Tuesday, January 10, 2023

January 10

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_10

49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.

1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil

1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.

1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I for all combatant nations except the United States.

1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.

1946 – The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.

1990  Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.


1908 – Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992

1919 – Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli

1936 – Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author

1938 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player 

1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor

1943 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter 

1945 – Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter

1949 – George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman

1953 – Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter

Also Bernard Lee, director Walter Hill, and actor William Sanderson. 



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