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| January 10th |
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| About January 10th is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 355 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (356 in leap years). Births 1887 - Robinson Jeffers, poet, environmentalist 1943 - Jim Croce, singer, songwriter ("Bad, Bad Leroy Brown") 1945 - Rod Stewart, singer, songwriter ("Maggie May") 1949 - George Foreman, boxer, Olympic Goldmedalist 1950 - Roy Blunt, U.S. Senator (Missouri) 1953 - Pat Benatar, singer ("Hit Me with Your Best Shot") 1963 - Mark Pryor, U.S. Senator (Arkansas) Deaths 2008 - Christopher Bowman, Olympic figure skater 2009 - Sidney Wood, Hall of Fame tennis player Events 1861 - Florida secedes from the Union. 1901 - The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. 1946 - The United Nation's first meeting is held in London England. 1971 - Masterpiece Theatre premieres on PBS with host Alistair Cooke. 1982 - San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark made "The Catch" from Joe Montana with 51 seconds left in NFC championship game against the Dallas Cowboys. 1990 - Time Warner is formed as Time and Warner Communications merge. 1994 - Lorena Bobbitt goes on trial after having been accused of maliciously wounding her husband. 1999 - The television drama The Sopranos premiers on HBO. 2006 - A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, leaving 10 dead, 150 injured and closing the Highway 101 for 10 days. |
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