By K.M. Humphreys
It’s January 10th, 2012. This is a big day in our house as it’s my
husband’s birthday. I decided for my
blog post today I would put together a history of the day.
First, I’ll look at famous births
on this day. Frank Sinatra, Jr. (1945)
and Rod Stewart (1945) were both born on January 10th. They were later shared a birthday with George
Foreman (1949) and Bobby Rahal (1953).
You can see a whole list of other famous people born on January 10th
here: http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/january/10?p=2.
Next, I looked at famous deaths that happened on January 10th http://www.brainyhistory.com/daysdeath/death_january_10.html.
1917: Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody)
1961: Dashiell Hammett, U.S. detective writer (Thin Man)
1966: Hermann Kasack, writer
1995: Halton Kathleen Tynan, writer
1995: Elaine Greene, literary agent
I also looked at events that happened on this day throughout
history at http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/january10th.html
and http://www.historyorb.com/events/january/10. These
are a few I found interesting:
1870: John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
1870: US Senate proposes female suffrage
1901: Oil discovered in Texas
1911: First photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego
1920: League of Nations established
1945: LA Railway is forced to close
1946: 1st radar contact with the Moon
1946: The first General Assembly of the United Nations took
place in London, England.
1951: 1st jet passenger trip made
1956: Elvis records “Heartbreak Hotel”
1957: Baseball Commissioner rules Bing Crosby can keep token
stock in Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates.
1964: The first Beatles Album is released in the US by Vee-Jay
Records.
1967: President Johnson asks for tax increases on personal
& corporate income taxes to help support the Vietnam War.
1984: Clara Peller first asks, “Where’s the Beef?”
2005: BP sent money
to Southeast Asia to help those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in that
region.
So much stuff happened on this day in history. I hope you enjoyed seeing this little history
lesson. Please visit
the links to see
more events, births and deaths on this date in history.
4 comments:
My favorite? The first jet flight. :) Oh the places we've been, the place we will go.
Second favorite? Striking oil in Texas. Fuel for the places we will go.
Oops, forgot to say, happy birthday to your husband, and may you both have a wonderful celebration with all those you hold dear. :)
I like the one about Bing Crosby. Who knew!
Fun facts, and happy birthday to your hubby.
I thought the Bing Crosby one was interesting, too, Ramona. So many fun facts.
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