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January 10, 1998 18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th) January 10, 1997 "Rehersal," closes at Criterion Theater New York City January 10, 1997 1st Comet of 1997 Discovered: Comet 1997 A1 January 10, 1997 4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight" January 10, 1997 Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits January 10, 1997 Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map January 10, 1997 Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as president of Nicaragua January 10, 1996 Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners January 10, 1996 Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins January 10, 1995 "Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM January 10, 1994 Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal January 10, 1994 Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan agrees to abolish trade tariffs January 10, 1993 "My Favorite Year" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 37 performances January 10, 1993 "Sea Gull" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 48 performances January 10, 1993 Maiden flight of Ultrair (Houston to LA) January 10, 1992 8th Soap Opera Digest Awards January 10, 1991 Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans January 10, 1991 U.S. Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis January 10, 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore January 10, 1990 China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre) January 10, 1990 NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players January 10, 1988 "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 86 performances January 10, 1986 Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US January 10, 1986 STS 61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy January 10, 1985 Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua January 10, 1984 Argentine ex-president/general Bignone arrested January 10, 1984 Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die January 10, 1984 Clara Peller 1st asks, "Where's the Beef?" January 10, 1984 Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and D Drysdale elected to Hall of Fame January 10, 1984 U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years January 10, 1983 NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver January 10, 1982 -17 degrees F (27.2 degrees C) in Braemar Grampian (equals U.K. record) January 10, 1982 Bengals beat Chargers in -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C) to win AFC championship January 10, 1982 Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31) January 10, 1981 El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive" January 10, 1981 John Severin sets 100-mi unicycle speed record, 9 h 21 m January 10, 1980 Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC January 10, 1980 Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 mins and a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL January 10, 1979 1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks January 10, 1979 Entertainer of the Year Awards January 10, 1978 Soyuz 27 carring 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched January 10, 1977 20th hat trick in Islander history - Bobby Nystrom January 10, 1973 Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die January 10, 1972 Los Angeles Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104 January 10, 1972 Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan January 10, 1972 Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK January 10, 1971 "Light, Lively and Yiddish" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 87 performances January 10, 1971 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur January 10, 1970 Preview Center Opens January 10, 1969 Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam January 10, 1969 U.S.S.R.'s Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus January 10, 1968 "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 January 10, 1968 U.S. Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho January 10, 1967 Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven January 10, 1967 Edward Brooke, takes (Sen-R-Mass) seat as 1st popular elected black January 10, 1967 Lester Maddox inaugurated as governor of Georgia January 10, 1967 PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network January 10, 1967 Princess Margret marries Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven January 10, 1966 India and Pakistan sign peace accord January 10, 1966 Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War January 10, 1965 Bollingen prize for poetry awarded to Horace Gregory January 10, 1965 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14 January 10, 1965 WKBD TV channel 50 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting January 10, 1964 Battles between moslems and hindus in Calcutta January 10, 1964 Panama severs diplomatic relations with U.S. January 10, 1964 US version of "That Was The Week That Was," premieres January 10, 1962 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru January 10, 1962 Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages and kill 3,500 January 10, 1960 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Delmore Schwartz January 10, 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 January 10, 1957 Anthony Eden resigns and Harold Macmillan becomes PM Britain January 10, 1957 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Det Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates January 10, 1956 Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel" January 10, 1954 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to W H Auden January 10, 1953 "My Darlin' Aida" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 89 performances January 10, 1953 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald MacLeish January 10, 1953 NFL Pro Bowl: N Conf beats A Conf 27-7 January 10, 1952 Jean Anouilh's "La valse des toreadors," premieres in Paris January 10, 1951 1st jet passenger trip made January 10, 1951 U.N. headquarters opens in Manhattan NY January 10, 1949 1st Jewish family show "Goldbergs" premieres on CBS January 10, 1949 RCA introduces 45 RPM record January 10, 1948 "Call Me Mister" closes at National Theater New York City after 734 performances January 10, 1947 "Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 725 performances January 10, 1947 British stop ships Independence and In-Gathering from landing in Israel January 10, 1947 Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard January 10, 1946 U.N. General Assembly meets for 1st time in London January 10, 1946 U.S. Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar, NJ January 10, 1945 Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer January 10, 1945 LA Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close January 10, 1945 No one is elected to baseball's Hall of Fame January 10, 1944 1st mobile electric power plant delivered, Phila January 10, 1944 British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma January 10, 1943 Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad January 10, 1943 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country in wartime-FDR leaves for Casablanca, Morocco January 10, 1942 Japan invades North-Celebes, Netherlands Indies January 10, 1941 Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic and Old Lace," premieres in New York City January 10, 1941 Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews January 10, 1939 Bradman hits 186 SA vs. Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg January 10, 1938 Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall January 10, 1938 Jean Anouilh's "La Sauvage," premieres in Paris January 10, 1938 Paul Vincent Carroll's "White Seed," premieres in New York City January 10, 1935 Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks January 10, 1932 "Mickey Mouse" and "Silly Symphony" comics syndicated January 10, 1932 "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts January 10, 1931 Philadelphia Quakers defeat Montreal, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak January 10, 1930 Commencement of NZ's 1st Test, vs. England Christchurch January 10, 1930 Maurice Allom takes Test hat-trick England vs. NZ Christchurch January 10, 1930 Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted January 10, 1929 Elmer Rice's "Street Scene," premieres in New York City January 10, 1928 G/I Gershwin/Romberg/Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie," premieres in New York City January 10, 1928 Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky January 10, 1927 Fritz Lang's Metropolis premieres January 10, 1925 France-Saarland forms January 10, 1925 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas gov, nation's 2nd woman governor January 10, 1923 Last U.S. troops leave Rhineland (Germany) January 10, 1923 Lithuania seizes and annexes country of Memel January 10, 1920 League of Nations established January 10, 1920 Mont Canadiens (14) and Tor St. Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals January 10, 1920 Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce January 10, 1916 Russian offensive in Kaukasus January 10, 1914 1st edition of Hague's Post under San Francisco van Oss, published January 10, 1914 Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 m in 43.7 sec in Oslo January 10, 1912 Caillaux government in France resigns January 10, 1912 World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in New York) January 10, 1911 1st photo in U.S. taken from an airplane, San Diego January 10, 1911 Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to U.S. (not ratified) January 10, 1911 Trumper scored double cricket ton vs. South Africa, goes on to get 214 January 10, 1910 1st international air meet in U.S. held, in LA January 10, 1910 Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Globe) opens at 205 W 46th St. New York City January 10, 1902 Alphons Diepenbrock's "Te Deum" premieres (Amsterdam) January 10, 1901 Oil discovered in Texas January 10, 1900 Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener reach Capetown January 10, 1897 Henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman," premieres in Helsingfors January 10, 1897 Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam and Brussels January 10, 1893 Richard Drigo's ballet "Magic Flute" premieres, St. Petersburg January 10, 1890 Edward Macdowell's "Lancelot and Elaine," premieres January 10, 1890 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae January 10, 1889 Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France January 10, 1883 Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt January 10, 1878 U.S. Senate proposes female suffrage January 10, 1870 Georgia legislature reconvenes January 10, 1870 John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil January 10, 1863 1st underground railway opens in London January 10, 1863 General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman Ark January 10, 1863 January-uprising begins in Poland January 10, 1863 London's 1st subway opens January 10, 1862 Battle of Big Sandy River, Kentucky (Middle Creek) January 10, 1862 Battle of Romney, WV January 10, 1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US January 10, 1861 Ft. Jackson and Ft. Philip are taken over by LA state troops January 10, 1861 US forts and property seized by Mississippi January 10, 1853 Charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London January 10, 1845 Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin corresponding January 10, 1840 Penny Post mail system is starts January 10, 1839 Tea from India 1st arrives in UK January 10, 1833 Felix Mendelssohn's "Die erste Walpurgisnacht," premieres in Berlin January 10, 1811 Louisiana slaves rebell in 2 parishes January 10, 1810 French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Josephine January 10, 1808 Herman Daendels succeeds A Wiese as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies January 10, 1806 Dutch in Capetown surrender to British January 10, 1799 Friedrich von Schiller's "Die Piccolomini," premieres in Weimar January 10, 1776 "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published January 10, 1731 Charles Farnese becomes duke of Parma/Piacenza January 10, 1663 King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company January 10, 1642 King Charles I and family flee London for Oxford January 10, 1550 1st sitting of "Vurige Chamber" in Paris January 10, 1514 Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin finished January 10, 1430 Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal January 10, 1430 Order of the Guilder forms January 10, 1429 Order of Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary and Spain January 10, 1356 German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree January 10, 1072 Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo January 10, 236 St. Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope January 10, 69 Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Caesar |