10TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST MARCIAN OF CONSTANTINOPLE; ST
WILLIAM OF BOURGES; ST AGATHO, POPE; ST DERMOT OR DIARMAID; ST PETER ORSEOLO; & ST
JOHN THE GOOD." |
| 10TH |
236 |
"ST FABIAN" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 10TH |
681 |
"ST AGATHO" ENDS HIS REIGN AS
CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 10TH |
1645 |
"WILLIAM LAUD" BEHEADED IN LONDON. |
| 10TH |
1810 |
FRENCH CHURCH ANNULS THE MARRIAGE OF
"NAPOLEON I" & "JOSEPHINE." |
| 10TH |
1840 |
THE ‘PENNY POST’ WHEREBY MAIL WAS DELIVERED AT A
STANDARD RATE BEGAN IN BRITAIN. |
| 10TH |
1868 |
THE LAST CONVICT SHIP TO AUSTRALIA,
"HOUGOMONT", ARRIVED IN FREMANTLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA WITH 279 CONVICTS ABOARD. |
| 10TH |
1878 |
"BLACK WEDNESDAY"; VICTORIAN PREMIER"GRAHAM
BERRY", SACKED ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS TO FORCE THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO SUPPORT THAT STATE
POLITICIANS SHOULD BE PAID. |
| 10TH |
1928 |
AVIATORS, "HOOD" AND
"MONCREIFF" DISAPPEARED, ATTEMPTING THE FIRST TRANS-TASMAN FLIGHT. |
| 10TH |
1935 |
ACTRESS, "MARY PICKFORD" MARRIES ACTOR,
"DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS." |
| 10TH |
1957 |
"ANTHONY EDEN" RESIGNS &
"HAROLD MacMILLAN" BECOMES PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN. |
| 10TH |
1962 |
AN AVALANCHE KILLS 4,000 IN RANRAHIRCA, PERU. |
| 10TH |
1981 |
"JOHN SEVERIN" SETS 100 MILE
UNICYCLE SPEED RECORD; 9 HOURS 21 MINUTES. |
| 10TH |
1989 |
"AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,"
"COLIN WINCHESTER" IS KILLED WHEN HE IS AMBUSHED AND GUNNED DOWN IN THE DRIVEWAY
OF HIS CANBERRA HOME. |
| 10TH |
1994 |
TRIAL OF "LORENA BOBBITT" WHO
CUT OFF HER HUSBAND’S PENIS, BEGINS. |
| 10TH |
1997 |
4,000TH EPISODE OF "ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT." |
| 10TH |
1997 |
TEN YEAR OLD "CHARLOTTE
CHURCH" APPEARS ON AN ENGLISH TELEVISION TALENT QUEST & WINS, LAUNCHING HER
CAREER. |
| 10TH |
1998 |
"THE MARQUESS OF BRISTOL" THE OWNER OF AN
AUSTRALIAN SHEEP STATION WHO HAD A DRUG HABIT THAT COST $1.83 MILLION A YEAR DIED AGED 44,
AT HIS HOME IN SUFFOLK, ENGLAND. |
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