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This Day In History: January 10th

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Communication
1840
The penny post, whereby mail was delivered at a standard charge rather than paid for by the recipient, began in Britain.
 
Crime and Corruption
1994
In Manassas, VA, Lorena Bobbitt went on trial. She had been charged with maliciously wounding her husband John. She was acquitted by reason of temporary insanity.
1997
Shelby Lynne Barrackman was strangled to death by her grand-father when she licked the icing off of cupcakes. He was convicted of the crime on September 15, 1998.
Defence
 
 
Disasters
 
 
Discovery
1901
Oil was discovered at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont, TX.
 
Education
 
 
Film, Television and Radio
1927
Fritz Lang's film "Metropolis" was first shown, in Berlin.
1943
The quiz show, "The Better Half," was heard for the first time on Mutual Radio.
1971
"Masterpiece Theatre" premiered on PBS with host Alistair Cooke. The introduction drama series was "The First Churchills."
2007
The iTunes Music Store reached 1.3 million feature length films sold and 50 million television episodes sold.
Heads of State
1943
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed from Miami, FL, to Trinidad thus becoming the first American President to visit a foreign country during wartime.
1957
Harold Macmillan became prime minister of Britain, following the resignation Anthony Eden.
Health and Social Welfare
2002
In France, the "Official Journal" reported that all women could get the morning-after contraception pill for free in pharmacies.
 
Industry
 
 
Law
1861
Florida seceded from the United States.
1990
Chinese Premier Li Peng ended martial law in Beijing after seven months. He said that crushing pro-democracy protests had saved China from "the abyss of misery."
Motor Sport
 
 
People
1870
  John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil
1911
Major Jimmie Erickson took the first photograph from an airplane while flying over San Diego, CA.
1951
Donald Howard Rogers piloted the first passenger jet on a trip from Chicago to New York City.
Politics
1920
The League of Nations ratified the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I with Germany.
1920
The League of Nations held its first meeting in Geneva.
1928
The Soviet Union ordered the exile of Leon Trotsky.
1946
The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly took place with 51 nations represented.
1984
The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than a century.
2003
North Korea announced that it was withdrawing from the global nuclear arms control treaty and that it had no plans to develop nuclear weapons.
Publishing
1776
Thomas Paine published his pamphlet "Common Sense."
 
Religion
 
 
Science
1978
  The Soviet Union launched two cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz capsule for a redezvous with the Salyut VI space laboratory.
 
Sport
1950
Ben Hogan appeared for the first time in a golf tournament since an auto accident a year earlier. He tied ‘Slammin’ Sammy Snead in the Los Angeles Open, however, Hogan lost in a playoff.
1963
The Chicago Cubs became the first baseball club to hire an athletic director. He was Robert Whitlow. (MLB)
Technology
 
 
The Arts
 
 
The Environment
 
 
The Law
 
 
The Workforce
 
 
Trade and Economy
1990
Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. completed a $14 billion merger. The new company, Time Warner, was the world's largest entertainment company.
2000
It was announced that Time-Warner had agreed to buy America On-line (AOL). It was the largest-ever corporate merger priced at $162 billion. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved the deal on December 14, 2000.
2001
American Airlines agreed to acquire most of Trans World Airlines (TWA) assets for about $500 million. The deal brought an end to the financially troubled TWA.
Transport
1863
Prime Minister Gladstone opened the first section of the London Underground Railway system, from Paddington to Farringdon Street.
 
War
1981
In El Salvador, Marxist insurgents launched a "final offensive".
 

1949 Vinyl records were introduced by RCA (45 rpm) and Columbia (33.3 rpm).

1986 The uncut version of Jerome Kern’s musical, "Showboat", opened at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

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