Historical Events In January - 10

1986  On January - 10 sTS 61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy  

1990  China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre) on this day in history.  

1990  NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players on January - 10.  

1990  On January - 10 time Inc. aquired Warner Communications for the tidy little sum of $14.1 billion. Thus began Time Warner, one of the world’s largest media and entertainment conglomerates.  

1991  Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans on January - 10.  

1991  On this day in history uS Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis  

1992  8th Soap Opera Digest Awards on this day in history.  

1994  Trial of Lorena Bobbitt who cut off her husband's penis, begins on January - 10.  

1994  Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history uzbekistan & Kazakhstan agrees to abolish trade tariffs  

1995  On January - 10 "Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12 30 AM  

1996  Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on January - 10.  

1997  4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight" on January - 10.  

1997  Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits on this day in history.  

1997  On January - 10 italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map  

1997  Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as President of Nicaragua on January - 10.  

2007  On January - 10 u.S. President George W. Bush announces a plan to station 21,500 additional troops in Iraq.  

2013  On January - 10 81 people are killed and 120 are wounded by a twin bombing in Quetta, Pakistan  

2018  Jeff Bezos becomes the second man worth over $100 billion as his wealth hits $106 billion due to a rise in Amazon's share price on January - 10.  

2019  Lady Gaga apologises for working with R. Kelly in light of docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly" on January - 10.  

2019  Venezuela enters a constitutional crisis as Juan Guaidó and the National Assembly declare incumbent President Nicolás Maduro "illegitimate" and start the process of attempting to remove him on January - 10.  

2020  The Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said, dies aged 79. Haitham bin Tariq is sworn in as his successor on this day in history.  

2021  Kim Jong-un is elected as the General Secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, inheriting the title from his father Kim Jong-il, who died in 2011.[10] on January - 10.  

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1480  Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530) was born on January - 10.  

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 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 January - 10.  

1638  On this day in history birth of niels Stensen, Danish astronomer  

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  On January - 10 john I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51  

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  On this day in history death of gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59  

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