January 10
1776 - Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," which called for American independence from Britain and greatly influenced the authors of the Declaration of Independence, was published.
1860 - The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, collapsed and caught fire, killing up to 145 people, mostly female workers from Scotland and Ireland.
1861 - Florida became the third state to secede from the Union.
1863 - The first underground passenger railway, the Metropolitan, opened in London.
1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
1920 - The League of Nations came into existence.
1946 - The first General Assembly of the United Nations met in London.
1967 - The first African-American senator elected by popular vote, Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, took his seat.
1967 - President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, asked Congress to impose a surcharge on both corporate and individual income taxes to help pay for his “Great Society” programs as well as the war in Vietnam.
1971 - "Masterpiece Theatre" premiered on PBS.
1984 - The United States and the Vatican re-established diplomatic relations after a 117-year break.
2000 - America Online agreed to buy Time-Warner for $162 billion. (Time-Warner decided to spin off AOL in 2009.)
2002 - Marines began flying hundreds of al-Qaida prisoners in Afghanistan to a U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
2003 - North Korea announced it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
2005 - CBS issued a damning independent review of mistakes related to a "60 Minutes Wednesday" report on President George W. Bush's National Guard service.
2007 - President George W. Bush announced he would send a "surge" of 21,500 U.S. forces to Iraq.
2007 - The Democratic-controlled House voted 315-116 to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour.
2011 - A udge in Austin, Texas, ordered former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison for his money laundering conviction. (DeLay’s conviction was ultimately overturned.)
2017 - An unrepentant Dylann Roof was sentenced to death in Charleston, South Carolina, for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime.
2017 - President Barack Obama gave his farewell address to the nation in an emotion speech in Chicago.
2021 - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump, even as she pushed the vice president and Cabinet to invoke constitutional authority to force him from office in the aftermath of the January 6th assault on the Capitol.
Birthdays
22 - Renee Rapp (actress)
33 - Zuria Vega (actress)
40 - Valerie June (singer)
42 - Sarah Shahi (actress)
44 - Tamina Snuka (professional wrestler)
44 - Brent Smith (singer)
61 - Evan Handler (actor)
66 - Shawn Colvin (singer)
69 - Bobby Rahal (race car driver)
69 - Pat Benatar (singer)
73 - George Foreman (boxer)
74 - Donald Fagen (singer)
77 - Rod Stewart (singer)
78 - William Sanderson (actor)
87 - Ronnie Hawkins (singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 10
1962 - The NFL entered into a single-network agreement with CBS for telecasting all regular-season games for $4.65 million annually.
1984 - Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew and Don Drysdale are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1986 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 34,000th career point, the first to reach the mark in NBA history. (He still is the NBA's all-time leading scorer with 38,387).
1989 - Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings becomes the NHL’s all-time leading scorer in combined regular season & playoff points; 4 assists in 5-4 home win over Edmonton brings his total to 2,011, 1 more than Gordie Howe.
1990 - The NCAA approved a random drug testing program among college football players and harsh penalties for drug use.
1995 - NHL owners rejected the players unrestricted free agency proposal (one year at 32, five years at 31) and countered with three years at 32 and three at 31.
2003 - The NBA announces a new expansion franchise for Charlotte, North Carolina to be known as the Charlotte Bobcats and to begin play in 2004-05. (The team eventually changed its name to the Charlotte Hornets for the 2014-15 season.)
2011 - #1 Auburn defeated #2 Oregon 22-19 to win the BCS National Championship Game.
1776 - Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," which called for American independence from Britain and greatly influenced the authors of the Declaration of Independence, was published.
1860 - The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, collapsed and caught fire, killing up to 145 people, mostly female workers from Scotland and Ireland.
1861 - Florida became the third state to secede from the Union.
1863 - The first underground passenger railway, the Metropolitan, opened in London.
1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
1920 - The League of Nations came into existence.
1946 - The first General Assembly of the United Nations met in London.
1967 - The first African-American senator elected by popular vote, Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, took his seat.
1967 - President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, asked Congress to impose a surcharge on both corporate and individual income taxes to help pay for his “Great Society” programs as well as the war in Vietnam.
1971 - "Masterpiece Theatre" premiered on PBS.
1984 - The United States and the Vatican re-established diplomatic relations after a 117-year break.
2000 - America Online agreed to buy Time-Warner for $162 billion. (Time-Warner decided to spin off AOL in 2009.)
2002 - Marines began flying hundreds of al-Qaida prisoners in Afghanistan to a U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
2003 - North Korea announced it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
2005 - CBS issued a damning independent review of mistakes related to a "60 Minutes Wednesday" report on President George W. Bush's National Guard service.
2007 - President George W. Bush announced he would send a "surge" of 21,500 U.S. forces to Iraq.
2007 - The Democratic-controlled House voted 315-116 to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour.
2011 - A udge in Austin, Texas, ordered former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison for his money laundering conviction. (DeLay’s conviction was ultimately overturned.)
2017 - An unrepentant Dylann Roof was sentenced to death in Charleston, South Carolina, for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime.
2017 - President Barack Obama gave his farewell address to the nation in an emotion speech in Chicago.
2021 - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump, even as she pushed the vice president and Cabinet to invoke constitutional authority to force him from office in the aftermath of the January 6th assault on the Capitol.
Birthdays
22 - Renee Rapp (actress)
33 - Zuria Vega (actress)
40 - Valerie June (singer)
42 - Sarah Shahi (actress)
44 - Tamina Snuka (professional wrestler)
44 - Brent Smith (singer)
61 - Evan Handler (actor)
66 - Shawn Colvin (singer)
69 - Bobby Rahal (race car driver)
69 - Pat Benatar (singer)
73 - George Foreman (boxer)
74 - Donald Fagen (singer)
77 - Rod Stewart (singer)
78 - William Sanderson (actor)
87 - Ronnie Hawkins (singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 10
1962 - The NFL entered into a single-network agreement with CBS for telecasting all regular-season games for $4.65 million annually.
1984 - Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew and Don Drysdale are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1986 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 34,000th career point, the first to reach the mark in NBA history. (He still is the NBA's all-time leading scorer with 38,387).
1989 - Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings becomes the NHL’s all-time leading scorer in combined regular season & playoff points; 4 assists in 5-4 home win over Edmonton brings his total to 2,011, 1 more than Gordie Howe.
1990 - The NCAA approved a random drug testing program among college football players and harsh penalties for drug use.
1995 - NHL owners rejected the players unrestricted free agency proposal (one year at 32, five years at 31) and countered with three years at 32 and three at 31.
2003 - The NBA announces a new expansion franchise for Charlotte, North Carolina to be known as the Charlotte Bobcats and to begin play in 2004-05. (The team eventually changed its name to the Charlotte Hornets for the 2014-15 season.)
2011 - #1 Auburn defeated #2 Oregon 22-19 to win the BCS National Championship Game.
