more events on January 10
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2007
A general strike begins in Guinea; eventually, it will lead to the resignation of the country’s president, Lansana Conte.
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1985
Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes President of Nicaragua, vowing to continue the country’s transformation to a socialist state with close ties to the USSR and Cuba.
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1984
The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations for the first time in 117 years.
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1964
Panama breaks ties with the U.S. and demands a revision of the canal treaty.
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1953
Pat Benatar, singer; the four-time Grammy winner’s hits include “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” and “Invincible”.
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1949
Linda Lovelace (Linda Boreman), pornographic actress made famous by the movie Deep Throat, she later became an anti-pornography activist.
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George Foreman, world heavyweight champion boxer.
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1946
Chiang Kai-shek and the Yenan Communist forces halt fighting in China.
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1945
Rod Stewart, singer, songwriter (“Maggie May,” “Tonight’s the Night”).
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1941
The Soviets and Germany agree on the East European borders and the exchange of industrial equipment.
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1940
German planes attack 12 ships off the British coast; sinking 3 ships and killing 35 people.
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1923
The United States withdraws its last troops from Germany.
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1920
The Treaty of Versailles goes into effect.
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1918
In Washington, the House of Representatives passes legislation for women’s suffrage.
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1917
Germany is rebuked as the Entente officially rejects a proposal for peace talks and demands the return of occupied territories from Germany.
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1912
The world’s first flying-boat airplane, designed by Glenn Curtiss, makes its maiden flight at Hammondsport.
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1911
Two German cruisers, the Emden and the Nurnberg, suppress a native revolt on island of Ponape in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific when they fire on the island and land troops.
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1903
Argentina bans the importation of American beef because of sanitation problems.
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1901
The Automobile Club of America installs signs on major highways.
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1899
Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo renounces the Treaty of Paris, which annexed the Philippines to the United States.
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1870
John D. Rockefeller and his brother William establish the Standard Oil Company of Ohio.
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1864
George Washington Carver, chemist, agronomist, helped change the agricultural economy of the South.
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1863
London’s Underground begins operations.
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1861
Florida secedes from the Union.
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1847
General Stephen Kearny and Commodore Robert Stockton retake Los Angeles in the last California battle of the Mexican War.
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1834
Lord Acton [John E.E. Dalberg], English historian, editor of The Rambler.
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1811
An uprising of over 400 slaves is put down in New Orleans. Sixty-six blacks are killed and their heads are strung up along the roads of the city.
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1724
King Philip V shocks all of Europe when he abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, Louis.
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1645
The Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, is beheaded on Tower Hill, accused of acting as an enemy of the British Parliament.
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1072
Robert Guiscard and his brother Roger take Palermo in Sicily.