Daily Calendar for January 10th, 2021

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

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

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 debut50 Years Ago

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.