10 January In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, January 10 is the day number 10 in a given year. January 10 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1475	Moldavian–Ottoman Wars-Moldavian forces under Stephen the Great defeated an Ottoman attack led by Hadân Suleiman Pasha, the Beylerbeyi of Rumelia, near Vaslui in present-day Romania.
1623	The world's first newspaper named Gazette was published in the city of Venice, Italy.
1645	William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury and a staunch supporter of King Charles I, was beheaded in the midst of the English Civil War.
1692	Jab Charnock, better known as the producer of Kolkata, died.
1731	Charles Fernice was made king of Piacanza.
1776	Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine denouncing British Rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published.
1776	Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine denouncing British Rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published.
1824	Britain's chemist Joseph Aspedian made cement. His achievement is considered significant progress in the field of construction.
1836	Professor Madhusudan Gupta studied the internal structure of the human body for the first time.
1838	Lloyd's Coffee House and Royal Exchange of London were destroyed by fire.
1840	The Uniform Penny Post was launched in the United Kingdom.
1860	The Pemberton Mill collapse in Lawrence Massachusetts, United States, killed 146 workers.
1863	Service began on the Metropolitan Railway between Paddington And Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.
1863	The first underground railway opened in London.
1863	The world's first underground rail service started in London.
1901	The first great gusher of the Texas Oil Boom was discovered in the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont, Texas, US.
1901	The Grand Opera House located in the city of Cincinnati was destroyed by fire.
1920	The First World War ended with the Warsaw Pact officially coming into effect.
1923	The last US Army left Rhineland Germany).
1927	The science fiction film Metropolis, which is inscribed in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, was released in Germany.
1929	The Adventures of Tintin, a series of popular comic books created by Belgian artist Hergé, first appeared in a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle.
1940	Noted singer, songwriter and actor K.J. Yesudas was born.
1941	Greco-Italian War: The Greek army captured the strategically important Klisura Pass in Albania.
1946	Representatives of 51 nations attended the first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in London.
1954	BOAC Flight 781 suffered an explosive decompression at altitude and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing everyone on board.
1954	Britain's comet jet crashed in the Mediterranean, killing all 35 people on board the plane. Comet was the first jet aircraft in the world to be built by Britain.
1974	Film actor Hrithik Roshan was born.
1985	Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle, 'one of the great marketing bombs of post war British industry',which later became a cult collector's item.
1993	The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached its peak intensity.
1996	The Israel government sets free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
1996	King Hussein of Jordan arrived in Tel Aviv, the country's largest city on his first public visit.
1997	The 18th United Negro College raises its funds. This will be broadcasted on Jan 17th.
1997	Arnoldo Aleman swears in as President of Nicaragua.
1997	1000 lire new coin released by Italy shows divided Germany on map.
2003	After Chicago police detective Jon Burge was discovered to have forced confessions from more than 200 suspects, Governor of Illinois George Ryan commuted the death sentences of 167 prisoners and pardoned four more.
2004	Helge Fossmo, the village priest of Knut, Sweden,orchestrated the murders of his wife and his neighbor, a crime that shocked the country.
2007	A general strike, an attempt to force President Lansana Contéto resign which eventually resulted in the appointment of two new prime minister, began in Guinea.
2010	China has become the world's largest exporter. It has surpassed Germany.
2011	Pope Benedict XVI urges Pakistan to repeal its law. The law states that those who insulted Prophet Muhammad will receive death penalty.
2011	Burma's new Parliament is to begin on 31st January.
2012	The UK Secretary of State for Transport, Justine Greening has approved the HS2, a high speed rail line. This will link major cities in the UK to London.
2013	An earth asteroid called 99942 Apophis passes close to Earth. The astronomers in Europe estimated 99942 apophis is larger than previously thought.
2013	The US president announces the nomination Jack Lew as Treasury Secretary. He will to replace Timothy Geithner who is to step down from his post.
2013	Several bomb blasts in Pakistan killed 100 people and injured 270 people.
236	Pope Fabian, who is said to have been chosen by the Holy Spirit By having a dove land on his head, began his papacy.
9	The Western Han Dynasty of China ended after the throne wasusurped by Wang Mang, who founded the Xin Dynasty.

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1886	John Mathai / Economist / India
1894	Pingali Lakshmikantam / Poet / India
1900	Marotrao Kannamwar / Politician / India
1937	Murli Deora / Politician / India
1950	Suchitra Bhattacharya / Writer / India
1984	Kalki Koechlin / Actress / India
1985	Drashti Dhami / Actress / India
1986	Ayesha Takia / Actress / India
1994	Zoya Afroz / Actress / India

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