Page 8: Historical Events In January - 10

1967  On January - 10 dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven   

1967  Lester Maddox inaugurated as Governor of Georgia on this day in history.   

1967  PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network on January - 10.   

1967  On January - 10 emerson Treacy, actor (Prowler), dies after surgery at 66   

1968  On January - 10 uS Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho   

1968  On this day in history basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

1969  Pirate Radio Station Free Derby begins operation by Northern Ireland on this day in history.   

1969  Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam on this day in history.   

1969  USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus on January - 10.   

1970  On January - 10 pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44   

1971  On this day in history bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur   

1971  On this day in history gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87   

1972  On this day in history sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan   

1972  Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81   

1973  Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65   

1977  Canada expels four Cubans, two of them diplomats, after RCMP spy investigation on January - 10.   

1978  Soyuz 27 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on this day in history.   

1978  On January - 10 the USSR sends two cosmonauts into orbit to rendezvous with the Salyut Six space laboratory.   

1978  On this day in history john D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71   

1979  Entertainer of the Year Awards on January - 10.   

1980  Former AFL-CIO president George Meany dies in Washington, DC at age 85 on January - 10.   

1980  Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC on January - 10.   

1981  On this day in history el Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive"   

1982  -17ºF (27.2ºC) in Braemar Grampian (equals UK record) on January - 10.   

1983  In Los Angeles, the Fraggle Rock children's show debuts on HBO; partly produced in Toronto by Jim Henson on January - 10.   

1984  On this day in history argentine ex-president/General Bignone arrested   

1984  On this day in history bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashes at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die   

1984  Clara Peller first asks, "Where's the Beef?" on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history the U.S. and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations for the first time since 1867.   

1984  US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as President of Nicaragua   

1986  Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US on January - 10.   

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1480  Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530) was born on this day in history.   

1502  Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God) was born on this day in history.   

1538  On this day in history birth of louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)   

1573  Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624) was born on January - 10.   

1607  On January - 10 birth of isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646)   

1628  Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter) was born on January - 10.   

1638  Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer was born on January - 10.   

1638  On January - 10 birth of nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)   

0681  Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies on this day in history.   

0866  On this day in history lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies   

0976  John I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1094  Death of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029) on January - 10.   

1271  On January - 10 otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies   

1276  Gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies on January - 10.   

1542  Death of Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59 on this day in history.   

1645  Death of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71 on January - 10.