January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 355 days remaining (356 in leap years ).
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Births 1769 - Michel Ney , French marshal (d. 1815 )1843 - Frank James , American outlaw (d. 1915 )1849 - Francisco Ferrer Guardia , Spanish free-thinker (d. 1909 )1858 - Heinrich Zille , German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929 )1873 - George Orton , Canadian athlete (d. 1958 )1883 - Francis X. Bushman , American actor (d. 1966 )1883 - Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi , writer (d. 1945 )1887 - Robinson Jeffers , American poet (d. 1962 )1899 - Axel Eggelbrecht , journalist (d. 1991 )1904 - Ray Bolger , American actor, singer, dancer (d. 1987 )1908 - Bernard Lee , British actor (d. 1981 )1908 - Paul Henreid , Austrian actor (d. 1993 ) 1913 - Gustáv Husák , Czechoslovak president (d. 1991 )1913 - Mehmet Shehu , Albanian politician (d. 1981 ) 1917 - Jerry Wexler , American record producer1917 - Hilde Krahl , actress (d. 1999 )1920 - Max Patkin , the "Clown Prince of Baseball" (d. 1999 )1921 - Rodger Ward , American auto racer, two-time Indianapolis 500 winner (d. 2004 )1923 - Benson Skoff , clergyman1923 - Ingeborg Drewitz , writer (d. 1986 ) 1925 - Max Roach , drummer, composer1927 - Gisele MacKenzie , Canadian singer (d. 2003 )1927 - Johnnie Ray , American singer (d. 1990 ) 1927 - Otto Stich , Swiss politician 1930 - Roy Edward Disney , American film executive1931 - Viktor Liebermann , violinist (d. 1999 )1934 - Leonid Kravchuk , Ukrainian politician1935 - Sherrill Milnes , American baritone1935 - Eddy Clearwater , blues musician 1936 - Stephen Ambrose , American historian (d. 2002 )1936 - Robert Wilson , American physicist, radio astronomer 1937 - Thomas Penfield Jackson , American judge1938 - Donald Knuth , American mathematician, computer scientist1938 - Willie McCovey , American Baseball Hall of Famer 1939 - Bill Toomey , American track and field athlete 1939 - (possibly) Scott McKenzie , American singer 1939 - Sal Mineo , American actor (d. 1976 ) 1939 - William Levy , Writer 1939 - Bill Toomey , American athlete 1943 - Jim Croce , American singer (d. 1973 )1944 - Frank Sinatra, Jr. , American singer1945 - Rod Stewart , English singer1945 - Spider Sabich , American skier (d. 1975 )1948 - Donald Fagen , American keyboardist1948 - Teresa Graves , American actress, singer (d. 2002 ) 1948 - William Sanderson , American actor 1949 - George Foreman , boxer1949 - James Lapine , American stage director 1949 - Linda Lovelace , pornographic film actress (d. 2002 ) 1953 - Pat Benatar , American singer1953 - Bobby Rahal , American automobile racer 1955 - Michael Schenker , German guitar player of UFO and solo career1956 - Shawn Colvin , singer1961 - Evan Handler , American actor1964 - Brad Roberts , Canadian singer1973 - Ryan Drummond , voice actor, comedian, radio host at seaworld1982 - Josh Ryan Evans , American actor (d. 2004 )
Deaths 681 - Pope Agatho 1276 - Pope Gregory X 1778 - Carolus Linnaeus , Swedish botanist (b. 1707 )1862 - Samuel Colt , American inventor (b. 1814 )1917 - William F. Cody , American frontiersman (b. 1846 )1934 - Marinus van der Lubbe , Dutch communist, accused of Reichstag fire (b. 1909 )1941 - Joe Penner , comedian, actor1951 - Sinclair Lewis , American writer (b. 1885 )1961 - Dashiell Hammett , American writer (b. 1894 )1970 - Pavel Belyayev , cosmonaut (b. 1925 )1971 - Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel , French fashion designer (b. 1883 )1976 - Howlin' Wolf , American musician (b. 1910 )1978 - Pedro Chamorro , Nicaraguan journalist1980 - George Meany , American labor leader (b. 1894 )1981 - Katherine Alexander , American actress (b. 1898 )1981 - Richard Boone , American actor (b. 1917 ) 1981 - Fawn M. Brodie , American historian (b. 1915 ) 1982 - Paul Lynde , comedian1987 - Sir David Robinson , British philanthropist and entrepreneur (b. 1904 )1997 - Sheldon Leonard , American producer, actor, director1997 - Elspeth Huxley , journalist, writer 2000 - Sam Jaffe , American producer (b. 1901 )2004 - Spalding Gray , American actor, screenwriter, and monologue artist (b. 1941 )2004 - Alexandra Ripley , author 2005 - Jan Pieter Cardinal Schotte , Belgian cleric (b. 1928 )2005 - Joséphine-Charlotte , Grandduchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927 ) 2005 - James Forman , American Civil Rights leader (b. 1928 )
Holidays and observances January 9 - January 11 - December 10 - February 10 -- listing of all days
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Atlantic 10 (511 words)
Competing at the Fordham Invitational on Jan . 10 , Conway took gold in the 1,000m with a time of 2:56.98 as Saint Joseph's placed second in the 11-team field...is the fastest time in the Atlantic 10 this season...qualified for the ECAC Championships (March 7-9). At the Fordham Invitational on Jan . 10 , Nguyen was a double-winner in leading Saint Joseph's to a second-place finish...took first in the 800m (2:16.57), edging out teammate Kelly Victory by.08 seconds...also ran the third leg of the winning 4 x 800 relay (9:33.56). Rick placed first in the 400m on Jan . 10 at the Fordham Invitational and qualified for the IC4A Championships (March 7-9) with an Atlantic 10 season-best time of 48.79...anchored the 4 x 400 relay that set a school record and qualified for the IC4A's with a time of 3:13.81...SJU placed third in the 12-team field.
This Week In Pac-10 Women's Basketball :: No. 19 UCLA, USC host Arizona schools; No. 6 Stanford takes on Cal, No. 14 ... (2017 words)
Jan . 9 against Stanford, her second game back after suffering a knee injury at Washington Dec. 27, JR C Shawntinice Polk had 12 points and seven rebounds in 32 minutes of play. In the 62-52 win over Washington on Jan . 7, FR G Camille LeNoir scored all 17 of her points in the final 10 minutes of the game -- going 8-for-8 at the line. Joneby posted 25 points and 10 rebounds for her second straight double-double and fourth this season...
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