Major Events
- 49 BC Julius Caesar defies the Roman Senate and crosses the Rubicon, uttering "alea iacta est" (the die is cast), signaling the start of civil war and his appointment as Roman dictator for life
- 1430 Catholic Order of the Golden Fleece is founded in Bruges in celebration of the prosperous and wealthy domains of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
- 1475 Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui
- 1776 "Common Sense" Pamphlet by Thomas Paine published, advocating American independence
- 1839 First tea from leaves of indigenous plants of Assam, India, arrives in the United Kingdom [date approximate] [1]
- 1946 UN General Assembly meets for the first time in London
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Jan 10 in Film & TV
- 1999 "The Sopranos", starring James Gandolfini as mobster Tony Soprano, debuts on HBO
Jan 10 in Music
- 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 on the UK pop charts
Jan 10 in Sport
- 1982 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys, 28-27; "The Catch" - iconic moment in NFL history - Dwight Clark makes fingertip catch for a TD from Joe Montana with 58" remaining; SF goes on to win Super Bowl
Did You Know?
Suffragettes the "Silent Sentinels" first protest outside The White House, in Washington led by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party
Louis of Nassau
Ethan Allen
Frank James
George Washington Carver
Manuel Azaña
Jared Kushner
Paul Henreid
Jim Croce
Rod Stewart
Donald Fagen
Willie McCovey
Frank Mahovlich
George Foreman
Fun Fact About January 10
Edward W. Brooke (Sen-R-Mass), takes his seat as the 1st popularly elected African American to the US Senate
Famous Weddings
- 1857 Novelist Jules Verne (28) weds Honorine de Viane Morel
- 1870 American lawman Wyatt Earp (21) weds Urilla Sutherland (20) in Lamar, Missouri, until her death in August of the same year
- 1898 Painter Henri Matisse (28) weds Amélie Noellie Parayre
Famous Divorces
- 1810 French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Empress Joséphine
- 1936 Actress Mary Pickford (44) divorces actor Douglas Fairbanks (52) after 15 years of marriage
- 1967 Actor Christopher Plummer (37) divorces columnist Patricia Lewis after nearly 5 years of marriage
More January 10 Weddings
Carl Linnaeus
Samuel Colt
Marinus van der Lubbe
Coco Chanel
Roy DeMeo
David BowieArticles, Photos and Quiz
Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon
An illustration of Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon River into Italy, signaling the beginning of the civil war in Rome
January 10, 49 BC
A Day's Pay – The Cost of Sending a Letter
Sending letters and parcels used to be a highly expensive and difficult process until on this day the “Penny Post” system began, thanks to an English teacher.
January 10, 1840
