Historical events on January 10

JANUARY 10, 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.

Sir Clive Marles Sinclair was an English entrepreneur and inventor, best known for being a pioneer in the computing industry and also Read More

JANUARY 10, 1941

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

The Greco-Italian War, also called the Italo-Greek War, Italian campaign in Greece, Italian invasion of Greece, and War of '40 in Greece, Read More

JANUARY 10, 9

The Western Han dynasty of China ended after the throne was usurped by Wang Mang, who founded the Xin dynasty.

The 0s began on January 1, AD 1 and ended on December 31, AD 9, covering the first nine years of the Common Era.

JANUARY 10, 976

After the death of his guardian John I Tzimiskes, Basil II became the effective ruler and senior emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

John I Tzimiskes was the senior Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976. An intuitive and successful general who married into the influential Skleros Read More

JANUARY 10, 236

Pope Fabian, said to have been chosen by the Holy Spirit when a dove landed on his head, began his papacy.

Pope Fabian was the bishop of Rome from 10 January 236 until his death on 20 January 250, succeeding Anterus. A dove Read More

JANUARY 10, 1917

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

The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived Read More

JANUARY 10, 1966

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

The Tashkent Declaration was signed between India and Pakistan on 10 January 1966 to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Peace was Read More

JANUARY 10, 1946

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

The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as its main deliberative, Read More

JANUARY 10, 1993

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

The Braer Storm was the most intense extratropical cyclone ever recorded over the northern Atlantic Ocean. Developing as a weak frontal wave Read More

JANUARY 10, 1863

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

The Metropolitan Railway was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from Read More

JANUARY 10, 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.

The first conflict between Moldavia and the Ottoman Empire for which there is a historical account occurred during the reign of Alexandru Read More

JANUARY 10, 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.

The Klaipėda Region or Memel Territory was defined by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles in 1920 and refers to the northernmost part Read More

JANUARY 10, 1927

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

Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction which stereotypically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, Read More

JANUARY 10, 1430

Philip the Good established the Order of the Golden Fleece, referred to as the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive order of chivalry in the world.

Philip III the Good ruled as Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a Read More

JANUARY 10, 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.

The 2007 Guinean general strike began on January 10, 2007. Guinea's trade unions and opposition parties called on President Lansana Conté to Read More

JANUARY 10, 1776

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

Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Read More

JANUARY 10, 1812

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

New Orleans was the first steamboat on the western waters of the United States. Her 1811–1812 voyage from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to New Read More

JANUARY 10, 1901

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

A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control Read More

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