432 Historic Events for January 10
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Ivan Twigden, English contractor/multi-millionaire (Twigden PLC)
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| 1938 |
Death |
Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68
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| 1938 |
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Paul Vincent Carroll's "White Seed," premieres in NYC
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| 1938 |
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Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall
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| 1938 |
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Jean Anouilh's "La Sauvage," premieres in Paris
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| 1939 |
Death |
Julius Bittner, Austria composer (Missa Austriaca), dies at 64
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| 1939 |
Death |
Jameson Thomas, actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at 50
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Bill Toomey, Phila Pa, decathelete (Olympic-gold-68)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Sal Mineo, NYC, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)
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| 1939 |
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Bradman hits 186 SA v Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Harry Gant, NASCAR driver
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| 1941 |
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Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic and Old Lace," premieres in NYC
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| 1941 |
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Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews
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| 1941 |
Death |
Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61
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| 1941 |
Death |
Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at 67
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Jack Regan, broadcaster
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| 1942 |
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Japan invades North-Celebes, Neth Indies
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Jim Croce, Phila, rock vocalist (Time in a Bottle)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Walter Hill, director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut
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| 1943 |
Death |
Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38), dies at 66
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| 1943 |
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1st US pres to visit a foreign country in wartime-FDR leaves for Casablanca, Morocco
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| 1943 |
Death |
J Arthur S Berson, Austrian meteorologist, dies at 83
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| 1943 |
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Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad
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| 1944 |
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British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma
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