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January 10: Day of the Week
January 10, 2024 was the 10th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 356 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.
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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
January 10 Historical Event(s)
236
Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus as the twentieth pope of Rome.
1475
Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
1645
Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
1901
The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1922
Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.
1954
BOAC Flight 781 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 explodes into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
1962
Apollo Project: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle. It became better known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
1972
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
1981
Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
1990
Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
Who were born on January 10?
1628
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687)
1738
Ethan Allen, American military leader (d. 1789)
1834
Lord Acton, British historian (d. 1902)
1927
Johnnie Ray, American singer (d. 1990)
1944
Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer
1957
Greg Walden, American politician
1961
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian violinist
1973
Jakob Cedergren, Danish actor
1985
Alex Meraz, American actor
1988
Vladimir Zharkov, Russian ice hockey player
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