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Jan 16, 2009
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

This was 10th day of the year and 355 days remained in the year.


January 10 Birthdays

George Foreman
1949–, American boxer

John Root
architect (1850)

 Robinson Jeffers
poet (1887)

 Dame Barbara Hepworth
sculptor (1903)

 Donald Knuth
mathematician and computer scientist (1938)

 Rod Stewart
singer (1945)

 Donald Fagen
pop musician (1948)

 Shawn Colvin
folk singer (1956)

January 10 in History

1776

Thomas Paine's Common Sense, which greatly influenced the authors of the Declaration of Independence, was published.

1863

The first underground passenger railway, the Metropolitan, opened in London.

1920

The League of Nations came into existence.

1946

The first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.

1967

The first African-American senator elected by popular vote, Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, took his seat.

1984

The U.S. and the Vatican reestablished diplomatic relations after a 117-year break.

2003

North Korea announced that it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.

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