January 10th, 1880

Born on January 10th, 1880

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1880

60

Manuel Azaña

Prime Minister of Spain, President of Spain (1880-1940)

*January 10th, 1880, Alcalá de Henares †November 3rd, 1940, Montauban

79

Grock

Swiss clown (1880-1959)

*January 10th, 1880, Loveresse †July 14th, 1959, Imperia

92

Paolo Giobbe

Italian cardinal

*January 10th, 1880, Rome †August 14th, 1972, Rome

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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

50

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

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

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

49

Marthe Hanau

French fraudster

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

51

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

German composer and writer

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

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

75

Robinson Jeffers

American poet (1887–1962)

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

62

Aleksey Tolstoy

Russian-Soviet writer (1882-1945)

*January 10th, 1883, Pugachyov †February 23rd, 1945, Moscow

65

Fran Walsh

New Zealand screenwriter and producer

*January 10th, 1959, Wellington

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

55

Andreas Reinke

German association football player and manager (born 1969)

*January 10th, 1969, Krakow am See

87

Ronnie Hawkins

American musician

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

36

Marvin Martin

French association football player

*January 10th, 1988, Paris

73

Eugène Joseph Delporte

Belgian astronomer

*January 10th, 1882, Genappe †October 19th, 1955, Uccle - Ukkel

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

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Born in 1880

47

Nikolai Astrup

Norwegian painter (1880-1928)

*August 30th, 1880, Bremanger Municipality †January 21st, 1928, Førde

57

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881-1938)

*November 30th, 1880, Thessaloniki †November 10th, 1938, Dolmabahçe Palace

77

Christabel Pankhurst

Suffragette, co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union, editor (1880-1958)

*September 22nd, 1880, Manchester †February 13th, 1958, Santa Monica

64

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

*October 29th, 1880, Frankfurt †August 20th, 1945, Wrocław

87

Helen Keller

American author and activist (1880–1968)

*June 27th, 1880, Tuscumbia †June 1st, 1968, Easton

36

Franz Marc

German painter (1880-1916)

*February 8th, 1880, Munich †March 4th, 1916, Braquis

90

John Boyd Orr

Scottish nutritionist, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (1880-1971)

*September 23rd, 1880, Kilmaurs †June 25th, 1971, Brechin

78

George Marshall

American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)

*December 31st, 1880, Uniontown †October 16th, 1959, Washington, D.C.

84

Douglas MacArthur

United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)

*January 26th, 1880, Little Rock †April 5th, 1964, Washington, D.C.

92

Johannes Aavik

Estonian philologist and Fennophile

*December 8th, 1880, Randvere †March 18th, 1973, Stockholm

77

Alfred Noyes

English poet

*September 16th, 1880, Wolverhampton †June 28th, 1958, Ventnor

53

Charlotte Fränkel

German classical archaeologist

*August 25th, 1880, Berlin †December 7th, 1933, Berlin

78

Walter von Molo

Austrian writer (1880–1958)

*June 14th, 1880, Šternberk †October 27th, 1958, Murnau am Staffelsee

86

Rudolf von Gutmann

Austrian industrialist and art collector (1880–1966)

*May 21st, 1880, Vienna †July 9th, 1966, Victoria

38

Guillaume Apollinaire

French poet

*August 26th, 1880, Rome †November 9th, 1918, Paris

86

Ludwig von Ficker

Austrian publisher and writer

*April 13th, 1880, Munich †March 20th, 1967, Innsbruck

40

Alexander Blok

Russian poet (1880–1921)

*November 16th, 1880, Saint Petersburg †August 7th, 1921, Saint Petersburg

84

Seán O'Casey

Irish writer (1880-1964)

*March 30th, 1880, Dublin †September 18th, 1964, Torquay

82

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948 (1880-1962)

*August 31st, 1880, Noordeinde Palace †November 28th, 1962, Het Loo Palace

55

Oswald Spengler

German historian and philosopher (1880-1936)

*May 29th, 1880, Blankenburg †May 8th, 1936, Munich

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Public holidays on January 10th

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Leap year

Yes: 1880 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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