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Historical Events
on January 10th
- Lead Story
- Gusher signals start of U.S. oil industry,1901
- American Revolution
- North Carolina governor calls on Loyalists to combat rebels,1776
- Automotive
- World's cheapest car debuts in India,2008
- Civil War
- William Seward named Secretary of State,1861
- Florida secedes,1861
- Cold War
- Cuban troops begin withdrawal from Angola,1989
- Crime
- Green Beret indicted for murder,1994
- Disaster
- Avalanche kills thousands in Peru,1962
- General Interest
- League of Nations instituted,1920
- Griffith elected president of Irish Free State,1922
- U.S. troops depart Germany,1923
- First meeting of the United Nations,1946
- Hollywood
- AOL-Time Warner formed,2000
- Literary
- Dashiell Hammett dies,1961
- Music
- "Convoy," by C.W. McCall, is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts,1976
- Old West
- Outlaw Frank James born in Missouri,1843
- Presidential
- FDR introduces the lend-lease program,1941
- Johnson asks for more funding for Vietnam War,1967
- Sports
- Dwight Clark makes The Catch,1982
- Vietnam War
- Johnson asks for surcharge to pay for the war,1967
- Hubert Humphrey criticizes President Nixon,1972
- World War I
- Harding orders U.S. troops home from Germany,1923
- World War II
- Lend-Lease introduced into Congress,1941
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