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January 10 in History
2005
A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing the Highway 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.
2003
Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
2001
A large piece of the chalk cliff at Beachy Head collapses into the sea.
1990
Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
1984
The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years.
1972
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
1962
Apollo Project: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket booster. It became better known as the Saturn V moon rocket, which launched every Apollo moon mission.
1946
The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
1941
Lend-Lease is introduced in the U.S. Congress.
World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
1929
The Ring-tailed Lemur is officially listed at the type species for the genus ''Lemur'' by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) when it published Opinion 122, even though the genus originally described lorises.
1923
Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel.
1922
Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.
1920
The League of Nations holds its first meeting, and ratifies the Treaty of Versailles, therefore ending World War I.
1916
Erzerum Offensive during World War I, Russian victory over Ottoman Empire
1901
The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1870
John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1863
The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
1861
American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
1810
The marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled.
1806
Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
1776
Thomas Paine publishes ''Common Sense''.
1645
Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
1475
Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
1072
Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
69
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba to deputy Roman Emperor.