January 10th, 1866

Born on January 10th, 1866

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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

Born on January 10th, 1866

76

Wilhelm Traube

German chemist (1866-1942)

*January 10th, 1866, Racibórz †September 28th, 1942, Berlin

76

Ludwig Aschoff

German physician/pathologist

*January 10th, 1866, Berlin †June 24th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau

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Who's birthday is on January 10th?

18

Angelina Jordan

Norwegian singer

*January 10th, 2006, Oslo

92

Fritz Schachermeyr

Austrian classical scholar and archaeologist

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

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

50

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

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

31

Rauw Alejandro

Puerto Rican singer and songwriter

*January 10th, 1993, San Juan

49

Marthe Hanau

French fraudster

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

42

Reid Carolin

American film producer, director and screenwriter

*January 10th, 1982, Lake Forest

47

Tim Ricke

German actor

*January 10th, 1977, Duisburg

65

Fran Walsh

New Zealand screenwriter and producer

*January 10th, 1959, Wellington

88

Robert Wilson

American astronomer

*January 10th, 1936, Houston

55

Andreas Reinke

German association football player and manager (born 1969)

*January 10th, 1969, Krakow am See

74

Andreas von der Meden

German actor and voice actor

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

36

Marvin Martin

French association football player

*January 10th, 1988, Paris

87

Ronnie Hawkins

American musician

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

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

77

Peer Steinbrück

German politician

*January 10th, 1947, Hamburg

75

Robinson Jeffers

American poet (1887–1962)

*January 10th, 1887, Pittsburgh †January 20th, 1962, Carmel-by-the-Sea

75

George Foreman

American professional boxer, ordained Baptist minister, author and entrepreneur

*January 10th, 1949, Marshall

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Born in 1866

78

Romain Rolland

French author (1866-1944)

*January 29th, 1866, Clamecy †December 30th, 1944, Vézelay

79

H. G. Wells

English writer (1866–1946)

*September 21st, 1866, Bromley †August 13th, 1946, London

87

Jacinto Benavente

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

*August 12th, 1866, Madrid †July 14th, 1954, Málaga

78

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter (1866–1944)

*December 4th, 1866, Moscow †December 13th, 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine

63

Jeppe Aakjær

Danish poet and novelist

*September 10th, 1866, Åkær †April 22nd, 1930, Jenle

44

Gustav Adolf von Götzen

German explorer, diplomat and colonial administrator

*May 12th, 1866, Ścinawka Górna †December 2nd, 1910, Berlin

79

Thomas Hunt Morgan

American biologist (1866–1945)

*September 25th, 1866, Lexington †December 4th, 1945, Pasadena

59

Erik Satie

French composer and pianist (1866-1925)

*May 17th, 1866, Honfleur †July 1st, 1925, Paris

58

Sun Yat-sen

Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)

*November 12th, 1866, Tripteroides †March 11th, 1925, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

52

Alfred Werner

Swiss chemist Nobel laureate (1866-1919)

*December 12th, 1866, Mulhouse †November 15th, 1919, Zürich

58

René Quinton

French biologist, invented the treatment "Quinton serum", abandoned by modern medicine

*December 15th, 1866, Chaumes-en-Brie †July 9th, 1925, 17th arrondissement of Paris

63

Jean Francis Auburtin

French painter (1866-1930)

*December 2nd, 1866, 10th arrondissement of Paris †May 22nd, 1930, Dieppe

71

Ramsay MacDonald

British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935

*October 12th, 1866, Lossiemouth †November 9th, 1937, Atlantic Ocean

86

Benedetto Croce

Italian philosopher (1866-1952)

*February 25th, 1866, Pescasseroli †November 20th, 1952, Naples

33

Sigbjørn Obstfelder

Norwegian writer

*November 21st, 1866, Stavanger Municipality †July 29th, 1900, Copenhagen

69

Charles Nicolle

French microbiologist

*September 21st, 1866, Rouen †February 28th, 1936, Tunis

65

Nathan Söderblom

Swedish clergyman and archbishop

*January 15th, 1866, Trönö †July 12th, 1931, Uppsala

77

Beatrix Potter

British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)

*July 28th, 1866, South Kensington †December 22nd, 1943, Near Sawrey

70

Hans von Seeckt

German general (1866-1936)

*April 22nd, 1866, Schleswig †December 27th, 1936, Berlin

75

André Bellessort

French writer

*March 19th, 1866, Laval †January 22nd, 1942, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1866 is a normal year and no leap year.

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