Popular Birthdays On Jan 10
1948 - Donald Fagen, Passaic NJ, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg)
1502 - Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)
1910 - Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer
1573 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)
1912 - Maria Mandel, Camp leader at Auschwitz (d. 1948)
1913 - Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslavakia (1975-89)
1913 - Haywood Frank Henry, sax player
1638 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)
1950 - Cyril Neville, rocker (Neville Brothers)
1914 - Polly Rowles, Phila Pa, actress (Aunt Laurie-Jamie)
1683 - Gasparo Visconti, composer
1915 - Dean Dixon, Zug Switzerland, conductor
1702 - Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (d. 1762)
1715 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
1738 - Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys)
1747 - Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker
1750 - Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. 1823)
1957 - Robert Thompson, Houston TX, Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-2nd)
1921 - Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004)
1958 - Shawn Colvin, singer/guitarist
1769 - Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo)
1959 - Chandra Cheesborough, Jacksonville Fla, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-84)
1797 - Annette von Droste-Hlshoff, German writer (d. 1848)
1927 - Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade)
1959 - Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter
1960 - Benot Pelletier, Canadian politician
1960 - Samira Said, Moroccan singer
1928 - Donald Brooks, fashion designer (Emmy 1983)
1961 - Janet Jones, Bridgeton MO, actress (American Anthem, Flamingo Kid)
1828 - Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (d. 1892)
1962 - Jim Lindeman, US baseball outfielder (NY Mets)
1962 - Michael Fortier, Canadian politician
1840 - Louis Nazaire Bgin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)
1931 - Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, S Africa vicar/MP
1850 - John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)
1854 - Peter Gast, composer
1932 - Elaine Devry, American actress
1858 - Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
1933 - Len Coldwell, cricket bowler (Engld medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64)
1864 - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (d. 1931)
1965 - Butch Hartman, American animator
1871 - Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)
1967 - Mick Hankers, Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown)
1873 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (d. 1958)
1876 - Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith
1936 - Stephen Ambrose, American historian (d. 2002)
1936 - Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel laureate
1880 - Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp
1937 - Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge
1880 - Manuel Azaa y Diaz, PM/pres of 2nd Spanish republic (1936-39)
1882 - Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)
1970 - Deon Figures, NFL cornerback/PR (Pitts Steelers)
1970 - James Wilson, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
1883 - Francis X Bushman, Norfolk VA, silent film actor (Ben Hur)
1939 - Bill Toomey, Phila Pa, decathelete (Olympic-gold-68)
1971 - Sergi Bruguera, Italy, tennis star
1939 - Jared Carter, American poet
1972 - Brian Lawler, American professional wrestler
1888 - Grock, Switzerland, clown
1939 - Scott McKenzie, American singer
1973 - Travis Davis, NFL strong safety (NO Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars)
1940 - Ntare VI of Ankole, Omugabe of Nkole
1891 - Jos Speybrouck, Flemish painter
1942 - Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1974 - Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer
1894 - Reginald Denham, London, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed)
1942 - Walter Hill, director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice)
1898 - Sergei M Eisenstein, Russian director (Alexandr Nevski) [OS]
1974 - Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
1903 - Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover)
1903 - Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor
1945 - Frank Sinatra Jr, Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddigers)
1903 - Violet Wilkey, American actress (d. 1976)
1945 - Edward Wiskoski, American professional wrestler
1980 - Matt Roney, American baseball player
1980 - Sarah Shahi, American actress and model
1981 - Brian Joo, Korean-American singer
1982 - Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
1909 - Grace Mitchell, educator
1909 - Rudolf Kubin, composer
49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
69 - Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba to deputy Roman Emperor.
236 - Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus as the twentieth pope of Rome.
1072 - Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
1475 - Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
1645 - Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
1806 - Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
1810 - Napoleon divorces his first wife Josphine.
1861 - American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
1863 - The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1901 - The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1916 - Erzerum Offensive during World War I, Russian victory over Ottoman Empire.
1920 - The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
1922 - Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.
1923 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel.
1941 - World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
1946 - The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
1946 - The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.
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.
1972 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
1981 - Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazn and Chalatenango departments
1984 - The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years.
1990 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
1999 - Sanjeev Nanda kills three policemen in New Delhi with his car, an act for which he was later acquitted, resulting in a sharp drop in public confidence in the Indian legal system.
2003 - Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
2005 - A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.
1502 - Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)
1910 - Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer
1573 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)
1912 - Maria Mandel, Camp leader at Auschwitz (d. 1948)
1913 - Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslavakia (1975-89)
1913 - Haywood Frank Henry, sax player
1638 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)
1950 - Cyril Neville, rocker (Neville Brothers)
1914 - Polly Rowles, Phila Pa, actress (Aunt Laurie-Jamie)
1683 - Gasparo Visconti, composer
1915 - Dean Dixon, Zug Switzerland, conductor
1702 - Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (d. 1762)
1715 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
1738 - Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys)
1747 - Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker
1750 - Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. 1823)
1957 - Robert Thompson, Houston TX, Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-2nd)
1921 - Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004)
1958 - Shawn Colvin, singer/guitarist
1769 - Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo)
1959 - Chandra Cheesborough, Jacksonville Fla, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-84)
1797 - Annette von Droste-Hlshoff, German writer (d. 1848)
1927 - Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade)
1959 - Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter
1960 - Benot Pelletier, Canadian politician
1960 - Samira Said, Moroccan singer
1928 - Donald Brooks, fashion designer (Emmy 1983)
1961 - Janet Jones, Bridgeton MO, actress (American Anthem, Flamingo Kid)
1828 - Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (d. 1892)
1962 - Jim Lindeman, US baseball outfielder (NY Mets)
1962 - Michael Fortier, Canadian politician
1840 - Louis Nazaire Bgin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)
1931 - Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, S Africa vicar/MP
1850 - John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)
1854 - Peter Gast, composer
1932 - Elaine Devry, American actress
1858 - Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
1933 - Len Coldwell, cricket bowler (Engld medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64)
1864 - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (d. 1931)
1965 - Butch Hartman, American animator
1871 - Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)
1967 - Mick Hankers, Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown)
1873 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (d. 1958)
1876 - Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith
1936 - Stephen Ambrose, American historian (d. 2002)
1936 - Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel laureate
1880 - Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp
1937 - Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge
1880 - Manuel Azaa y Diaz, PM/pres of 2nd Spanish republic (1936-39)
1882 - Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)
1970 - Deon Figures, NFL cornerback/PR (Pitts Steelers)
1970 - James Wilson, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
1883 - Francis X Bushman, Norfolk VA, silent film actor (Ben Hur)
1939 - Bill Toomey, Phila Pa, decathelete (Olympic-gold-68)
1971 - Sergi Bruguera, Italy, tennis star
1939 - Jared Carter, American poet
1972 - Brian Lawler, American professional wrestler
1888 - Grock, Switzerland, clown
1939 - Scott McKenzie, American singer
1973 - Travis Davis, NFL strong safety (NO Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars)
1940 - Ntare VI of Ankole, Omugabe of Nkole
1891 - Jos Speybrouck, Flemish painter
1942 - Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1974 - Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer
1894 - Reginald Denham, London, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed)
1942 - Walter Hill, director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice)
1898 - Sergei M Eisenstein, Russian director (Alexandr Nevski) [OS]
1974 - Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
1903 - Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover)
1903 - Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor
1945 - Frank Sinatra Jr, Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddigers)
1903 - Violet Wilkey, American actress (d. 1976)
1945 - Edward Wiskoski, American professional wrestler
1980 - Matt Roney, American baseball player
1980 - Sarah Shahi, American actress and model
1981 - Brian Joo, Korean-American singer
1982 - Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
1909 - Grace Mitchell, educator
1909 - Rudolf Kubin, composer
49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
69 - Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba to deputy Roman Emperor.
236 - Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus as the twentieth pope of Rome.
1072 - Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
1475 - Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
1645 - Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
1806 - Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
1810 - Napoleon divorces his first wife Josphine.
1861 - American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
1863 - The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1901 - The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1916 - Erzerum Offensive during World War I, Russian victory over Ottoman Empire.
1920 - The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
1922 - Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.
1923 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel.
1941 - World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
1946 - The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
1946 - The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.
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.
1972 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
1981 - Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazn and Chalatenango departments
1984 - The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years.
1990 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
1999 - Sanjeev Nanda kills three policemen in New Delhi with his car, an act for which he was later acquitted, resulting in a sharp drop in public confidence in the Indian legal system.
2003 - Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
2005 - A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.
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