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What happened in history on this day: January 10?
On January 10 in ...
- 1811 - Louisiana slaves rebel in two parishes.
- 1861 - Florida becomes third state to secede from USA.
- 1861 - Fort Jackson and Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops.
- 1861 - US forts and property seized by Mississippi.
- 1862 - Battle of Big Sandy River, Kentucky (Middle Creek).
- 1862 - Battle of Romney, West Virginia.
- 1863 - General McClernand's US troops surround Fort Hindman, Arkansas.
- 1870 - Georgia (US) legislature reconvenes.
- 1870 - John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
- 1870 - US Secretary of the Navy George Robeson directs Commander Thomas O. Selfridge to make a survey of the Isthmus of Darien, Nicaragua, to determine best location for canal from Atlantic to Pacific oceans.
- 1878 - US Senate proposes female suffrage.
- 1888 - Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince is granted a US patent for an "Apparatus for producing animated pictures".
- 1901 - A drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, produces a gusher of crude oil from at a depth of over 1,000 feet.
- 1910 - First international air meet in US held, in Los Angeles, California.
- 1911 - First photo in US taken from an airplane, in San Diego, California.
- 1911 - Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified).
- 1912 - World's first flying boat's maiden flight (Glenn Curtiss in New York).
- 1923 - Last US troops leave Rhineland (Germany).
- 1932 - The first Mickey Mouse color comic page is published in Sunday editions of newspapers.
- 1932 - The first Silly Symphonies color comic page is published in Sunday editions of newspapers. The edition is titled "Bucky Bug".
- 1943 - First US President to visit a foreign country in wartime-Franklin Roosevelt leaves for Casablanca, Morocco.
- 1943 - USS Argonaut submarine sinks with loss of 105 men.
- 1944 - First mobile electric power plant delivered, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1945 - Los Angeles Railway (with five streetcar lines) forced to close.
- 1946 - US Army establishes first radar contact with Moon, from Belmar, New Jersey.
- 1947 - Finian's Rainbow opens at 46th Steet Theater in New York City, New York for 725 performances.
- 1948 - Call Me Mister play closes at National Theater in New York City, New York after 734 performances.
- 1951 - United Nations headquarters opens in Manhattan, New York, USA.
- 1966 - Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War.
- 1967 - The National Educational Television broadcasts President Lyndon Johnson's State of the Union address across the US on 70 stations.
- 1967 - Lester Maddox inaugurated as Governor of Georgia, USA.
- 1984 - US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years.
- 1986 - Palau becomes a Federation as a Sovereign State in Compact of Free Association with the USA.
- 1990 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
- 1991 - US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis.
- 1993 - Maiden flight of Ultrair (Houston to Los Angeles).
- 1997 - Dow Corning provides US$2.95 billion to settle breast implant suits.
- 2000 - America Online announces it is buying Time Warner, in a stock-trade deal valued at $160 billion, the largest in corporate history. The new firm, AOL Time Warner, will have a combined value of $350 billion.
- 2004 - At the Detroit Opera House in Michigan, General Motors unveils the next-generation "C6" 2005 Corvette. It features 400-hp engine, fixed headlights, and targa top.
- 2007 - U.S. President George W. Bush announces a plan to station 21,500 additional troops in Iraq.
- 2008 - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson quits the Presidential race.
Births on January 10
- 1883 - Birth of Florence Reed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; silent film actress (Dancing Girl).
- 1883 - Birth of Francis X Bushman in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; silent film actor (Ben Hur, Spy's Defeat).
- 1890 - Birth of Douglas MacLean in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; silent film comedian/producer (Going Up).
- 1890 - Birth of Ernest Milton in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three).
- 1892 - Birth of Dumas Malone in Mississippi, USA; historian (Jefferson and His Time).
- 1901 - Birth of Pauline Starke in Joplin, Missouri, USA; actress (Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic).
- 1904 - Birth of Ray Bolger AKA Raymond Wallace Bulcao in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA; actor/dancer (Tin Woodsman - Wizard of Oz, hosted - Bell Telephone Hour, Grampa - The Partridge Family TV show).
- 1914 - Birth of Polly Rowles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Aunt Laurie - Jamie, The Defenders TV show, The Nurses TV show, Somerset TV show, US Steel Hour TV show, Alcoa Hour TV show, Philco TV Playhouse TV show, Kraft TV Theatre TV show, Studio One TV show).
- 1927 - Birth of Johnnie Ray in Oklahoma, USA; singer ("Cry", "Please Mr. Sun", "The Little White Cloud That Cried", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Just Walking in the Rain").
- 1927 - Birth of Lee Philips in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The Adventures of Ellery Queen TV show (1959)), director (My World TV show, Welcome to It TV show, The Governor and JJ TV show, Gidget TV show, The Waltons TV show, The Practice TV show, Diagnosis Murder TV show).
- 1930 - Birth of Roy E Disney; CEO (Walt Disney Company).
- 1935 - Birth of Ronnie Hawkins in Arkansas, USA; rocker (The Band - "Who Do You Love?").
- 1939 - Birth of Bill Toomey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; decathlon champion (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1939 - Birth of Sal Mineo in The Bronx, New York, USA; actor/singer (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause film, The Gene Krupa Story film).
- 1943 - Birth of Jim Croce in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer/songwriter ("You Don't Mess Around with Jim", "Time in a Bottle", "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", "I've Got a Name").
- 1944 - Birth of Frank Sinatra Junior in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; singer/bandleader (Golddiggers).
- 1948 - Birth of Donald Fagen in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan - "Peg").
- 1948 - Birth of William Sanderson in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actor (Larry - Newhart, Deuce - Babylon 5, Blade Runner, Deadwood).
- 1949 - Birth of George Foreman in Marshall, Texas, USA; world heavyweight boxing champion (1973-74, 1995).
- 1949 - Birth of Teresa Graves in Houston, Texas, USA; actress (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In TV show, Get Christie Love TV show).
- 1951 - Birth of Kathleen Bradley in Youngstown, Ohio, USA; model (The Price is Right).
- 1953 - Birth of Pat Benatar [Andrezejewski] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer ("Hit Me With Your Best Shot", "Hell Is for Children").
- 1957 - Birth of Robert Thompson in Houston, Texas, USA; Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-second).
- 1959 - Birth of Chandra Cheesborough in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; 4X100 runner (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1961 - Birth of Evan Handler in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dear Mr Wonderful, Studio 60, Sex and the City).
- 1961 - Birth of Janet Jones in Bridgeton, Missouri, USA; actress (American Anthem, Flamingo Kid).
- 1964 - Birth of Krista Tesreau in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Mindy - Guiding Light, Tina - One Life To Live, Silk Stalkings).
- 1973 - Birth of Glenn Robinson in Gary, Indiana, USA; NBA forward (Milwaukee, Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Shannon Kavanaugh in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (Ivory Soul).
- 1979 - Birth of Chris Smith AKA Daddy Mack in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; rapper (Kris Kross - "Warm it Up").
- 1980 - Birth of Janelle Pierzina; American reality star.
Deaths on January 10
- 1785 - Death of Heinrich Wilhelm Stiegel in Charming Forge, Pennsylvania, USA; built two ironworks, manufactured of window glass and bottles, founded American Flint Glassworks.
- 1862 - Samuel Colt, inventor (six-shot revolver), dies at age 47.
- 1917 - Buffalo Bill Cody, US Army scout and Indian fighter, dies.
- 1951 - Harry Sinclair Lewis, US writer (Nobel Prize 1930), dies at age 65.
- 1972 - Death of Al Goodman at age 81; Russian/American orchestra leader (Fred Allen radio show, NBC Comedy Hour TV show, Colgate Comedy Hour TV show).
- 1976 - Death of Chester Arthur Burnett AKA Howlin' Wolf at age 65 of complications from kidney disease, following brain surgery in a hospital near Chicago, Illinois, USA; American blues pianist/harmonica player ("How Many More Years" (1951)).
- 1978 - Don Gillis, US composer (Symphony #5 1/2), dies at age 65.
- 1978 - John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at age 71.
- 1980 - George Meany, American labor leader, dies at age 85 (born 1894).
- 1982 - Death of Paul Lynde at age 55 from cardiac arrest due to extreme substance; American actor/comedian (Bye Bye Birdie, Hollywood Squares TV show, The Perry Como Show TV show, Uncle Arthur - Bewitched TV show, The Dean Martin Show TV show, Donny and Marie TV show, The Paul Lynde Show TV show).
- 1983 - Death of Roy DeMeo, Mafia hitman (born 1942).
- 1986 - Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at age 61.
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