What Happened on Jan 10

Pemberton Mill Collapse

What is likely the worst industrial accident in Massachusetts history occurred on January 10, 1860. A large mill located in Lawrence collapsed... Read more

Florida Secedes From The Union

On January 10, 1861, delegates to the Florida Convention in Tallahassee voted to secede from the United States of America. The following month,... Read more

Battle of Middle Creek

Other Names: None Location: Floyd County Campaign: Offensive in Eastern Kentucky (1862) Date(s): January 10, 1862 Principal Commanders:... Read more

Union Army Claims Strategic Victory in Eastern Kentucky

The Battle of Middle Creek was an engagement in southeastern Kentucky during the American Civil War. The battle, along with the battle of Mill... Read more

Mohandes Gandhi is Nearly Lynched by White Settlers in Durban upon Returning from a Brief Trip to Fetch his Family in India

It is a measure of Gandhi’s success as a publicist that the Indian National Congress Recorded its protest against the disabilities imposed upon the... Read more

Gandhi is Arrested for the First Time, for Refusing to Carry an Obligatory ID Card in South Africa

In January 1908, he was arrested for breach of the registration law and clapped into prison. The following month he was released after an... Read more

Woman's Peace Party is formed

On the outbreak of the First World War a group of women pacifists in the United States began talking about the need to form an organization to help... Read more

William "Buffalo Bill" Cody dies

William F. Cody died of kidney failure on January 10, 1917, surrounded by family and friends at his sister's house in Denver. On his deathbed, Cody... Read more

Northwest Airlines Flight 2 Crashes into the Bridger Mountains, Killing 10

Northwest Airlines Flight 2, registration NC17388, was a Lockheed 14H Super Electra aircraft which crashed into the Bridger Mountains about 12... Read more

The Mechelen Incident

The Mechelen Incident of 10 January 1940, also known as the Mechelen affair, was an event during the Phoney War. A German aircraft with an officer... Read more

"The Greatest Show On Earth" Is Released

The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 drama film set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The film was produced, directed, and narrated... Read more

British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 781 Crashes

BOAC Flight 781 departed Rome, Italy on a flight to London, England. While climbing through 27,000 feet, the plane experienced a sudden in-flight... Read more

T. S. Eliot Marries Esme Valerie Fletcher

Valerie Eliot, née Fletcher, who in middle age resembled Margaret Thatcher, was not a conventionally pretty girl, but in letters written in the... Read more

FDA Approves Aton's Edecrin

Treating swelling due to congestive heart failure, liver problems, and severe kidney problems. It may also be used for other conditions as... Read more

Dwight Clark Makes "The Catch" of a Joe Montana Pass to Win the NFC Championship Game

The Catch refers to the winning touchdown reception by Dwight Clark off a Joe Montana pass in the January 10, 1982, NFC Championship Game between... Read more

Kreator release Enemy of God

Enemy of God is the eleventh studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator. The gothenburg influences of the band's previous album, Violent... Read more

Apple Introduces iMac Core Duo

Apple has begun referring to this model as the iMac (Early 2006), but we're calling it the iMac Core Duo. Maybe we'll switch to Apple's... Read more

Arizona Cardinals defeat Green Bay Packers, 51-45

Shoot-out doesn't quite capture it. Epic scoring melee comes closer. It was the game missing any defense. "The question is can anybody... Read more