Page 8: Historical Events In January - 10

1967  On January - 10 dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven   

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  On January - 10 uS Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho   

1968  Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on January - 10.   

1969  Pirate Radio Station Free Derby begins operation by Northern Ireland on this day in history.   

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

1969  On January - 10 uSSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus   

1970  Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44 on January - 10.   

1971  On this day in history bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur   

1971  Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87 on January - 10.   

1972  On this day in history sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan   

1972  Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1977  Canada expels four Cubans, two of them diplomats, after RCMP spy investigation on this day in history.   

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

1978  The USSR sends two cosmonauts into orbit to rendezvous with the Salyut Six space laboratory on this day in history.   

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

1979  On this day in history entertainer of the Year Awards   

1980  Former AFL-CIO president George Meany dies in Washington, DC at age 85 on January - 10.   

1980  On January - 10 last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC   

1981  El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive" on January - 10.   

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

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

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

1984  Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashes at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die on this day in history.   

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 January - 10.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1538  On January - 10 birth of louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)   

1573  Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.   

1607  Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.   

1628  Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter) was born on this day in history.   

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

1638  On this day in history 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  John I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51 on January - 10.   

1094  Death of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029) on January - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

1645  Death of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71 on January - 10.