The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Full Wolf Moon

In 2020, the full Moon rises on January 10 at 2:21 P.M. EST. Traditionally, this full Moon was called the "Wolf Moon," appearing when wolves howled outside the villages in hunger. The January Moon has also been called the Old Moon. To some Native American tribes, this was the Snow Moon, but most applied that name to the next full Moon, in February.

1770s

• 1776: Thomas Paine published Common Sense, a pamphlet calling for indepedence from England

• Died 1778: Carolus Linnaeus (botanist)

1860s

• 1861: Florida seceded from the Union (U.S. Civil War)

• 1863: The first line of London's underground transportation system opened

1870s

• 1870: Standard Oil Company was incorporated

1880s

• Born 1882: Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy (novelist)

• Born 1887: Robinson Jeffers (poet)

1890s

• Born 1892: Dumas Malone (author)

1900s

• 1901: Spindletop, the first great Texas oil strike, was discovered

• Born 1904: Ray Bolger (actor)

1910s

• 1911: First aerial photography

• Born 1915: Dean Dixon (musician)

• Died 1917: Buffalo Bill Cody (frontiersman)

1920s

• 1920: League of Nations founded

• 1923: Juan de la Cierva demonstrated the first autogyro in Spain

• Born 1927: Gisele MacKenzie (singer & actress)

1930s

• Born 1935: Sherill Eustance Milnes (opera singer)

• Born 1938: Frank Mahovlich (hockey player)

• Born 1939: Sal Mineo (actor)

1940s

• Born 1942: Jim Croce (singer)

• Born 1945: Rod Stewart (singer)

• 1946: First UN General Assembly met in London

• 1946: World's first communication through space occurred when radar pulses from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, echoed from the Moon

• Born 1949: George Foreman (boxer)

• 1949: Columbia Inc. and Radio Corp. of America introduced 33 1/3 rpm and 45 rpm vinyl records

1950s

• Died 1951: Sinclair Lewis (novelist)

• Born 1952: Pat Benatar (singer)

• 1956: Elvis Presley made his first recording in Nashville-- "Heartbreak Hotel" was the A side, "I Was The One" was the B-side

• 1956: Elvis Presley's first million-selling record, "Heartbreak Hotel," recorded

1960s

• Died 1961: Dashiell Hammett (author of detective stories, including The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man)

• Born 1961: Evan Handler (actor)

• 1961: Two African American students were admitted to the University of Georgia, marking the first step toward racial integration of the state's public school system

• 1966: State Representative Julian Bond was denied a seat in the Georgia legislature because of his opposition to the Vietnam War

1970s

• 1971: Masterpiece Theater made its television debut

1980s

• Died 1981: Richard Boone (actor)

• Born 1982: Josh Ryan Evans (actor)

• 1984: U.S. and the Vatican reestablished full diplomatic relations after more than 100 years

• 1985: Daniel Ortega inaugurated for a 6 year term as president of Nicaragua

1990s

• 1991: Judy Sweet became the first woman elected NCAA president

2010s

• Died 2011: John Dye (actor)

• Died 2016: David Bowie (musician)

2020s

• 2020: Penumbral Eclipse of the Moon.