Born on January 10
January 10 birthdays & history
If you were born on January 10, you share a birthday with Donald Knuth, Leonid Kravchuk and Robert Woodrow Wilson. January 10 babies are Capricorn, with garnet as their birthstone and the carnation as their birth flower. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in leap years.
Famous people born on January 10
- 1938Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician
- 1934Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine
- 1936Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1883Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian journalist, author, and poet
- 1945Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter
- 1974Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
- 1949George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman
- 1981Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure
- 1999Mason Mount, English footballer
- 1916Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on January 10
- 9The Western Han dynasty of China ended after the throne was usurped by Wang Mang, who founded the Xin dynasty.
- 236Pope Fabian, said to have been chosen by the Holy Spirit when a dove landed on his head, began his papacy.
- 1430Philip the Good established the Order of the Golden Fleece, referred to as the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive order of chivalry in the world.
- 1812New Orleans, the first steamship on the Mississippi River, arrived at New Orleans to complete its maiden voyage.
- 1863Service began on the Metropolitan Railway (construction depicted) between Paddington and Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.
- 1870John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
- 1876The Plan of Tuxtepec is announced.
- 1901The first great gusher of the Texas oil boom was discovered in the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont.
- 1917Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months.
- 1927The science fiction film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, was released in Germany.
- 1929Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, began serialisation.
- 1946The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the Methodist Central Hall in London with representatives from 51 member states.
Also observed on January 10
- Fête du Vodoun (Benin)
- Margaret Thatcher Day (Falkland Islands)
- Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)
Questions, answered
What star sign is January 10?
People born on January 10 are Capricorn. Their birthstone is garnet and their birth flower is the carnation.
Which famous people were born on January 10?
Donald Knuth (1938), Leonid Kravchuk (1934), Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883), Rod Stewart (1945), Hrithik Roshan (1974) were all born on January 10.
What happened on January 10 in history?
Among other things: in 1927, The science fiction film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, was released in Germany; in 1929, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, began serialisation; in 1946, The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the Methodist Central Hall in London with representatives from 51 member states.
Can I get a newspaper front page from January 10?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any January 10 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “January 10”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.