January 10th, 1870

Born on January 10th, 1870

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What happened on January 10th, 1870?

January 10th, 1870

John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.

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What else 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.

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

Born on January 10th, 1870

82

Henri Rinck

French chess composer

*January 10th, 1870, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon †February 17th, 1952, Badalona

95

Hans von Raumer

German politician (1870-1965)

*January 10th, 1870, Dessau †November 3rd, 1965, Berlin

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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

50

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

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

51

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

German composer and writer

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

49

Marthe Hanau

French fraudster

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

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

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

79

Howard Chandler Christy

American artist (1873–1952)

*January 10th, 1873, Zanesville †March 3rd, 1952, New York City

75

James Lapine

American stage director and librettist.

*January 10th, 1949, Mansfield

75

Robinson Jeffers

American poet (1887–1962)

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

77

Peer Steinbrück

German politician

*January 10th, 1947, Hamburg

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Born in 1870

53

Vladimir Lenin

Russian politician, communist theorist and the founder of the Soviet Union

*April 10th, 1870, Ulyanovsk †January 21st, 1924, Bolshiye Gorki

51

Ella Harper

American circus performer

*January 5th, 1870, Sumner County †December 19th, 1921, Nashville

75

Robert Zahn

German classical archaeologist

*January 9th, 1870, Bruchsal †November 27th, 1945, Berlin

67

Alfred Adler

Austrian psychotherapist (1870–1937)

*February 7th, 1870, Rudolfsheim †May 28th, 1937, Aberdeen

78

Franz Lehár

Komárom-born Austrian music composer (1870–1948)

*April 30th, 1870, Komárom †October 24th, 1948, Bad Ischl

81

Maria Montessori

Italian pedagogue and physician

*August 31st, 1870, Chiaravalle †May 6th, 1952, Noordwijk

83

Ivan Bunin

Russian winter and poet

*October 22nd, 1870, Voronezh †November 8th, 1953, 16th arrondissement of Paris

71

Jean Perrin

French physicist

*September 30th, 1870, Lille †April 17th, 1942, New York City

70

Josephine Siebe

German journalist and writer

*November 10th, 1870, Leipzig †July 26th, 1941, Leipzig

76

Henry Handel Richardson

Australian author

*January 3rd, 1870, Melbourne †March 20th, 1946, Fairlight

83

Wilhelm Anschütz

German university professor

*September 24th, 1870, Halle (Saale) †September 15th, 1954, Kiel

74

Joseph C. Lincoln

Novelist, short story writer, poet

*February 13th, 1870, Brewster †March 10th, 1944

87

James Middleton Cox

American politician, governor of Ohio

*March 31st, 1870, Butler County †July 15th, 1957, Kettering

76

Louis Bachelier

Mathematician

*March 11th, 1870, Le Havre †April 28th, 1946, Saint-Malo

81

Michael Rostovtzeff

Russian historian of ancient history

*November 10th, 1870, Zhytomyr †October 20th, 1952, New Haven

62

Adolf Loos

Austrian and Czech architect and art collector (1870-1933)

*December 10th, 1870, Brno †August 23rd, 1933, Kalksburg

70

Samuel Cohen

Moldovan composer; composer of the Israeli National Anthem

*January 1st, 1870, Ungheni †January 1st, 1940, Rishon LeZion

83

Albert Meyer

Swiss politician, editor of Neue Zürcher Zeitung and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1870-1953)

*March 13th, 1870, Fällanden †October 22nd, 1953, Zürich

44

Gaston Arman de Caillavet

French playwright

*March 15th, 1870, 16th arrondissement of Paris †January 15th, 1915, Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil

64

Emil Młynarski

Polish conductor, violinist, composer and pedagogue

*July 18th, 1870, Kybartai †April 5th, 1935, Warsaw

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1870 is a normal year and no leap year.

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