Historical Events In January - 10

1967  Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history lester Maddox inaugurated as Governor of Georgia   

1967  PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history emerson Treacy, actor (Prowler), dies after surgery at 66   

1968  US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

1969  On this day in history pirate Radio Station Free Derby begins operation by Northern Ireland   

1969  On this day in history sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam   

1969  On this day in history uSSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus   

1970  On January - 10 pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44   

1971  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur on this day in history.   

1971  Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1972  Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan on this day in history.   

1972  Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK on January - 10.   

1972  On this day in history al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81   

1973  Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die on January - 10.   

1976  On this day in history chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65   

1977  On this day in history canada expels four Cubans, two of them diplomats, after RCMP spy investigation   

1978  Soyuz 27 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on this day in history.   

1978  On January - 10 the USSR sends two cosmonauts into orbit to rendezvous with the Salyut Six space laboratory.   

1978  On this day in history john D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71   

1979  On January - 10 entertainer of the Year Awards   

1980  Former AFL-CIO president George Meany dies in Washington, DC at age 85 on this day in history.   

1980  Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC on January - 10.   

1981  On January - 10 el Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive"   

1982  On January - 10 -17ºF (27.2ºC) in Braemar Grampian (equals UK record)   

1983  In Los Angeles, the Fraggle Rock children's show debuts on HBO; partly produced in Toronto by Jim Henson on this day in history.   

1984  On January - 10 argentine ex-president/General Bignone arrested   

1984  On January - 10 bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashes at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die   

1984  Clara Peller first asks, "Where's the Beef?" on this day in history.   

1984  The U.S. and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations for the first time since 1867 on this day in history.   

1984  US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years on January - 10.   

1985  Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as President of Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1986  Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US on this day in history.   

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1480  On January - 10 birth of margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)   

1502  Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God) was born on January - 10.   

1538  Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1573  Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624) was born on January - 10.   

1607  On January - 10 birth of isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646)   

1628  On January - 10 birth of jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)   

1638  Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1638  On January - 10 birth of nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)   

0681  On this day in history agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies   

0866  Lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies on this day in history.   

0976  On this day in history john I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51   

1094  On this day in history death of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029)   

1271  Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies on this day in history.   

1276  On this day in history gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies   

1542  Death of Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59 on January - 10.   

1645  On January - 10 death of william Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71