January 10th, 1256

Born on January 10th, 1256

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 280,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 372 days, exactly on May 18th, 2025, people who were born on January 10th, 1256 will be 281,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 10th?

January 10th, 2007

A general strike began in Guinea as an attempt to force President Lansana Conté to resign, eventually resulting in the appointment of two new prime ministers.

January 10th, 1993

The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached peak intensity.

January 10th, 1985

Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle, "one of the great marketing bombs of postwar British industry", which later became a cult collectable despite its commercial failure.

January 10th, 1966

India and Pakistan signed the Tashkent Declaration to end the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.

January 10th, 1946

The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the Methodist Central Hall in London with representatives from 51 member states.

January 10th, 1941

Greco-Italian War: The Greek army captured the strategically important Klisura Pass in Albania.

January 10th, 1929

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, began serialisation.

January 10th, 1927

The science fiction film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, was released in Germany.

January 10th, 1923

Lithuanian residents of the Klaipėda Region began a revolt, ahead of a League of Nations decision on their future which they expected to be against their interest.

January 10th, 1917

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months.

January 10th, 1901

The first great gusher of the Texas oil boom was discovered in the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont.

January 10th, 1863

Service began on the Metropolitan Railway (construction depicted) between Paddington and Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.

January 10th, 1812

New Orleans (pictured), the first steamship on the Mississippi River, arrived at New Orleans to complete its maiden voyage.

January 10th, 1776

Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine denouncing British rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published.

January 10th, 1475

Moldavian–Ottoman Wars: Stephen the Great led Moldavian forces to defeat an Ottoman attack under Hadım Suleiman Pasha near Vaslui in present-day Romania.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 10th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 10th?

18

Angelina Jordan

Norwegian singer

*January 10th, 2006, Oslo

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

51

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

German composer and writer

*January 10th, 1797, Burg Hülshoff †May 24th, 1848, Meersburg Castle

92

Fritz Schachermeyr

Austrian classical scholar and archaeologist

*January 10th, 1895, Urfahr †December 26th, 1987, Eisenstadt

31

Rauw Alejandro

Puerto Rican singer and songwriter

*January 10th, 1993, San Juan

42

Reid Carolin

American film producer, director and screenwriter

*January 10th, 1982, Lake Forest

47

Tim Ricke

German actor

*January 10th, 1977, Duisburg

50

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

*January 10th, 1898, Riga †February 11th, 1948, Moscow

65

Fran Walsh

New Zealand screenwriter and producer

*January 10th, 1959, Wellington

36

Marvin Martin

French association football player

*January 10th, 1988, Paris

55

Andreas Reinke

German association football player and manager (born 1969)

*January 10th, 1969, Krakow am See

88

Robert Wilson

American astronomer

*January 10th, 1936, Houston

74

Andreas von der Meden

German actor and voice actor

*January 10th, 1943, Hamburg †April 26th, 2017, Hamburg

43

David Aganzo

Spanish footballer

*January 10th, 1981, Madrid

71

Blanca Guerra

Mexican actress

*January 10th, 1953, Mexico City

79

Rod Stewart

English singer and songwriter (born 1945)

*January 10th, 1945, London

75

James Lapine

American stage director and librettist.

*January 10th, 1949, Mansfield

50

Hrithik Roshan

Indian film actor

*January 10th, 1974, Mumbai

87

Ronnie Hawkins

American musician

*January 10th, 1935, Huntsville †May 29th, 2022, Peterborough

49

Marthe Hanau

French fraudster

*January 10th, 1886, Paris †July 14th, 1935, Fresnes

77

Peer Steinbrück

German politician

*January 10th, 1947, Hamburg

75

George Foreman

American professional boxer

*January 10th, 1949, Marshall

49

Marina Hands

French actress

*January 10th, 1975, 16th arrondissement of Paris

73

Nicolas Philibert

French film director

*January 10th, 1951, Nancy

50

Jemaine Clement

New Zealand actor and musician

*January 10th, 1974, Masterton

20

Kaitlyn Maher

American actress

*January 10th, 2004, Novi

87

Lyle Ritz

American bassist and ukulele player

*January 10th, 1930, Cleveland †March 3rd, 2017, Portland

83

Ilse Geisler

East German Luger

*January 10th, 1941, Kunowice

50

Mehdi Nebbou

French actor (1974)

*January 10th, 1974, Bayonne

46

Michel Ney

French military commander

*January 10th, 1769, Saarlouis †December 7th, 1815, Paris

78

Gustáv Husák

Czechoslovak politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (1913-1991)

*January 10th, 1913, Dúbravka †November 18th, 1991, Bratislava

86

Donald Knuth

American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)

*January 10th, 1938, Milwaukee

38

Kirsten Flipkens

Belgian tennis player

*January 10th, 1986, Geel

88

Sune Bergström

Swedish biochemist (1916–2004)

*January 10th, 1916, Stockholm †August 15th, 2004, Stockholm

22

Aleksandra Rudolf

Polish figure skater

*January 10th, 2002, Bydgoszcz

73

Bernard Lee

British actor (1908–1981)

*January 10th, 1908, Brentford †January 16th, 1981, London

51

Simon Marius

German astronomer

*January 10th, 1573, Gunzenhausen †December 26th, 1624, Ansbach

44

Sarah Shahi

American actress and model (born 1980)

*January 10th, 1980, Euless

76

Bernard Thévenet

French cyclist

*January 10th, 1948, Saint-Julien-de-Civry

83

Ray Bolger

American actor (1904–1987)

*January 10th, 1904, Dorchester †January 15th, 1987, Los Angeles

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 10th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 10th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1256 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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