2008) was an American Figure skater. 1967)
• 2008 - Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, Finnish-born American actress (b. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Maila Nurmi ( December 11, 1922 &ndash January 10, 2008) was a Finnish American Actress, who created the campy 1921)
• 2008 - Mikhail Minin, Russian Soviet soldier (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Battle of Berlin Joseph Stalin had urged his troops to mount the flag on the Reichstag building no later than May 1, 1945. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. 1922)

Holidays and observances

• Roman Catholic Church
  • Peter Orseolo, Doge of Venice and saint
• Coptic Church:
  • Obadiah
• January 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Pietro I Orseolo ( Peter Urseolus) (928-987 was the Doge of Venice from 976 to 978 The Doge ( Venetian language, also Doxe, derived from Latin Dux military leader duke cf A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity History of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Apostolic foundation Egypt is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the Obadiah is a Biblical theophorical name meaning " Yahweh 's servant/worshipper Jan 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan 11 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 23 by Old Calendarists

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